Just a thought - why would you install a mechanical vario in a new glider? (flame suit on)

Just thinking - you can easily have two completely separate electrical systems. Solar panels are expensive, but not
relative to the cost of all that carbon. It causes all sorts of nasty interference mixing capacity flasks and transducer
varios on a single TE probe.

So why would you not have two electronic varios - there is so much more you can do with them. They have no- or virtually
no moving parts to wear, and they are in my experience faster and more accurate.

So why install mechanical varios in a new high tech glide? Convince me.

Bruce

Tuno wrote:
I only see three. Still, seems a bit much.

Not at all. I fly with one mechanical (in case of battery failure) and
two electric -- a 302 that is my backup logger, and an LX7007 that is
my primary.

The mechanical uses pure TE compensation, of course. The 302 is set to
netto compensation, the LX's to relative netto. So while there are
three varios, there is no redundant information.

~ted/2NO