THE BERKSHIRE ELECTRIC VARIO

Authors

  • Marshall Howe

Keywords:

Design, Training, Coaching

Abstract

For the weekend soaring pilot who cannot select the best day of the week (or month) for his recreational soaring, an ultra-sensitive electric variometer is a great aid for sustaining in weak or marginal lift conditions. A really nimble vario that responds in a fraction of a second to any change in lift and can show lift or sink down to 0.2 ft/sec permits utilization of the largely neglected region just above zero sink. To facilitate rapid centering in a small New England tvpe thermal, to promptly indicate when ridge lift is fading and the figure eight turn started, or even to 'milk' the last foot of attitude from a dying wave, this vario is a tremendous aid. Here in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, the membens of the Berkshire Soaring Society have been enjoying 'homemade' varios with the above virtues for nearly two years now.

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Vol. 1 No. 4 (1972)

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