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1. LK8000 4 0 profiles basics LK v4 has a new and powerful profile management system Profiles allow you to save and load configuration independently for system aircraft pilot and device On startup from the main screen you select Profiles METI Tactical flight computer WOURHIRTH For VFR use only as an aid to maintain situ ation awareness Pilot assumes complete l responsibility to operate the aircraft safely y Beara E d Maintain effective lookout J n 3 1r0 Feb 14 2013 SYSTEM DEFAULT_PROFILE You can now save your COM port setup for a special PNA in a dedicated Device profile and change among different Devices while still keeping the same aircraft system and pilot configuration The same for Pilot name and associated Livetracking Or more likely you can simply jump in a club glider and load a correct Aircraft profile More than that you can share profiles among different users In order to Load a profile first you must SAVE them You can do that from the configuration menu T gt ALZATE gt 34 05 gt A From Menu Config 2 3 LK8000 Setup you enter a new menu with 8 buttons system Setup System Save Aircraft Setup Aircraft Save Pilot Setup Pilot Save Device Setup Device Save Aircraft Pilot and Device configurations have been exported from the old configuration setup and they are now independent items Some pre defined profiles for devices and system are available LK8000 Tactical Fligh
2. User Manual update Software version 4 0 Written by Paolo Ventafridda and Ulli Heynen Revised by Dave Salmon C 2013 by the LK8000 Developers Team Released on February 24th 2013 Introduction to LK v4 The development of version 4 took more than twelve months of work by different developers as well as a team of about 350 pilots around the world who tested 17 intermediate versions reporting bugs flaws and suggesting improvements Version 4 maintains the traditional convenience in flight typical of LK while adding advanced and innovative new features Many of the ideas in version 4 come from Ulli who also developed them either alone or with the help of other developers During the development we have given importance in order to 1 The reliability and the absolute stability of the software which we consider mission critical being used in flight 2 The speed of execution which was to allow its use even on slow processors such as those used by navigators not only on the car but also by major manufacturers of similar equipment such as Garmin AvMap etc 3 The ease of use and the reduction of the configuration parameters Happy reading The LK8000 team LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 2 MULTIMAPS Overview see things from different perspectives You have got several views and all of them are only a single touch away Choose what you want to see and disable what you feel is not
3. Then we can select PriorityBaroSources such as devices themselves LX LK8EXT1 etc And if there is no PriorityBaroSource we use whatever is available If a baro source disappears we automatically default within a few seconds to what is available Wind calculation made by external instruments requires configuration If you are using an external instrument such as a Zander an LX an llec or any other instrument that can provide wind calculation then you need to configure LK to use this information You can do it permanently inside configuration menu 5 Auto Wind should be set to external And Or you can do it during the flight Menu Config Setup Wind Auto wind set to external When using external wind no calculation is performed while circling If for any reason you want to disable external wind during the flight simply enter Setup Wind menu and change the setting If the Auto wind is not configured to external the wind calculated externally will be IGNORED Takeoff safety alarm configuration menu Alarms Concentrate on flying instead of looking at the altimeter during the early takeoff phase LK will tell you with a soft cabin chime sound and a quiet voice that you have reached the safety altitude 15 Alarms MEM Sia 5500 m MENO able 9244 6000 m Max Altitude 3 O m IE esa 0m We can now select a height over ground at takeoff above which an alarm will play For gliders this is normally the minimal altitude
4. crash all data in the FDR will be lost With the FlightRecorder cfg we can setup the data for the recorder table and also define warnings or range checks for the desired values The first line of the config file defines the recording interval in seconds of the flight recorder The minimum values is 1s An interval of Os disables the flight recorder Please note that small intervals may produce a lot of data and may slow down the LK8000 performance expecially if you are using a slow SD card LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 61 The following lines are reserved for a fixed order of value configuration Voltage XBattl V Voltage XBatt2 V supply voltage V PNA Batt level Outside Air Temperature ue Latitude Longitude Altitude m BaroAltitude m Altitude above ground m IndicatedAirspeed km h True Airspeed km h Ground speed km h TrackBearing A Vario m s NettoVario m s TrueAirspeed km h Acceleration X S Acceleration Y g Acceleration Z e Ballast Bugs MacReady m s external wind speed km h external wind direction calculated wind speed km h O calculated wind direction Each entry has 5 leading numbers b e d e 10 7 15 0 10 10 Voltage XBattl recording O disable 1 enable check interval min limit check interval max limit warning every d seconds d 0 disable range check maximum e warnings e 0 warnings for ever D X0 Qv op rew In the example the external Battery volta
