jfitch wrote, On 8/29/2013 5:46 PM:
On Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:21:47 PM UTC-7,

I see this instrument combined with a big moving map
instrument such as LX9000, Clear Nav, or Ultimate as being the best
setup possible today. The Butterfly being a great vario while
providing redundancy for the navigation and final glide computers.
I don't see much use for the Flarm page unless they make it appear
automatically when traffic is near. The voice (bitching Betty) is
not of much use to me because if I set it loud enough for me to
hear, when flying,it is garbled. I am deaf as a post,however, as I
think many of us are. I have found that installing an external
speaker on the Flarm and using the Flarm displays is better. It is
also a easy to use approved flight recorder.

To this I would only add that the VAM has several filters which
change its behavior quite a lot. It may take some experimentation
with those to get useful information.

I had to change out the speaker to get the Bitchen' Betty to sound
good when she was all turned up. The audio quality is good, but
requires a better speaker than is typically installed for vario
beeps, and maybe a better one than is shipped with it. But I am not
deaf as a post yet.

I have ClearNav with a 302. I'm considering replacing the 302 with a
Butterfly or ClearNav vario for next season. Has anyone compared the
varios when connected to a ClearNav?

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