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Colibri X

€790.00 €652.89

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SKU COLIBRI-X
Description

LX navigation Colibri X Touchscreen
IGC Flight Recorder and Navigation Instrument

LX navigation Colibri X

General Description

The LX navigation Colibri X is an IGC certified standalone logger with a bright, transflective technology display, which offers the pilot multiple navigation and vario pages. It is a flight recorder, final glide calculator and navigation system with an internal battery, audio warnings, vario beeps and voice messages.

The unit is capable of providing APT (airport), TP (turnpoint), and TSK (task) and NRST (nearest landable) navigation on four dedicated navigational pages. Navigation pages feature Navboxes, which can be personalized by the pilot to his requirements. Airspace, airports and turnpoints information is shown graphically.

The Colibri X is designed to sit comfortably in your hand or to be mounted with one of our mounts to a space in your cockpit.

The Colibri has a dedicated pressure sensor for determining your altitude, providing a more accurate altitude reading in comparison with GPS–altitude based systems. A minimum sampling rate of 100 Hz is applied to all sensors.

As an integral part, it has a 3.5″ sunshine readable transflective LCD display to show all user–defined data during flight.

For accessing all system options, innovative gestures are used, much like the ones you are used to from your current touchscreen devices. A voice module is also built–in for audio warnings.

We used a high–end capacitive–type touch panel for our device, allowing us the benefits of multi–touch and that high–quality feel of a touch handheld device.

An integral IGC approved flight recorder with ENL level detector will record flights to internal solid–state memory (16GB). All flights can be copied to an external SD card after the flight.

Why Colibri X?

Because Colibri X represents the cutting edge of portable IGC loggers. The 3.5″ transflective LCD display will show you the way when flying tasks, cross–country flights, or just plain airfield soaring.

With the Wi–Fi/Bluetooth module inside, you are stepping into the age of connectivity.

The dedicated vario page will help you turn those tight lifts and improve your feel for the thermal with our thermal assistant. Always know your position and heading, with clearly visible lift or sink, thanks to our gradient digital needle.

The Colibri X is a miniature package that includes everything a glider pilot needs from his logger. From vario information, navigation, statistics, up to the very root of this device – IGC certified logger.

What's In The Box

• Colibri X
• Power supply cable
• Micro SD card with adapter
• Baro–calibration chart

Features

• 3.5″ 640x480 transflective technology sunlight readable display
• Capacitive touchscreen technology
• 50ch GPS receiver as an integral part of the system
• Completely new design using latest pressure transducers technology
• Fast vario data acquisition technology
• Internal memory space for flight recorder, enough for a lifetime of flights
• ENL (Environment Noise Level) sensor
• Internal speaker (for vario sounds, voice warnings & Flarm warnings)
• micro USB port with serial communication (19200 bauderate)
• Built–in Bluetooth interface
• Built–in WiFi interface
• Voice module as an integrated part of the system
• External SD Card interface, for firmware updates, flight downloads, and TP/TSK/APT/Airspace transfers
• The built–in rechargeable battery which provides 15 hours of autonomy
• Internal battery (can be charged from the instrument power supply)
• Pre–loaded polar database

Functions

• Variometer
• World maps
• 4 independent navigational pages – TP (turnpoint), APT (airport), TSK (task) and NRST (nearest landable turnpoint or airfield)
• Final glide calculator based on GPS data (for TP, APT, TSK and NRST)
• Complete TP/APT/TSK/NRST navigation with airspace information and warnings
• Highest level IGC approved flight recorder – Flarm radar screen
• Thermal assistant screen
• Logbook
• Flight information with Barograph
• Multi glider support (polar database)
• Accurate wind calculation in straight flight and circling
• Voice alerts
• User warnings

Hardware

• 3.5″ 640 x 480 capacitive touchscreen transflective display
• LX One Chip
• 16 GB of internal solid state memory
• Built–in GPS receiver and antenna
• Built–in battery with charger (5V via USB)
• Pressure altitude sensor measuring up to 16000 meters
• USB interface (mass storage device)
• IGC flight recorder with Engine noise level sensor
• WiFi & Bluetooth
• micro USB port
• Built–in speaker

Gestures

LX navigation Colibri X

The Colibri X user interface consists of two input tools.

First is the physical button on the left side of the unit, which has the following functions:
• Short press (>1 second), when turned off, turns the unit on.
• Short press (>1 second), when turned on, offers the power off option.
• Short press (<1 second), when turned on, turns the backlight off, leaving the unit turned on. This saves the battery while allowing the device to log the flight.
• Long press (5 seconds), when the device is turned on, turns the device off on a hardware level (‘hard reset’). Using this option should be avoided unless no other possibility is working.

The second input method is the unit’s touchscreen.
Most gestures needed, in order to handle the device, are mimicked from gestures we use on our modern mobile phones:
• Swiping left slides to the left menu
• Swiping right slides to the right menu
• Swiping down, from the top edge, will bring us the ‘Drop–down’ menu.
• Pinching in will zoom in on maps
• Pinching out will zoom out on maps
• Double tapping will give us the maximum zoom available. Double tapping again will revert us to our previous zoom level.
• On navigation pages (TP, TSK, APT and NRST), swiping from the bottom edge upwards, opens additional options for the said page – pull up menu.

Main Pages

LX navigation Colibri X Main Pages

Main pages represent a row of pages in the graphical user interface, which allow the user to access different information screens and flight parameters.

The user will go through the following pages, in their respective order, if he swipes to the right:

Vario > TP > APT > TSK > NRST > GPS > Statistics (if in flight) > Setup > Vario (continuing the cycle).

