Fairhaven Micro Alti Vario Plus, Manual

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Page 3: ...rt key presses are used to select the functions and and long key presses affect the functions associated with each button Note that when the altimeter is displayed it won t respond to very brief key p...

Page 4: ...SET Adjust to pressure reference QNH P is displayed Use v and press SET baro flashes then pressure is shown below vario Barometer trend t flashes Scale indicates rising and falling air pressure to pre...

Page 5: ...d press SET Press TIMER to start Timer Alarm on Long press on TIMER stops Alarm Alarm off Long press on TIMER to activate Stopwatch starts when altitude varies by 30ft 10m Stop the timer manually afte...

Page 6: ...left column Long press holds the display in Averager mode and AL is displayed Reset maximum G reading Displays temperature in Fahrenheit e g 82F Reset Lift Reset Max height to current altitude 1 indi...

Page 7: ...n seconds v and adjusts volume v and adjusts the threshold at which up tones begin v and adjusts the threshold at which down tones begin v and adjusts the speed of the vario s response v and adjusts t...

Page 8: ...ess and can be used as your ground or take off reference Press the ALTI button again to give ALTI 2 This altimeter can be set to a given height or a pressure reference QNH Hold the ALTI button when al...

Page 9: ...and is only provided as a guide if you are deciding whether to fly Allow an hour or so for the trend indicator to register any change or leave it on overnight before you fly In TREND mode the segmente...

Page 10: ...ing conditions create short bursts of lift and sink In averager mode Av is displayed followed by the preset averaging period for example Av 30 The averaged rate of climb is displayed on the vario scal...

Page 11: ...er G may be encountered during a turn or dive and the G Meter will indicate this to 2 decimal places for example G 2_15 i e just over twice the Earth s gravitational force A further press of the SET b...

Page 12: ...harge is indicated with around 75 of the segments showing i e around 4 volts batt will flash whenever the battery voltage drops to level 2 on the battery display Recharge the vario otherwise the time...

Page 13: ...ated on the vario s numerical display in metres sec plus 0 1m s for each segment visible in the vario display This is followed by the down threshold which is set in the same way You may wish to set th...

Page 14: ...de option 3 Metric units are altitude in metres and lift sink in metres per second Imperial units are altitude in feet and lift sink in feet x100 per minute Option seven provides calibration of the G...

Page 15: ...l usage in cross country flying providing you are familiar with your paramotor s fuel usage and allow for sufficient reserve The alarm timer will permanently store the last used time period so the sam...

Page 16: ...witch will put the Micro Alti into Low Power mode This will consume less power while displaying only the clock or altitude and can be useful to extend the battery life when hiking or when the displaye...

Page 17: ...te lift and a continuous tone for sink The sink tone starts high and reduces in tone with increasing sink See Changing Settings to customise the vario s tone response Any type of stereo earbuds can be...

Page 18: ...mA re chargeable Lithium Polymer type that is automatically re charged when the Micro Alti is plugged in to any USB 5 volt supply such as a computer phone charger satnav lead or solar charger and we h...

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