Best vario for airmass awareness across the speed range

Hello, everyone,

As most of you following this string are probably aware, a new group has been formed for the Air Avionics Butterfly Vario system. I suggest that all future discussion on the Butterfly be done there. It is "Butterfly Vario - Air Glide Display S" Google Group

I have bought a Butterfly Vario for my ASH-26E, looking forward to installing and using it this season.

Thanks everyone for all the great input.

Cheers,
Jim J6




On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 7:39:31 AM UTC-6, Jim Hogue wrote:
Any suggestions? Either currently available or coming in the near future (next year or so) would be ok, I am not in a rush. Prefer it would fit in one 57mm hole.

I take care of navigation and tasks with other standalone devices (full on OpenVario with its own vario/STF sensor board, and a Kobo backup) so I don’t really need any nav functions. Above all I want the best total energy and gust compensated technology available, the best to allow me to understand airmass movement while cruising across the full speed range. I want MacReady speed-to-fly function (although I use that as advisory information only, I don’t aggressively dolphin fly...). I also need climb/cruise and airmass awareness audio functionality of course, head-out-of-the-cockpit being best.

I fly an ASH-26E, and I would prefer a system that can work off just pitot and static, avoiding the vertical fin mounted TE probe (which gets hammered during engine runs). This is because thermalling during powered climb can be important to me when flying out of high density altitude airports. But if using the TE probe gets me significantly better airmass awareness in cruise, I would take that.

I am attracted to the FLARM voice warnings that the S8/S10 units give, but I would do without this in order to get the best airmass awareness.

My OpenVario gives me a thermalling assist graphic which seems to work great, but if the new system offers improvement here I would like that also.

Please offer you experiences and knowledge here. Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Jim J6

On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:33:09 -0800, Jim Hogue wrote:

Hello, everyone,

As most of you following this string are probably aware, a new group has
been formed for the Air Avionics Butterfly Vario system. I suggest that
all future discussion on the Butterfly be done there. It is "Butterfly
Vario - Air Glide Display S" Google Group

I have bought a Butterfly Vario for my ASH-26E, looking forward to
installing and using it this season.

Thanks everyone for all the great input.

Cheers,
Jim J6




On Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 7:39:31 AM UTC-6, Jim Hogue wrote:
Any suggestions? Either currently available or coming in the near
future (next year or so) would be ok, I am not in a rush. Prefer it
would fit in one 57mm hole.

I take care of navigation and tasks with other standalone devices (full
on OpenVario with its own vario/STF sensor board, and a Kobo backup) so
I don’t really need any nav functions. Above all I want the best total
energy and gust compensated technology available, the best to allow me
to understand airmass movement while cruising across the full speed
range. I want MacReady speed-to-fly function (although I use that as
advisory information only, I don’t aggressively dolphin fly...). I also
need climb/cruise and airmass awareness audio functionality of course,
head-out-of-the-cockpit being best.

I fly an ASH-26E, and I would prefer a system that can work off just
pitot and static, avoiding the vertical fin mounted TE probe (which
gets hammered during engine runs). This is because thermalling during
powered climb can be important to me when flying out of high density
altitude airports. But if using the TE probe gets me significantly
better airmass awareness in cruise, I would take that.

I am attracted to the FLARM voice warnings that the S8/S10 units give,
but I would do without this in order to get the best airmass awareness.

My OpenVario gives me a thermalling assist graphic which seems to work
great, but if the new system offers improvement here I would like that
also.

Please offer you experiences and knowledge here. Thanks in advance!

What's its NNTP name?


--
Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

Martin, I don't know what the NNTP name is for the Butterfly Vario group, I am new to this. I sent you a direct invitation to the group. Hope you get it....

Cheers,
Jim J6


On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 8:02:30 AM UTC-6, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:33:09 -0800, Jim Hogue wrote:

Hello, everyone,

As most of you following this string are probably aware, a new group has
been formed for the Air Avionics Butterfly Vario system. I suggest that
all future discussion on the Butterfly be done there. It is "Butterfly
Vario - Air Glide Display S" Google Group

I have bought a Butterfly Vario for my ASH-26E, looking forward to
installing and using it this season.

Thanks everyone for all the great input.

Cheers,
Jim J6






What's its NNTP name?


--
Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

Arse and eyes??

Jim White wrote on 1/29/2020 7:06 AM:
Arse and eyes??

Even 40 years of soaring thousands of hours, I find most varios, and especially
the Glide S, are superior to my arse and eyes. Not in every situation, but
overall, you'd want the Glide S on the panel instead of me in the back seat.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 12:28:22 PM UTC-5, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Jim White wrote on 1/29/2020 7:06 AM:
Arse and eyes??

Even 40 years of soaring thousands of hours, I find most varios, and especially
the Glide S, are superior to my arse and eyes. Not in every situation, but
overall, you'd want the Glide S on the panel instead of me in the back seat.


My experience is the opposite. The vario is there to confirm and quantify what I have already felt.
UH