Thread: WAAS GPS vario?
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Old January 14th 09, 03:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_1_]
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Default WAAS GPS vario?

On Jan 13, 1:45*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:
The accelerometer (or one axis of it) is used for the slow flight
warning, as can be demonstrated by playing around with the glider near
the low-speed threshold.


That may be true but, from my experience, they didn't make it work
very well. I have to set my slow alarm threshold well below 1 g stall
to stop it being a nuisance while thermalling. I like to crank it up
tight in our southwest thermals. With that setting though it is
useful as the 28 climb rate really falls if if flown too slow.

Andy