Intro to Flytec 5030 & 6030 - Sat 1/10/15
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- Lynn McLaughlin
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Intro to Flytec 5030 & 6030 - Sat 1/10/15
If you own (or plan to purchase) a Flytec 5030 or 6030 and you want to fully understand its potential, I strongly suggest you attend the following clinic:
Introduction to Flytec 5030 & 6030
Saturday, January 10, 2015
10am - 11am
In the Gazebo
This hour long clinic, led by Rob Burgis, will provide you with what you need to know to set up your instrument, customize it to your flying needs and understand the various readings.
A second, more advanced, comp related clinic will happen at a later date; before the Spring Air Competition. Rob will post a curriculum later for each clinic but right now, we need to find out how much interest is out there and what people might want to know.
Please reply to this post so we can get an idea of the level of interest.
Soon We Fly!
Introduction to Flytec 5030 & 6030
Saturday, January 10, 2015
10am - 11am
In the Gazebo
This hour long clinic, led by Rob Burgis, will provide you with what you need to know to set up your instrument, customize it to your flying needs and understand the various readings.
A second, more advanced, comp related clinic will happen at a later date; before the Spring Air Competition. Rob will post a curriculum later for each clinic but right now, we need to find out how much interest is out there and what people might want to know.
Please reply to this post so we can get an idea of the level of interest.
Soon We Fly!
Re: Intro to Flytec 5030 & 6030 - Sat 1/10/15
I don't own either of those devices, but I think I'd like to attend anyway just to learn what I'm missing out on
- Steve90266
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6030 Class
I'm in! At long last I'm going to figure out how to make my vario do more than go "beep beep beep"!
Steve Murillo
Instruction outline
OK I tossed together the below outline so those interested can see what can be learned.
Bottom line is that knowing GPS position at all times allows this instrument to display important information that a non-GPS integrated instrument cannot, such as but not limited to:
o Wind speed and direction
o Headwind/tailwind component
o Best glide speed
o Best glide projection to waypoint (such as, “will I make it back to LZ and by how much�)
This information will make you a more informed, and therefore better pilot!
• Summary of user fields – what all that stuff on the instrument is telling you.
o Non-changeable fields
o Programmable User Fields – some of the displays are chosen by the user, based on what data is important to him/her. I will review those that I think are most important and why.
• Waypoints – what these are and why you need them to be a better pilot.
o Our LZ is the only one you really need to start with.
Explanation on how this instrument minimizes the “guesswork� on getting back home with enough altitude, therefore allowing you to venture out further with added confidence.
• Summary of basic settings – What that stuff means. Many of the fields chosen on the display can be adjusted to work differently based on user preference. Example – digital thermal climb rate can be adjusted to display climb rate over the last 1 second or up to 30 second average. All basic settings will be covered briefly but some will be covered in more depth because they matter much more than others. There are:
o Digital Vario Mode – use of climb rate averager
o Polar Data – what this means and how to set it up for your glider/pilot combination. This data must be entered to utilize best speed indicator and glide projections to waypoints (such as getting safely back to the LZ).
o Airspeed Mode/Correction – how to get your airspeed reading right and why it matters
Bottom line is that knowing GPS position at all times allows this instrument to display important information that a non-GPS integrated instrument cannot, such as but not limited to:
o Wind speed and direction
o Headwind/tailwind component
o Best glide speed
o Best glide projection to waypoint (such as, “will I make it back to LZ and by how much�)
This information will make you a more informed, and therefore better pilot!
• Summary of user fields – what all that stuff on the instrument is telling you.
o Non-changeable fields
o Programmable User Fields – some of the displays are chosen by the user, based on what data is important to him/her. I will review those that I think are most important and why.
• Waypoints – what these are and why you need them to be a better pilot.
o Our LZ is the only one you really need to start with.
Explanation on how this instrument minimizes the “guesswork� on getting back home with enough altitude, therefore allowing you to venture out further with added confidence.
• Summary of basic settings – What that stuff means. Many of the fields chosen on the display can be adjusted to work differently based on user preference. Example – digital thermal climb rate can be adjusted to display climb rate over the last 1 second or up to 30 second average. All basic settings will be covered briefly but some will be covered in more depth because they matter much more than others. There are:
o Digital Vario Mode – use of climb rate averager
o Polar Data – what this means and how to set it up for your glider/pilot combination. This data must be entered to utilize best speed indicator and glide projections to waypoints (such as getting safely back to the LZ).
o Airspeed Mode/Correction – how to get your airspeed reading right and why it matters
Class
If I can buy one of the GPS integrated ones before then I'm in as this is the most important aspect for me to become a better pilot.
- Lynn McLaughlin
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This was an excellent presentation, thanks to Rob for putting it together.
By the way, I seem to have lost not one but TWO pitot tubes just sitting around at the table. One's a piece of the blue tubing that Andy and/or OP have available, and the other is a genuine Flytec one. If anyone happens to see them at the table, I'd be happy to have them back at some point. Thanks!
By the way, I seem to have lost not one but TWO pitot tubes just sitting around at the table. One's a piece of the blue tubing that Andy and/or OP have available, and the other is a genuine Flytec one. If anyone happens to see them at the table, I'd be happy to have them back at some point. Thanks!
Rob's Presentation
Excellent presentation on what these little mobile sensor/computer packages can do. I've had mine a couple of years. I knew it beeps when going up and records flights, but the other functions were really hard to grasp from the manual. I think we went about 3.5 hours today to get a good feeling for how to unlock more of the advanced functions. Rob's practical explanation of the function, and how to use it, helped a lot.
Great job!
- Alan
Great job!
- Alan