S3
Size And Weight
- Width: 61 mm
- Height: 61 mm
- Depth: 50 mm
- Weight: ~156 g
- Hole: Standard 57mm (21″)
Navigation
- Modes
- Info
Final Glide
- Mc. Ballast. Bugs.
- Speed to fly indication with easy one finger setting change of Mc, Ballast or Bugs.
- Pre-loaded polar database for almost all gliders.
- Final glide indication
- MC setting
- Ballast setting
- Bugs setting
Multipurpose Scale
- Mechanical Needle. Standard Size.
- A mixture of mechanical classical needle operated by a stepper motor and a 2 inch extremely bright display.
- Instantaneous Vario (outer red pointer)
- Average Vario (red diamond)
- MacCready Setting (Blue arrowhead)
- Thermal Average (Green “T”)
- Making it easy to compare the achieved average and thermal climb rates with the MacCready setting
Additional
- Integrated Logbook
- LXNAV S3D – rear seat repeater (Simple installation with only one plug, with ability to adjust vario volume also from rear seat)
Navboxes
- 3 configurable (navboxes) values
- Showing such as average, thermal vario, netto, time, speed…
- Speed to fly indication supported
Speaker
- Internal Speaker. Audio Output. Serial RS232.
- The device has a built in speaker and an Audio output. RS232 communication serves for system updates.
- Integrated speaker with adjustable volume
- Smooth audio output
- Many custom audio settings
Display
- 2-inch sunlight readable
- 16 bit color display
- 1200 cd brightness
- 320-pixel-by-240-pixel resolution
- Mechanical needle driven by stepper motor
Sensors
- High resolution variometer
- Digital temperature compensated pressure sensors for altitude and airspeed
- 100Hz sampling rate for very fast response
Connections
- Serial RS232 input/output (for firmware updates and rear seat repeater)
Buttons
- 1 x Rotary buttons with push function
Consumption
- LXNAV S3 at 12V (power input 10-16V)
- 95 mA – minimum brightness without audio
- 135 mA – maximum brightness without audio
Material
- Aluminum housing
S3BUPAC
- Craggy Aero S3 Backup Battery Pack Holds 8 AA batteries ON-OFF Panel switch will power the V3 for approx 15 hrs.
- Switch has 2 positions Main Glider battery, Backup battery.
V3UPDA
- V3 Firmware Update cable, is used to update the firmware in a S3 variometer with the 12V power leads are providing for powering the S3 with a 12V battery or 12v wall power supply.
- If you PC does not have a serial port you will also need a USB to serial adaptor.