5. FACTORY DEFAULTS Meee FULL RESET LK8000 PROFILE Confirm the choice with OK and you will be back to Profile page with a special message LK8000 v3 1a0 Profiles free ram 1295M storage 2838M K8 amp 000 PROFILES RESET SELECTED IN SYSTEM wee sem me oe If you enter SYSTEM you can STILL CHANGE the FULL RESET to any other profile included DEFAULT Nothing has happened so far CLOSE the profile page to go back to main startup screen LK3001 Tactical flight computer For VFR use only as an aid to maintain EN situation awareness Pilot assumes complete responsibility to operate the mee b aircraft safaly Maintain effective lookout K8000 PROFILES RESET ow qe Pom EZ Still nothing has happened the real RESET will happen only if you click on SIMULATE or FLY just like as for any other profile LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 43 After entering LK with FLY or SIM at this point the full reset will happen and you will get LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer LK8000 PROFILES RESET fo WES LJA LM EE pret LK8000 v3 1a0 Feb 17 2012 HTTP WWW LKB000 1T email infom ksooo it TL Avg GS Alt Trak HdWind 0 kh 0 m 0 x NOTICE Upon LK8000 profiles reset the DEMO tsk task file is loaded Saving profiles Now that you know how to load profiles we can see how to create new profiles Call up the menu and go to Config page 2 3 We shall configure onl
6. M ltimap 2 Target A e E E O umehs 11 PAUTOSCAIEG MIS d P 12 Sideview plane rendering ooocccccconcnnccononnnnooconnnnoncnnonnnconnnnnnnnnonrnnonnnnnnrnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnanonnnreninnnanoss 12 A A A 13 Dynamic vertcal LI ai 13 AMEX EIN DIC ii A e di 14 Multimap 3 Nearest Airspace occcoccccocnccocncccnnnocnncocnncncnococnnoncnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnens 15 SONAR 1S a Triendly DnelDel uu oec N ee taa eite dun Padus bust AA to busta 15 Multimap 4 Visual UP LE 16 IntroducHohtovISBal lites a caecos tete dd ance dl i uu 16 MVisualollde DdslC Suc sh e Iu te e le E 17 FLO FIZON MAU INS tota iS A rt OS 17 Vencer ci E T TE 17 Way ponl BOX COMES INS e RT 18 Sr A a E E 18 Resizing the multimap page VisualGlide 2 000 A E 18 Clicks on the multimap page VisualGlide oooccocooccccononococonocononononenonononnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononos 18 Waypoints appearing on the VISualdlide xtuiied die eto pt oer teet Dd e orien Eod tav tpe rt deed 19 Vertical disposition of waypoints on the VisualGlide ococoocccconnnocononocononocononononnnononnnonononononononos 19 Ielresmol WaVBOIDIS ise delere votati a aite usce tiic utar de AE cientes ota i td dust ea uiii 19 Overlays gauges and topview moving map options sssssssssss meme 19 Disabling multimap VisualGlide and changing topview main map orientati0N ooooocccnccoccccncncc
7. User Manual Update 31 FAI optimization for paragliders YS 1K8000 Analysis Contest FAI triangle P 510 9 km FAI C 95 0 km 18 6 B 95 0 km 18 6 Change Close i On the way back to the closingpoint there is still 95km to go This equals 18 6 of the total FAI distance This value is interesting to Paragliders since the do not need to close the triangle if they cover more than 80 C shows the current distance to the Closing point red dashed line while B shows the best reached distance to a closing point of this triangle orange line x 20 1 km TLAvg GS Ak Track HdWind E 20s 1 4 107 1822 Y 16 7 nl In ParagliderMode the circle shows the 20 to go threshold LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 32 LiveTracker support If you are using a smartphone connected to the internet LK8000 can use it to transmit data to www livetrack254 com The website will show in real time in 2D or 3D on Google maps or on Google Earth the updated position and flight statistics To use Livetracker you need to configure it once Go to the configuration button page and select Pilot setup L E ooo 120 000 Long KONG MX Then fill up the required fields Everything will work automatically Pilot configuration Pilot name WOLF HIRTH setting the interval to O sec will disable tracking LK8000 Tac
