Owner`s manual

A FEATURE SUMMARY
Display symbols and annunciators
• Wind speed and direction.
• Bearing and optimal cruise track to next waypoint
• Estimated glider heading adjusted for wind
• Flight mode icons (circling, cruise, final glide)
• GPS/FLARM status icons
• Altitude required to complete task
• Thermal profile display
• Speed command chevrons
• Compass indicator
• Variometer needle with climb trend
• Large selection from over 50 items of information displayed in InfoBoxes.
• Separate InfoBox layouts in circling, cruise, final glide flight modes. Separate InfoBox layout
for auxiliary display mode accessible from any flight mode.
• Display of glider trail, color and thickness scaled to climb rate.
• Dropped markers, thermal markers.
Glide computer
• Calculation of height required around task
• Final glide through terrain and around multiple waypoints
• Final glide adjusted for kinetic energy
• Detection of nearby airspace
• Bugs and ballast settings
• Custom glide polars
• Integration with intelligent variometer
• Auto-MacCready
• Estimated arrival times
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