Hardware

Housing

Robust, shockproof ABS housing, dark grey with orange sides
Dimensions: 142 x 88 x 23 mm
Weight: 305 g

Display

High contrast transflective LCD, optimized for good readability in direct sunlight
Resolution 240 x 320 pixel, 16 levels of grey

Operation

On/Off button
Keyboard with three clearly detectable, glove-friendly keys with situative double function (short / long press)
Resistive touch screen, can be operated with pen, finger or glove

Elektronics

Dual processor system: ARM Cortex M0+ for real-time sensor calculations, ARM 9 running Linux for screen output and user interaction
WiFi, Bluetooth Low Energy, FlyLink, GPS
Memory: 4 GB on Micro SD card (included)
FLARM (optional, in preparation)

Connections

Slot for Micro SD card
Micro USB (charging battery, data exchange with PC), charger and cable are included
3.5 mm jack (external airspeed sensor, external loudspeaker)

Power supply

LiPo accumulator with 5.5 Ah
Operating time: about 20 h
Charging time: about 5 h with the supplied Volirium wall charger

Attachment options

Velcro patch (included) for paraglider cockpits or leg mounts
M5 threading on the backside, for most standard hang-glider mounts

Functionality

Altimeter

Absolute and relative barometric altitude (m / ft / FL)
GPS altitude (m / ft)
Barometric pressure (hPa / inHg)
Automatic setting of barometric altitude before launch
Maximum and minimum for flight

Variometer

Acoustic
Graphic (m/s / fpm)
Numeric, raw or integrated (m/s / fpm)
Predefined acoustic profiles
Climb tone, near-thermal tone, sink tone
Maximum climb and sink for flight

Speed

Speed over ground from GPS (km/h / mph)
Airspeed (with optional external sensor, in preparation)
Airspeed with built-in Pitot sensor (optional, in preparation)
Average, maximum for flight

Wind indicator

Wind speed (km/h / mph / knots)
Wind direction

Thermal assistant (in preparation)

Graphical support for optimal use of thermals

Navigation

Air spaces: Import of OpenAir files, warning (in preparation), automatic update (in preparation)
Obstacles (in preparation)
Indication of current position
Waypoints: Manual entry, store current position, import of waypoint files (CompeGPS, GSP Dump, Ozi Explorer, GPX, SeeYou)
Goto: Distance and bearing to a waypoint

Cross country flights

Route over multiple turnpoints
Distance from/to launch (in preparation)
Current points in selected online contest (in preparation)
Distance and required glide to goal
FAI triangle assistant (in preparation)
Automatic upload of flight track to select online contest (in preparation)

Race flights

Optimized route with cylinders, start of speed section, end of speed section and goal
Electronic task board: Transfer of waypoints, airspace data and task (in preparation)
Distance and required glide to goal along optimized route
Automatic upload of flight track to score keeper (in preparation)
Turnpoint tolerance can be set for each route

Analysis

Export flight as IGC file
Export flight as KML file for Google Earth
Flight log (in preparation)
Flight replay

WiFi

Automatic software updates
Transmission of analysis data in the case of software problems
Updates of airspace and obstacle data (in preparation)
Electronic taskboard (in preparation)
Automatic upload of flight track (in preparation)

Bluetooth Low Energy (in preparation)

Data transfer to external displays: Tablet, smart phone, smart watch, smart glasses

FlyLink (optional, in preparation)

Data transfer from external sensors

FLARM (optional, in preparation)

Collision prevention beacon
Live tracking
Swarm flying

USB

Charge battery
Data exchange with any computer

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