8. V7 as well If you press Dump ballast the values are changed in the V7 at the same time Please Note The update will take up to 2 seconds While using Auto MC it is still possible to change the MC values on the V7 for both devices The value will be changed automatically as soon the Auto MC algorithm changes the current MC value which may take a while depending on the history and Auto MC settings LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 59 The status of the STF Vario switch can be used for changing the circling cruise mode in LK8000 In order to do so you must set the Display mode to DSP auto Menue Display 2 3 DspMode Auto Polar coefficients The polar coefficients of the V7 and LK8000 are independent of each other This is deliberate to prevent changing the instrument polar accidentally and so possibly use different polars at the same time Barometric Altitudes The V7 instruments have a pressure sensor and deliver a barometric height If you use a GPS source with Baro altitude you can decide which one will be used in the V7 setup Please refer to the V7 manual Accelerometer values The values of the V7 XYZ Accelometer values are drawn as a red dot in the Experimental page 1 6 This dot moves like the little ball in a real TRI indicator with additional information indications e Accelerations towards the nose of the plane make the dot smaller e Accelerations towards the tail of the plane make the
9. We air idos ir ahr ahr akr dr ahr ir lr akr ahr dir dr ahr er der dae er abr ahr ir ahr ir dr ahr akr dr ahr der ahr abr ahr akr dr ir akr il abr dr dr ahr akr der ar akr ahr ke the ke ir whe hr dr ae whe der der We Recording interval ls External Batt 1 recording enabled PDA Batt recording enabled Outside Air Temperature recording enabled Longitude recording enabled Latitude enabled A range alarm for flight engineers You also can setup an alarm if a specific flight parameter is outside a user defined range For example e OAT lt 0 to remind you about the water ballast External Battery level too low IAS lt Vmin stall warning G load too high Gear warning below 200m AGL Configuring the Flight Data Recorder The FDR was mainly developed for debugging purposes during development of LK8000 But it can also be used for some flight data range checks and after flight analysis The FDR can be configured via a text config file named FlightRecorder cfg placed in the Configuration folder If this file is not present or it is renamed with another suffix the FDR is disabled If the FDR is enabled it will write the file FlightRecorder txt with the recorded data into the Logger folder This data is arranged as a table with a line for each logging interval Please note that the Data is not valid until LK8000 has been closed correctly On a reset or unusual program termination turn off without exit power loss drained battery
10. find exactly the same configuration that you selected for each multimap Display 1 3 buttons Labels Clicking on this button will change actions through Labels WPTS Shows only waypoint labels no topology labels Labels TOPO Shows only topology labels no waypoint labels Labels ALL OFF No labels are shown Labels ALL ON All labels are shown Topology will enable disable topology of course If topology is disabled water courses sea lakes rivers are still shown Terrain will enable disable terrain Overlays will toggle overlays on screen If you have no special gauges activated the action is simply a toggle between ON and OFF If you have configured some gauges such like Variometer bar Glide bar indicator Thermal bar or anything else that appears with the overlays then this button is toggling between ALL ON TEXT Show only textual overlays GAUGES Show only graphics overlays no textual ALL OFF Split screen in Multimaps The screen in multimaps can be split into two separated windows ECT Track HdWind 1769 0 These two windows can be resized at anytime by doing a gesture up or down on the screen like for changing pages LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 5 TL Avg GS Alt Track vm m m 1 695 0 4a When you swipe down you enlarge the top window red action When you swipe up blue action you enlarge the bottom window Depending on multimap type these wind
11. for slow speed in 2D and with special functionalities Starting up in Outdoor mode To use LK in outdoor mode you actually need to start it up using some special profiles Follow these simple steps and you will be ready at once Run LK and enter profiles Select AIRCRAFT LK8000 v4 0a Profiles free ram 3003M storage 20M SYSTEM DEFAULT_PROFILE AIRCRAFT SYSTEM DEVICE PILOT CLOSE Scroll the available aircraft profiles and select TREKKING Copia di PARA1 acf D 7176 acf DEFAULT AIRCRAFT acf DUODISCUS acf P1 prf PARAVALB prf PILOT prf SEATTLE prf TESTBENCH prf LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 49 LK8000 v4 0a Profiles free ram 3005M storage 19M s Va 2 LES SYSTEM TREKKING Exit profiles and run either SIM or FLY mode Device and Pilot profiles are up to you Total AvgSpd AvgDist Os 0 00 The Trekking profile is optimized for an effective and practical outdoor usage with few menus and special informations that are not available in gliding mode Snail trail logging etc are internally working differently tuned for this special mode The trekking modality has been extensively tested while doing real trekking in the Alps some dedicated infoboxes are appearing in the bottombar STA3 to show moving times stationary times total times averages distances like in a ordinary trip computer These informations are also very use
