[Product Details]

The Element is perfect blend of functionality, size, weight, ruggedness, battery life ease of use, and user-friendliness.The Flytec Element is the next evolution of the highly popular 6015 with improvements to the display, keypad, USB interface, processing power and memory, as well as overall useability. New features like airspace avoidance and advanced competition navigation are coming soon. The Element is truly the best all-around instrument for hang gliding and paragliding pilots that want to fly higher, further, safer and faster or simply just want to get more out of their flights.

[Upcoming Development]

Upcoming development:

Load waypoints from files: March/April 2015
Airspace support: May/June 2015
Optimized race route: July/August 2015
Coordinates in UTM format: September/October 2015
Flight data export for Google Earth: End of 2015
Additional languages: End of 2015
Altitude above ground: End of 2015

[Specifications]

Altimeter

Altimeter 1 - MSL up to 40,350 ft (12,300 m)
1ft/1m increment
Altimeter 1 - Auto-Set from GPS or manually set based on reference altitude
Altimeter 2 - Absolute or relative (ft or m)
Altimeter 3 - Differential or AGL (coming soon)
Scrolling altitude graph
Altimeter 1 can be set to Flight-Level

Variometer

Analog display - ±2000 ft/min. (10 m/s), increments 40 ft/ min (20 cm/sec)
Digital display - up to 60,000 ft/min (300 m/sec), increments 10 ft/min.
Nascent/near thermal tone - user adjustable
Scrolling vario graph
Averager - users selectable between 1 - 30 seconds
Graphic display of average climb
Descent tone - user selectable threshold (can be easily disabled)
Sink alarm - user selectable threshold (can be easily disabled)
Extensive audio control:
- 6 loudness settings
- Adjustable vario threshold
- Adjustable pitch, pitch modulation, frequency, and frequency modulation
- Adjustable Smart-Filter technology minimizes false lift indication

Speed

Digital speed display when used with optional HG or PG sensor (mph, km/h or knots)
Range 0 – 99 mph (0 - 160 km/h), increments 1 mph, 1 km/h, 1knots Ground speed
Wind speed with time since last wind calculation displayed
Stall alarm - User selectable threshold (requires optional sensor)
Airspeed correction: ±50%

Recording

3D track log in IGC format
KML format for viewing in Google Earth (coming soon)
Automatic detection of flight start and stop
Adjustable record interval 1 to 60s
Extended internal recording 10,000 hours at 1s
50 flight logbook - accessible from instrument
Flight memory data maintained if batteries are depleted or are remove

GPS

Super sensitive surface mounted 48 channel GPS
Easy upload of waypoint/route file
Position formats: dd.dddddº/ ddºmm.mm' / ddºmm’ss"
UTC format (coming soon)

Navigation

Navigation compass
Track
Pointer and numerical bearing to next waypoint
Pointer to 2nd waypoint
Allows skipping waypoints and insertion of new waypoint(s) in flight
Return to last thermal pointer, bearing and distance
Wind speed and direction (pointer and numerical heading)
Glide Ratio- actual and required to destination
Above/below glide slope to destination indication
One–button display of current position
Quick mark of current position as waypoint
Add, edit, delete waypoint from instrument

Competition

Competition route navigation with waypoint cylinders
Acoustic and visual waypoint achieved notification
Start time with multiple start gates
Required ground speed for optimal start
Indication of in/out of correct position relative to start cylinder boundary
Advanced competition route navigation - Optimized route (coming soon)

Airspace support

Indication of horizontal and vertical distance and direction to airspace boundary (coming soon)
Warning before entering restricted airspace (coming soon)
Navigation aid for quick exit of restricted airspace (coming soon)

Time/Temp

Real-time clock
Time set from GPS with UTC offset
Temperature -4ºF to 140ºF (-20ºC to +60º)

Connectivity

Micro USB port
Mass storage device -no drivers required to connect to external device
Cross platform, connect to OSX, Windows, Linux, Android, etc.
File based data exchange for flights, waypoints, airspace, firmware updates

Physical Properties

Compact, light, rugged, ergonomic and aerodynamic housing
Available in black/red or black/green
Easy to read ultra-high contrast hybrid segment and graphic display
5 full-time digital displays, graphic instantaneous and average vario display, scrolling vario/altitude graph, graphic compass, instrument status display (GPS, battery, sink alarm, loudness)
All numerical values can be independently set in imperial or metric
Intuitive, tactile, glove-friendly 7-button keypad
Size: 5-3/8" x 2-7/8" x 13/16" (138 x 74 x 23 mm)
Weight: 6.3 oz.(178 g) including batteries without bracket/attachment
Optional brackets, legstrap, protective cover/harness pouches available for HG and PG
Superb RF shielding

Power Supply

Battery life over 30 hours on 2 AA (included) or 10 years in standby mode
Batteries are user replaceable
Continual display of battery status in run mode and in start-up sequence
Intelligent automatic switch-off

Warranty and Approvals

2 Year Warranty
CE and FCC Approved

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