On Thu, 06 May 2004 15:21:05 +0200, Asbjorn Hojmark
wrote:


Previously, I had an Avionic GS500 (designed by Stig Øye, who I'm
sure you know), and it's by far the best variometer I've ever
flown with. (It's not in production any more). In particular, the
fact that on glides, it told you exactly what you were going to
get if you started turning, worked extremely well. The GS500 was
purely electronically compensated.


That feature is called relative netto . The B50 does that. You do not
need to have electronic TE to do this but you do need an airspeed
sensor.

I might add that I fly almost entirely in flat old Denmark, so
the variations with altitude has never hit me as a problem.

Altitude variations probably aren't a problem in Denmark. In
Australia, NZ and the western US they certainly are particularly when
the cruising speeds are higher and greater demands are placed on the
TE system.

Oh, I have a B40, which also works fine, but it's of cause not as
advanced as the GS500 was, and it uses a TE probe.

As designed. The B50 has the advanced features.

Mike Borgelt