12. profile Then SELECT and then again ACCEPT to confirm the choice The profile page is immediately updated with your current choice D 7176 acf DUODISCUS acf IAVAK acf PARA1 acf You can also go back to previous configuration selecting DEFAULT again When you are satisfied click on CLOSE and go back to main startup screen where you can choose what to do The profiles are NOT YET IN USE You must either click on SIMULATE or FLY to actually load them and make them become permanent in default e f you EXIT your choices will not be valid You will still get the old DEFAULT on next start e If you click on PROFILE again you can still change the choices no problems Full RESET profiles to factory defaults If for any reason you want to get back to the factory default configuration i e the internal configuration you get when you load LK for the very first time you can do it using a special entry in SYSTEM profile Go there and list possible choice P1 prf PARAVALB prf PILOT prf SEATTLE prf VALBREMBO prf usaquesta prf FULL RESET LK8000 PROFILES You will notice a special one not existing on the file system FULL RESET LK8000 PROFILES LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 42 Select it and accept it MTM FULL RESET LK8000 PROFILE You Will be asked to confirm it LK8000 v3 1a0 Profiles free ram 1295M_ storage 2838M I K8000 PROFILES RESET THIS WOULD RESET ALL PROFILES TO
13. to Flarm Radar and it is available only if a Flarm device is connected Configuration of multimaps Multimaps can be disabled enabled in system configuration 110 Interface Close Bi 2 Reset MM Disabled 4 DITE Inverted o Menu timeout Configure Custom Keys f Configure Custom Menu Normal Configure Info Pages Configure Bottom Bar Configure Multimaps Each multimap can be set as Normal North Up Disabled e Disabled will skip that multimap in the rotation and that multimap is permanently unavailable until enabled again e Normal will show the map in track to the right orientation e NorthUp will show the map in north up orientation Multimap 5 Flarm radar cannot be disabled if a flarm is connected Many parameters of each multimap including the main map can be set You can make changes using the menu buttons in Display 2 AE psv SN c woe WA A ET 3 7 A T3KONGL son 692 M 18 07 53 5 r 21 _F J do q Bs yp E P ud l a m A TH ln P E f EA S HN i 1 2 Lk Ji J a Bes di a j a E 5 1 T T Qm mue SET IER sj hts TM KE m KS E m m A 3 rr i h A ae ae Lc km 4 n aa E These buttons are changing things inside the currently selected multimap Changes are saved automatically to configuration for each multimap LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 4 So the next time you run LK or load a profile you will
14. to be an obstacle right OVER your waypoint Another common cause is the actual position coordinates of the waypoint You think it is right over the ridge while it is 20m beyond it For this reason we show yellow condition anything below 50m arrival altitude LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 21 Multimap 5 FLARM RADAR The Radar page works similar to the well known Butterfly displays and it s derivates but has some more features sideview to see the vertical distances at a glance colour scheme to see the climb rates at a glance labels and climb rates of all FLARM objects different shapes for ghosts and zombies direct link line to target object traces of objects Safety notice This page is not about safety When you have traffic around look outside don t look at your computer This should be obvious For this reason LK will not give you traffic warning alerts for possible collisions We don t want you to look at the screen of the PNA when an alarm is triggered Look outside Splitted screens The Multimapped Flarm radar has split windows as all multimaps which you can resize the usual way f NN DENS SS SE SE a E E E ees 0 5 10 TL Avg GS 0 1949 230 The top window is displaying a top view of course Objects appears as arrows when their signal is actually received and they become squared dots when their signal is lost for some time for any reas
