New Generation Vario's

On Monday, May 26, 2014 7:14:26 AM UTC-7, Luke Szczepaniak wrote:
On 05/23/2014 5:34 PM, Richard Frawley wrote:

On Friday, 23 May 2014 09:15:40 UTC-4, Tim Taylor wrote:

Richard,







I fly with a V7 and still have a 302 as well. The 302 is 99% as good as the V7. Unless you are racing I actually prefer the 302. It has better tones and of course has the logger as well. Why is the V7 1% better? It does have a better gust filter, so a few times a day it filters out false thermal the 302 does not.







If I was not racing I would buy a 302, it is a great value.



Thanks Tim, thats good feedback.





Hi Richard, I also fly with a V7 and a 302. I think a lot of our

opinions are based on previous experience so bear that in mind when

reading replies . Most of my flying has been with LX instruments and

I prefer the V7 audio tones over the 302. If you're used to and like

the CAI 302 then you may prefer the CnV.



Having flown with the gust filter for the last two seasons it is

"almost" a must have feature. I think it filters out closer to 5% of

false tries rather than 1% but Tim probably has a better feel for the

air than I do so YMMV. The vario works great out of the box but can

also be tweaked extensively to your liking . I can not comment on the

other new varios (Butterfly, CNV) as I have not flown with those.



The V7 has a built in FLARM display. When connected to a FLARM source

it will give you the standard LED circle display fo both FLAMR and

P-CAS* targets (*Powerflarm has a bug to work out with P-CAS data on the

DB9 connector but from what I hear the fix is already available in a

beta FW). Additionally the V7 can be configured to give you spoken

traffic advisories (traffic 12 0'clock high etc..) which makes it more

useful then a beep that makes you focus on the display and then back out

of the cockpit.



Luke Szczepaniak

That is a good point about the warning interface on modern various. I had too many buzzers in my glider, when a buzzer sounded you could spend quite a long time figuring out exactly what it meant. Now with my Butterfly Vario, a clear, attractive (!) voice says " LANDING GEAR NOT EXTENDED", or "TRAFFIC, 12 0'CLOCK, HIGH". Its hard to mistake that kind of warning.