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Products > Hang Gliding > Tasman V1000 Vario
Tasman V1000 Vario
Tasman V1000 Vario
Price: $589
Note: Australian customers are subject to a 10% surcharge for GST.

Details

This Variometer is designed to satisfy a need for a product that utilizes the most current technology to produce the best possible performance at the lowest possible cost.
The Variometer has at its core a semiconductor pressure sensor with a digital output which can resolve some 32 million separate codes. This results in a Variometer which can measure only a few inches of altitude change without a practical upper limit in altitude. With such fine measurements possible and a fast sample rate results in a Variometer which is responsive and accurate.


Digital signal processing allows the user to set the Variometer response time in fine increments, and select from a range of display and audio vario options.
An important side benefit is that the parts count is minimized and so the cost and size of the final Variometer is reduced.
The Variometer accommodates and expands on all the most important functions of a standard vario, i.e. vario audio, lift/sink rate, and includes the feature of the 20 second Variometer average simultaneously displayed.
All in the same small package.
This Variometer is designed to give years of trouble free service.
(3 year warranty).

OPERATION.
Simple controls of only two buttons which control the Variometer audio volume, read the battery voltage, and access to setup values if required. With the 20 second Variometer average continuously displayed and a warning signal for the battery voltage all on the screen, no other controls are required.

AUDIO.
Considerable effort has gone into developing an audio vario tone and pattern to convey to the pilot the maximum information without being intrusive or annoying. The climb tone consists of a series of beeps whose pitch, rate and volume increase with lift rate, somewhat musical in effect.. The sink tone has a (fixed) threshold at -2.5 knots and is distinct from the climb tone in that only the pitch changes and the rate is constant. The effect can be compared to a bell ring. The vario audio response is non linear to give the greatest resolution at the lower climb rates. At climb rates below about 2.5 knots, a change of 0.1 knot can readily be detected in the audio tone. This gives the maximum amount of Variometer information to the pilot at times when a Variometer is most important i.e., when trying to recover in weak lift, or to extend a flight on winter days or during wave flights. This maximizes the pilots achieved climb rate without the need for visual reference to the Variometer for confirmation of the current climb rate.
A concise audio is essential to maximize the lookout time for the pilot.
 
 
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