15. you something you cannot see or judge with your eyes for example telling you hey climb 200feet more and you can skip the next thermal on that ridge you are pointing to and go directly to the next LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 16 VisualGlide basics The VG is using the bottom window of the multimap which you can resize to be full screen or to disappear In such case only the topview will remain visible and the VG feature will be disabled leaving space only for the moving map BRUNATE 230 20 9 BOLETTONE 5 26 5 BOLETTO 15 273 Horizontal line What you see in the bottom window is a center horizontal line representing the arrival altitude 0 TI 2U J DOM ETT mar animar e Any object ABOVE this line in the green shaded area has a positive arrival altitude for your current MC setting We are using the common arrival altitude you already know thus using MC safety etc as usual e Any object BELOW this center line in the red shaded area has a negative arrival altitude Vertical line JNAI D 2 Then you see a vertical line representing an approximated bearing of O degrees in front of you Objects left and right of this line are of course left and right on the horizon relatively to your current bearing Objects are boxes of one to three lines of text depending on the device resolution and on the visualglide window The smaller the window the lesser the info
16. 0 User Manual Update 14 Multimap 3 Nearest Airspace This multimap is for pilots concerned about airspaces around them LK has progressed a lot to become a perfect companion while flying near several complicated airspaces and a quiet assistant for the difficult airspace areas All multimaps can show you in both top and sidevew the surrounding airspaces but the M3 is special because it does two things more e it automatically selects the nearest airspace e it auto scales to let you see this airspace at best possible zoom level 4 06km 2000 pam ArSpcv Vario Netto egMc E 599m 0 0n 0 3 ms In the example above we have disabled overlays and there is no topology onthe topview to keep the map clean and the airspace very visible At the same time the sideview is showing our situation with regard to distance and altitude Click on the sideview airspace to get more info and to trigger some action ILUGANO 120 250 ENABLED DISABLE I0 CIR NOFLY T5 4 06km 189 to enter II 1981m 6500ft AGL Base CLOSE qu l Netto egMc Y ba il 0 3ms 3 SONAR is a friendly helper Since the SONAR is always active if not disabled by you even when you are in another page with no airspaces painted you will be warned when you are getting close to airspace with the usual SONAR sounds In such cases all you have to do is switch to multimap 3 and check what s going on NO MORE AIRSPACE INFRINGEMENTS
17. 278m rr al Fx Tr E el EN s E E q p A B A menu has been added to force screen resize or rotation in order to let LK adapt Click on Menu Config 1 3 A new button is called SCREEN MODES J emer 0 E LM amp 36 M ag E a Screen Modes menu is different for PC and PDA PNA versions because functionalities can be different for them Screen Modes for PC Allows you to change to some resolution as 480x272 640x480 etc and to Turn Screen landscape portrait using the current resolution For example you can change to 320x240 like on a small PNA and then Turn Screen to get into 240x320 portrait mode Screen modes for PNA and PPC On PNA and PPC devices you have only two buttons for Screen Modes e Turn 90 degrees e Turn 180 degrees Do you want to turn the screen upside down Use Turn 180 And do it again to go back to previous state To rotate by 270 degrees you can either turn 90 3 times or turn 180 and then turn 90 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 35 Note e On exit LK will NOT turn screen automatically nor does it on startup Screen rotation is a totally manual operation e Screen rotation must be supported by the PNA PPC hardware and operating system Some devices cannot rotate the screen Some other can do it only by adding unsupported unofficial rotating drivers by third parties LK is simply asking to the operating system to rotate the screen If nothing happen
18. 3 Traces example When you reach the cumulus or the ridge you still want to see where the other glider was flying and how good was the airmass up there And we tell you Track HdWind T n 2359m 605 Light green good lift darker green not so good blue spots are sink Easy Traces survive for enough time even if the traffic has long gone Of course all the good old pages for traffic are still there for more detailed info Colors schemes Colors indicate the current climb rates 30s integral Active flarm object Radio data received in the last few seconds Radio data just lost Radio data long lost LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 24 Target In both top and sideview you can long click on a aircraft to trigger an action on it Traffic Live 00 01 old ETRET3ETI Code CI D 7176 Brg eam 5 2 km WM 2117 m DN 168 m c 133 kh A Name XB VALBREMBO Type Fred If a FLARM target object is selected it will be connected with a straight line between your own and the target position O We remind you that a target can also be tracked using 4 3 infopage which automatically appears when you select a new target D 7176 GS Alt Track HdWind OQ 1949 230 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 25 Activating FLARM in SiMulation mode If you want to test traffic functions in SIM mode LK will create some objects around you and m
