On Wednesday, 28 August 2013 18:13:51 UTC+3, wrote:
El martes, 27 de agosto de 2013 20:59:06 UTC-4, escribió:

Hello



The Butterfly vario was advertise has a revolution, well almost, on the market.



Is there any pilots using the Butterfly vario who care to comment on the advantages,if any, of this instrument? I am serously interested in acquiring



one but it as to be better than my LX 7000.



Thanks for your input.



Gilles



Hi

Not many comment on the variometer itself.

Is it a better variometer in difficult broken lift, hard to center thermal?

The zillion function can be found on many instrument it is a matter of taste.

Gilles

Butterfly TE-variometer is on a same level as best current varios (IMHO Zander 940/ZS1). You really can't develop TE pressure vario any better because TE pressure doesn't give you a very comprehensive picture of airmass. The VAM vario is something others don't have, and I think it is worth the premium. I look at VAM ball almost exclusively during glides.

BF vario is expensive, but you get 100% what you pay for. Display, build quality and support are first class. I think some of the bugs in software should have been fixed before release, but they have send new software versions very quickly.

krasw