On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:53:54 -0800, waremark wrote:

How important is the setup? The electronic varios all offer numerous
configuration options. How about sharing thoughts on how best to set
them up? For example who uses smart filtering on an LX vario, what
setting and why? (Except of course that smart filtering does different
things on different versions of LX).

The best vario for you may be the one you know best with the setup you
know best.

Agreed. As I said above, I use an SDI C4. It allows you to set both the
info you need to see in each stage of the flight (cruise, climb, after
leaving the thermal) and how it should switch between cruise and climb
mode (choice of manual, speed and GPS-detected thermal turn). I use
speed. It has different speeds for cruise-climb and climb-cruise and,
after tuning it to my glider and flying style, I find its usually in the
mode I want, i.e. I don't need to touch it or change airspeed to put it
in the mode I want.


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