Description
Package
- Integrated hook-and-loop fastener on the back
- Spare hook-and-loop fastener strip
- Micro-USB cable
GPS LS: Light. Simple. Feature full.
The GPS LS is the perfect instrument for leisure pilots. It provides novice and experienced pilots with a light and simple instrument with lots of useful features making it ideal for pilots that don’t require airspace or competition and route features. It has many of the basic features of more expensive instruments, for a more affordable price.
The main screen of the GPS LS provides the pilot with a lot of info, including battery level, integrated analog and digital vario, GPS status, current glide-ratio, ground speed, distance to take-off, speed and wind direction, last thermal location and distance, course, two altimeters, clock and flight time.
Technical data
Main hardware characteristics
| Display Type | Segmented LCD |
| Screen size (true viewing area) | 53x75mm |
| Battery Capacity (Lithium-Ion) | 1800mAh |
| Autonomy | Approx. 40 hours |
| Size | 126x73x12 mm |
| Weight | 110 gr |
| GPS | 72 channel GPS/Glonass |
| Native USB Connection | Allows Connection to the PC to download/upload flight data, firmware updates |
| Battery Charging | From any USB 5v wall adapter, USB car adapter or computer USB port |
Firmware update by USB (upgrades are free)
Interface features
Fixed data fields:
- Battery
- GPS Status
- Max Climb Rate
- Glide Ratio
- Analog Vario
- Integrated Vario
- Ground Speed
- Max. Sink Rate
- Wind Speed
- Wind Direction
- Distance to takeoff
- Course
- Last thermal location.
- Distance to thermal
- 2 independent altimeters
- Clock Flight Time
- Sound Level
User configurable data fields:
- Units
- 2 independent altimeters
Variometer & altimeter features
- Buzzer/near thermal sound.
- Ultra sensitive Variometer with 10 readings per second and 10 cm resolution.
- Configurable vario digital filter and integration values.
- Fully configurable Vario Sound (frequency, increments, frequency/vertical speed relation, …).
- 4 Sound Levels (configurable by menu, or using a key).
- Automatic mute,keeps vario silent until takeoff
- Altitude adjustment using QNH
- Automatic altitude adjustment from GPS
- 2 independent altimeters
Memory features
- 3D flight logger IGC format
- Storage for around 150000 trackpoints
Cross country features
- Exclusive Thermal Ball indicator
- Several specific data fields like Distance to take off, current glide ratio, current speed, etc
- Distance to last thermal indexed with altitude
- Wind speed and direction (GPS based calculation)
Interfacing
- Compatible with MacOS (10.11+), Windows (7/8/10)
