Cambridge 302 problem..HELP Please

On Jun 24, 7:45*pm, David Prather
wrote:
I have the same problem-- tremendous "lift" starting at 80 kts. I am
trying to share the TE connection with a mechanical Winter vario that
works with a capacity flask. Does anyone else share TE between a
mechanical vario and the 302?

-David Prather

At 15:00 22 June 2009, Robert Holliday wrote:

My 302 seems to work OK at 60 knots but when i fly 80 knots it indicates
10
knots lift (it is set up for super netto). The total energy is set at 0%
as
per instructions. It is not set up for electronic compensation. I
checked
for leaks in the TE probe and tubing and found none. I just had it
upgraded to the USB port and the software fixed so it would not "fill
up" the flight log storage. Has anyone had this kind of problem? any
ideas?
thanks.
bob holliday



Share the TE line? Hopefully not joined close by. One of the leading
claims to fame of the C302 is it is a direct reading variometer. It
digitally measures pressure and calculates the rate of change, it is
not measuring air flow to/from the capacity like with a vane based
vario. If you have both on that TE line split the line well away from
the instruments so there is some impedance in the line so the flow to
the flask does not screw up the C302 entirely. The standard
recommendation is to split back behind the seat area and run two lines
up to the panel.

You can also just put the C302 on the static port (esp. if you have a
tripe probe) and use electronic compensation. I know Dave Ellis
claimed a good TE probe should be better, but the electronic
compensation works great for me. That also provides you some
redundancy between a problem in the TE line talking out both varios.

Darryl