TE vario

Hi,
I am looking for a vario which take TE from pitot and static pressure,
like the Westerboer, to go with my LX 5000 which has electronic TE.
Gilles

I'm a little bit confused. If you are using pitot and static in a
vario then you need electronic compentation. If you use reverse-pitot
(total energy probe) you need no compensation. I think you are
talking about wanted a vario that uses a total energy probe.

In fact, the LX5000 will use the total energy probe. You just need
set compensation to zero. If you want another vario to go along with
the LX5000, consider B40 if you want an electronic vario, or a Sage
or Winter if you want a mechanical one. The nice part about the B40
is you dont need a capacity bottle.

Kevin

On 2 Jun 2004 09:04:15 -0700, (G.A. Seguin)
wrote:

Hi,
I am looking for a vario which take TE from pitot and static pressure,
like the Westerboer, to go with my LX 5000 which has electronic TE.
Gilles

(G.A. Seguin) wrote in message om...
Hi,
I am looking for a vario which take TE from pitot and static pressure,
like the Westerboer, to go with my LX 5000 which has electronic TE.
Gilles


The Cambridge 302 meets your requirement but probably costs more than
most would spend on a backup instrument. I do know one pilot though
that has 2 302 in the panel.

Andy

(G.A. Seguin) wrote in message om...
Hi,
I am looking for a vario which take TE from pitot and static pressure,
like the Westerboer, to go with my LX 5000 which has electronic TE.
Gilles

Hi Gilles,

If you are on a budget and looking for a backup TE vario, you might
ask around for a used Rico VAC or VACS; they both use electronic TE
and are (at least used to be) pretty nice varios. Careful about which
model you ask for or get as there are also Rico models that require a
TE probe (VA and VAS, I believe).

Westerboer VW921s are nice electronic TE varios, too bad they come
attached to a somewhat incomprehensible glide computer!

Kirk

(Kirk Stant) wrote in message om...
(G.A. Seguin) wrote in message om...
Hi,
I am looking for a vario which take TE from pitot and static pressure,
like the Westerboer, to go with my LX 5000 which has electronic TE.
Gilles

Hi Gilles,

If you are on a budget and looking for a backup TE vario, you might
ask around for a used Rico VAC or VACS; they both use electronic TE
and are (at least used to be) pretty nice varios. Careful about which
model you ask for or get as there are also Rico models that require a
TE probe (VA and VAS, I believe).

Westerboer VW921s are nice electronic TE varios, too bad they come
attached to a somewhat incomprehensible glide computer!

Kirk


Hi,
Thank you all for your suggestion. I found out I can have a second vario
display dedicated as a vario only on my lx 5000. I will use that option,
I find it neet not to have a TE probe. The manual for that instrument is
very poor in english for a francophone anyway. L-nav was so easy.
Gilles