Mechanical Vario

Dan G wrote:

BTW, on the gust issue, there is another solution (though not nearly
as elegant as the rotating TE probe) - accelerometers.

I think I understand how accelerometers could distinguish between a
horizontal gust and the vertically moving air in a thermal, but I don't
understand how aligning the probe with the horizontal gust will reduce
it's effect on the vario. Wouldn't that accentuate, rather than
attenuate, the gust effect?

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