LX 10K digital vario indicator 57
The digital 57 mm vario indicator for the LX 10K: the needle on a transflective screen, with the averager, speed-command and audio settings in view, over one CAN cable.
- The needle on a screen — plus averager, speed-command arrows, audio mode and netto or relative reading
- Drops into the hole the old analogue vario indicator came out of
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Details.
The LX 10K always flies with a vario indicator beside it. This is the digital one in 57 mm: a 2.5 inch transflective screen where the analogue indicator's needle would be, drawing the needle the way a pilot reads it — with peripheral vision, eyes outside — and adding what a needle cannot: the averager, the speed-command arrows, the audio mode and the netto or relative reading you selected.
Why digital
A needle is the fastest thing to read while thermalling, which is why the LX 10K still has one. A screen lets the needle be joined by the numbers that decide the next decision — how the last thirty seconds averaged, whether you are above or below speed-to-fly — without turning your head to the main unit.
Why 57 mm
Because that is the hole the old vario indicator came out of. The digital indicator drops into it and connects to the LX 10K over one CAN cable, which carries the data and the power.
In the panel
- 57 mm cutout, 215 g
- 2.5 inch transflective display
- 150 mA at 12 V, over the CAN bus
- Works with the LX 10K and the LX 10K D
Also available as the digital vario indicator 80, for an 80 mm cutout with a 3.5 inch screen.