On Jan 27, 4:10*am, "Paul Remde" wrote:
Hi,

I added some photos of it in flight to my web site earlier today. *It looks
quite impressive to me.http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/butte...utterfly-Vario

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Brad" wrote in message

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On Jan 26, 12:07 pm, Mike the Strike wrote:









On Jan 26, 12:14 pm, wrote:

On Jan 25, 12:15 am, "Paul Remde" wrote:

Hi,

I have just added the new Butterfly Vario to my web site. It is a very
impressive new vario with FLARM display (when attached to a FLARM),
GPS
flight recorder, simple navigation, simple final glide, artificial
horizon,
and many other very nice features. You can see details
hehttp://www.cumulus-soaring.com/butterfly.htm

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

It will be worth informing your customers that fly in US sanctioned
contests that this instrument, as described, will not
be legal for use in US contests due to the incorporation of the
artificial horizon.
UH

I raised the same issue when I first read about it and was told that
the horizon feature can be disabled for use in sanctioned contests.

It looks like a very interesting new instrument and I'm looking
forward to hearing some flight reviews.

Mike

I would like to see some real images of it, the CAD renderings are
cool, but nothing like seeing the "real" unit.

Brad

The real question about this vario is whether the inertial measurement
unit information is successfully utilised in a way that could shift
variometry up a notch. There were hopes that the 302 would develop
that way when it was first introduced and similar hopes for the
development of the CearNav vario but have Butterfly got there first??

If so, then the price seems not unreasonable - add a display such as a
PDA or Oudie and you have all the functionality of an LX 8/9000
including its expensive compass and Artificial Horizon options.