Flytec 5020 v1.18 * - Manual (Page 31)

Flytec 5020 technical manual
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time) will need to be entered, which corresponds to a positive value if the time zone is east of
Greenwich or a negative if west.
The date and time will be reset after a power fail of longer than 30s. Please check after you
have changed the batteries.
9.3 Flight time
The take off time is automatically recorded. The clock for the flight time starts as soon as the
speed over the ground or through the air reaches a reasonable flight speed. The flight time
can be displayed in the user selectable fields. The unit will also recognize the end of the
flight. In basic settings you can choose between manual and automatic start and ending of
flight recordings
10 Other functions
10.1 Simulation
After choosing the Simulation mode in the Setup menu and pressing the Enter button, you
reach this very interesting function. With the arrow keys and Enter you turn the Simulation to
Yes and confirms again with „Enter“. Now the simulation starts at the last known GPS
position. With the
and arrow keys you can adjust the air and ground speed; the
and arrow keys change the sink or the climb. If the stall alarm sounds, please increase
the airspeed by a few Km/h
The softkey F1 is used to change different functions:
Next Func.
var ▲▼ spd ►◄XX to change Climb / Sink air- + Groundspeed
Next Func.wind Trk Change of wind and flight direction
Next Func. Mod A1 ▲▼ Modify Alt1
Next Func. Mod A2 ▲▼ Modify Alt2
Next Func. S.Thr –▲▼ Modify threshold of sinkakustik
Next Func.
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Likewise, the Goto function can be called up to select a waypoint. If the direction arrow in the
middle of the compass points upwards, the pilot is moving towards his goal and the distance
to WP becomes smaller while at the same time the altitude naturally decreases. If you now
initiate a climb with the
key, the Flytec 5020 simulates circling up in a thermal; the
compass rose turns and the distance to goal continuously changes between somewhat
closer and somewhat farther away.
Under simulation you also can test the different acoustic adjustments as frequency, pitch and
modulation during a virtual climbing. ( Basic Settings/Vario tone )
Please change back again to a sink flight.
If on your display there is a user field named Dist to ^ you see now, like during a true flight,
how your distance to the last thermal increases, while in the compass rose the symbol
⇧
appears and shows you the direction where the last thermal has been.
You can also retrace a route flown. If you select the route as the Comp.-route, you will hear
the characteristic tone upon approaching within 400 meters of the waypoint, which tells you,
that you are inside the cylinder. You see the automatic switchover to the next WP too. If a
start time was set, take care that the count down timer shows positive values. By pressing
the ESC key you can switch to map display and observe the approach to the waypoint
cylinder. The second transparent pointer in the center of the compass rose helps to minimize
the flight path; no need to cross the circumference of the cylinder right angled.
Unfortunately, wind direction cannot be set; only a difference between Ground- and airspeed
simulates head or tailwind influence. Press F1 until the function: wind ▲▼ trk ►◄ appears.