Technical Data

  
Height 102 millimeters (4.01 inches)
Width 71 millimeters (2.79 inches)
Depth 13 millimeters (0.51 inches)
Weight 145 grams (0.32 pound)
Power supply 5 V DC (via provided wall plug)
Power consumption 100 mA @ 12 V
Battery Built–in battery (18 hours)

Vario Page

LX navigation Vario Page

Vario page is the first page displayed, upon power on. It consists of a header, wind icon, thermal assistant, vario with 3 fixed indicators and a navbox line, with different lines of 3 navbox indicators.

The header consists of Status icons, a clock and battery level indicator.

Wind icon consists out of two numerical values (wind speed and wind direction) and a graphic representation of the wind.

The vario scale features a gradient color pallet, which, in a graphical way, represents the thermal strength. There are fixed indicators inside the vario scale (AVG – average thermal, ALT – QNH altitude and GS – Ground speed).

The bottom row navboxes can be configured by long–pressing and choosing from a list. It can also be changed for another row, by swiping it left or right, or by pressing the left/right arrows.

Setup Page

LX navigation Set Up Page

By swiping left on main vario page you get to the setup page. Under setup, the pilot can set all parameters of the unit. The menus are following:
1. Pilot
2. Gliders
3. Vario
4. Units
5. Logger
6. Warnings
7. Password
8. Transfer
9. Logbook
10. Info




Logbook

The pilot can copy take–off/landing time to personal logbook and transfer flight to external SD card for OLC upload.

Last 50 flights are listed. Any older flights will be erased from logbook list.

Press enter on a selected flight to open flight info, where “Transfer to SD card” option is available to transfer flight to external SD card on the bottom of the page.

Flight is copied to external SD card to LX/FLIGHT folder

Flying with Colibri X

To get the best out of the Colibri X, it is important that some preparation is done prior to the flight – trying to configure the instrument or set up a task while flying the glider may spoil your whole day! Pre–flight preparation will ensure that the flight will be both successful and enjoyable.

Flight Preparation on the Ground
• Check if you have desired TP, APT and Airspace database uploaded.
• Prepare a task.
• Check pilot information (this information is written into the flight declaration)
• Check logger settings

Before Take Off

• Switch the unit ON at least 3 minutes before take–off (this will ensure sufficient GPS reception and will create a baseline of the baro trace).
• Select correct glider and elevation on initial setup.
• Check if the task is correct using the Task setup menu.
• During the take–off, the task will automatically be declared in the flight recorder.

During Flight
The Colibri X hardware and software concept is so far optimized that the pilot doesn’t spend too much time to operate the unit during flight. A very significant indication that shows that the unit has changed to the flying mode is the appearance of statistic page.

Set QNH

The pilot should input actual QNH value of the airport where he will take–off. This action should be carried out on the ground, prior to take–off. It is very important to do it correct and precise.

Wind Calculation

Colibri X is able to measure wind under two different methods. Wind calculation results are shown on main vario page and navigation pages. Colibri X will switch between straight and circling mode automatically and history of wind will be counted in new measurements.

Circling

Wind calculation is based on ground speed (GS) oscillations due to wind influence during circling. The method is active exclusively during the climbing process. The process starts automatically after circling is detected. The calculation is based on fact that the ground speed is affected by wind. GS is at a maximum with a tailwind and minimum with a headwind. This GS difference is used to calculate the wind.

Straight Flight

During the straight flight, the wind is calculated using an iterative method that is based on IAS, GS and TRK measurements.

Influence of Wind in Final Glide

The actual wind data (speed and direction) influences the final glide calculation. In task mode, the final glide indication is based on the remaining distance over all TP until finish (not over already flown turn points). Wind influence for individual legs is based on current wind data.

Event Function

The user has the option to set one of the user inputs to Event. If event switch is pressed during flight, it will enable faster record interval in flight recorder (recording in shorter intervals as default for a limited time). Event parameters can be set in Setup/Logger on LX Era unit. The action is accompanied by a clear message.

Task Start

It is started automatically when glider leaves start TP observation zone. Navigation to next point will start. If the pilot wishes to navigate back to starting point, he must simply use pull up menu (pull up NavBox line in TSK page) and select the Previous waypoint. Please refer to Task page chapter.

After Landing

It is recommended to keep the instrument ON for a few minutes after landing. This will ensure a baseline of baro trace. The unit can be switched OFF or the flight can be downloaded anytime after landing.

Downloading Flights

Make sure the micro SD card is properly inserted in Colibri X. In the setup page, select logbook and search for a flight that you wish to download. Select the flight. On the bottom of the page, you will find “Copy to SD card” icon. By selecting it, the transfer will begin. A progress window will inform pilot when the flight is copied to external SD card. The file format of flight is .IGC

Storing the Device

Store the Colibri X in a dry environment, with a temperature below 25°C. When you store the Colibri X for a long period, it is recommended to charge the battery to at least 50%. Regularly check the battery status (every one to two weeks) and charge if needed.

SD Card

Always copy data to the root of SD card. Always use the SD card provided with the new device. All the data and flights are on the root of SD card. Always use safely remove SD card when connected to a computer.

Bluetooth and WiFi

The Colibri X has internal Bluetooth and WiFi module. You can switch it on and off at the bottom of the drop–down page each marked with its own icon. Turn both off to save the battery

Micro USB

The micro USB port is used for power supply. Always use the cable and adapter provided with the device.

Battery

To charge the battery, plug the Colibri X to the micro USB port and the wall plug with cable and wall plug provided with the new device. To charge the device faster, turn off the Bluetooth and WiFi in the drop down page.

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