Flytec variometer 6030

Flytec variometer 6030

The Flytec variometer 6030 has been the benchmark soaring instrument for several years but was discontinued early 2016. Due to overwhelming requests worldwide, Flytec is producing a final production run in a unique red finish. The Flytec variometer 6030 is still the most comprehensive purpose-built instrument currently available.

• Unsurpassed acoustic variometer
• Worldwide familiarity with tried and true performance
• Precise internal pitot airspeed
• Virtually unlimited flight recording/WP lists/airspace
• Simulation mode to learn all aspects of the instrument
• Alarm available
• Bluetooth data to 3rd party device available

Flytec variometer 6030 Technical Spec.

General

• Robust, shockproof ABS housing, special red finish
• Large high contrast graphic LCD (2-3/8″ x 3-1/8″)
• Dimensions: 6-3/4″x3-3/8″x1″(170x88x26mm)
• Weight: 12 oz (340 grams) including batteries
• Power supply: 4x AA batteries (NiMH or Alkaline)
• SD card for storage of flights, waypoints, routes, airspace and instrument configuration
• Battery life: >30 h
• Operating temperature: 5º to 122ºF (-15 to 50ºC)

Altimeter

• Units: m / ft
• Resolution: 1 m or 1 ft
• Range: up to 36,000 ft or 11,000 m
• QNH: air pressure indication in hPa or Hg
• ALT 1: absolute altitude
• ALT 2: relative altitude
• ALT 3: total altitude gained

Variometer

• Units: m/s or fpm
• Graphic indication: ±1600 ft/min. or ±8 m/s
• Graphic resolution: 40 ft/min. or 0.2 m/s
• Numeric indication: ±20,000 ft/min or ±100 m/s
• Numeric resolution; 10 ft/min or 0.1 m/s
• Averager: selectable from 1 s to 30 s
• Thermal averager 1 to 10 min. (for McCready next expected climb)

Acoustics

• Volume: 4 levels + Off
• Climb tone: selectable lower threshold, base frequency, cadence, modulation, dampening
• Near-thermal tone: selectable lower threshold
• Sink tone: selectable upper threshold and base frequency
• Stall alarm: selectable threshold (can be disabled)
• Turnpoint reached alert tone
• Airspace approach and entered alert

Airspeed

• Built in pitot airspeed or optional external HG or PG sensor
• Total energy compensation
• Units: kph, knots, mph
• Digital display range:12-180 mph (19-300 kph), resolution 1 mph, kph, kt
• Graphic display range: 12–54 mph (20–90 km/h)
• Graphic display of altitude corrected stall speed
• Calibration: -30% to + 50%

GPS

• High-performance GPS receiver with 48 channels
• Position determination at 1 Hz
• Compass
• Distance and direction to last thermal pointer
• Wind speed and direction
• One–button current position display
• Quick mark of current position as waypoint
• Add, edit and delete waypoints and routes from instrument keypad

Waypoints

• Capacity: 200 waypoints (virtually unlimited with SD card)
• Entry: Store current position, manual entry, load waypoints from GPX file
• Coordinate formats: dd.ddddd, dd’mm.mm, dd’mm’ss
• Easily manage waypoint lists for each flying site

Routes

• Capacity: 20 routes
• Entry: Selection from waypoints list
• Race route: Start time, number of start gates, exit or enter start, start gate interval with start assistant
• Optimized race route
• Waypoint-achieved notification with instant record of cylinder crossing

Navigation

• Pointer and to next and second waypoint
• Easy skipping waypoints and insertion of new waypoint(s) in flight
• Route: manual or automatic advancement of waypoint
• Speed over ground
• Wind: direction graphic, and numeric direction and speed
• Last thermal: graphic and numeric direction and distance
• Units for Distance: km or miles

Airspace

• Acoustic and visual warning before and upon entering restricted airspace
• Display of 5 nearest airspaces
• Airspace showed on map page
• Store virtually unlimited airspace files
• Easily manage airspace lists for each flying region

Recording

• Internal logbook: 100 flights: date, start time, duration, max altitude, climb, sink, speed
• Flight recording in IGC format
• Automatic flight start and stop detection
• Recording interval: 1 s to 60 s
• Record time: virtually unlimited flight recording using SD card
• Flight memory data maintained if batteries are depleted or are removed

User selectable data fields

• Airspeed
• Ground speed
• Wind speed (direction shown on compass rose)
• Wind component in flight direction
• Time of day
• Flight time
• Remaining time to competition start gate
• Ground speed required for optimal start
• Time to optimal start
• Altitude above best glide line
• Altitude above best glide line around WP(s) to goal
• Altitude above waypoint (McCready speed to fly)
• Altimeter 1 (MSL)
• GPS altitude
• Flight Level
• Altimeter 2 (relative)
• Altimeter 3 (cumulative altitude)
• Flight level
• Barometric pressure (hPa)
• Digital variometer
• Distance to destination
• Distance to goal
• Distance to cylinder
• Distance to start cylinder
• Distance to optimized waypoint
• Distance to restricted area
• Distance to take-off (for OLC)
• Distance back to last thermal
• Bearing
• Track
• Cross track error
• Glide ratio to required to waypoint
• Glide ratio through the air
• Glida ratio to over the ground
• Glida ratio to goal
• Ambient temperature
• SMS send interval
• ALARM
• FlyLink

Optional modules

• Bluetooth Flight data transfer to external devices
• Alarm anti-collision

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