COMPETINO Manual
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1 Contents
1
Contents...............................................................................................2
2
Operation .............................................................................................3
2.1
Turning the Unit On and Off .......................................................................3
2.2 Keypad..........................................................................................................3
2.3
Main Screen ...............................................................................................4
2.4
Map Screen................................................................................................4
2.5
Final Glide Screen......................................................................................5
2.6
Main Setup Menu .......................................................................................6
2.7
Basic Settings ............................................................................................7
2.8
User selectable fields .................................................................................8
2.9
Battery Management ..................................................................................8
2.10
Data Exchange Via PC...............................................................................9
2.11
Transferring New Firmware to the COMPETINO .....................................10
3
Technical Data ...................................................................................11
4
Air pressure functions ........................................................................11
4.1
Altimeter and Air pressure........................................................................11
4.2
Analog Vario.............................................................................................12
4.3
Digital Vario..............................................................................................12
4.4
Acoustics and Volume Level ....................................................................12
5
Speed.................................................................................................14
5.1
Stall Alarm................................................................................................14
6
GPS Functions...................................................................................15
6.1
Assessment of Reception Quality ............................................................15
6.2
Compass and Flight Direction ..................................................................15
6.3
Track and Bearing ....................................................................................16
6.4
Ground-Speed..........................................................................................16
6.5
Glide Ratio (=L/D Ratio) ...........................................................................16
6.6
The Wind Component: Head, Cross, and Tail Winds ...............................17
6.7
Wind Direction and Strength ....................................................................17
6.8
Waypoints and Co-ordinates ....................................................................17
6.8.1
Waypoints - Alter, Delete, or Add....................................................18
6.8.2
Deletion of Waypoints:....................................................................19
6.8.3
Insertion of Waypoints ....................................................................19
6.8.4
Current Coordinate Indicator...........................................................19
6.8.5
Distance to Waypoint......................................................................19
6.8.6
Saving the Current Position ............................................................19
6.9
Goto-Function ..........................................................................................20
6.10
Flying Routes ...........................................................................................20
6.11
Routes: Set - Delete - Alter .....................................................................21
6.11.1
Setting a New Route.......................................................................21
6.11.2
Altering a Route: .............................................................................22
6.11.3
Deleting a Route: ............................................................................22
6.11.4
Changing a route into a Competition Route:...................................22
6.12
The Competition Route ............................................................................22
6.13
Competition – Route: Set - Alter - Delete ................................................23
6.14
Flying a competition route ........................................................................23
6.15
Final glide calculation ...............................................................................25
6.16
Relocating Thermals ................................................................................26
6.17
Restricted Areas.......................................................................................26
7
Flight Memory and Flight Analysis.....................................................27
8
User Selectable Fields .......................................................................28
8.1
Temperature.............................................................................................28
8.2
Time and Date..........................................................................................28
8.3
Flight time.................................................................................................28
8.4
Dist Goal ..................................................................................................28
8.5
Alt a. Goal ................................................................................................28
9
Other functions...................................................................................29
9.1
Simulation ................................................................................................29
9.2
Factory Settings, Unit Specific Parameters ..............................................30
9.3
Optional Software Packages ....................................................................30
10
Landing in Water................................................................................30
11
Guarantee and Liability......................................................................30