19. E own code the direct multitarget menu is available Skip F gt target if there is no Target set while Flarm is detected Show required Task Req Efficiency also before valid start LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 64 Other changes Load FlarmNET database during startup not before LK launch This will dramatically speed up startup of LK and access to the splash screen while using FlarmNet Reset profile will now load DEMO tsk as well Reset COMM ports automatically if no activity for 3 minutes not after 30 seconds Improve battery warning messaging after 1 hour with no errors accept back warnings even if they were disabled because there were too many previously Terrain with no topology will nevertheless print water areas Enhancement for dual feed com ports if no valid fix on any port we use the first port with any data going through This will probably keep at least the time updated since the gps may still be receiving a valid time Improve direction sorting for Nearest pages 2 x Now sorting is done by both direction and distance and using only waypoints actually ahead of us in a 90 degrees not those behind us This is an important change because the nearest pages are now selecting more waypoints sorted by direction that previously wouldn t have been listed at all Add startup check for SD card locked or full not writable New G Record Key for LK8000 Logger valid for OLC We now h
20. K8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 11 Autoscaled view The Target view is always automatically scaled to keep the desired destination in view or with the same distance ratio This is an important statement This multimap will constantly change the zoom level to keep the target at the desired view For example if we have got half way to the destination 17 19 a T D i EE LP DIA TLAvg GS Alt Track HdWind E 20s p Oa 2089 285 you Will see that the zoom has changed automatically and we still have the target at best visible zoom value There is no need to adjust the zoom approaching a target because M2 will do it for you Sideview plane rendering The aircraft is shown in the sideview in the correct orientation with respect to the target oee this example TO 3doom AL m m TLAvg GS Alt Track HdWind E 20s p Oa 2089 285 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 12 Plane symbol Since this view does not represent the heading the airplane symbols changes depending on the angle relative to the viewpoint The Elevator as well as red left and green right wings help to identify the 3D plane orientation Please note that the Plane symbol is not a true to scale model it is much too big for the scale So it might be drawn into mountains Dynamic Vertical Zooming HGPS HBAR OFE HAGL FL aAlt 3 2359 0 2134 77 7739 Climbed
21. LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 15 Multimap 4 Visual Glide Introduction to VisualGlide You dream about knowing automatically what s ahead of you which ridges are reachable with your current altitude how far you can go still making it over the next mountain This is the VisualGlide No need to do anything because everything is done automatically 1 Selection of best points to show you giving priority to mountain passes if around 2 Obstacle calculations 3 Ordered by direction T T gt BRUNATE 52 36 0 km Oo zo 3akm 169 GS Alt Track 0 kh 23 5 9 a D pe Look at it as in a FRONT view Objects above the horizontal line are reachable those below the line in the red area are unreachable Boxed in Yellow means caution Boxed in Red but in a green area means obstacles in the way The vertical line is your current track Quite innovative concept but easy to get along with in only a few lines of explanations Of course you can also resize the windows with swipes GS Alt Track HdWind gt no A Di 23594 50 The VisualGlide will not give you useless information s such as you can make it over the ridge 2 miles ahead with 4000feet margin This would not be useful information it would be a waste of time to read it because you can actually see it by yourself the ridge is well visible and you are so high Instead more cleverly the good old VG will try to spot for
22. MODE seem mmm Innern nnne 49 OL at M TT A 49 Staring up 1n Outdoor TOG Cai cse chet ie ada lados 49 Timer IN ideis m E 51 IA A A de Meal cod aceto cota ids uen ead Dad vertu A ds tid eu abate MCI PU pra era 51 Special variometer bar for Car Trekking mode sssssssssssssssee menm errem 52 New ENRUN Gxe cSHell sti ol cane atic Sao aa ices ite dre suut A ad 53 New virtual waypolnit FREEFEY and EAIOPTIM ii chen e eei heri tete a ate ce Ee tede ee ca 53 DSN FS Mic NEU oe ee UU UI 53 ARI TOG OIG NOV ANC Ceca tte gases certitude T A N cea Basha awnnteraraincs 53 MASI CACAO Me testis Cd 53 TASKING pare erent a ee E ee ne eae eee ee ene ee eee ee 53 CUSTOM MENU snstara E 53 Message RE in iia 53 WVEV DO IMT foro duo rre 53 Pan TINO Are cT ect 53 FON Oe ciel e Hc re o3 MEGS WV MC ROS ERROR a T ERE 53 Fe AVIS CREAN MR RU EIE DERE o3 aisi sui ee T 53 SONAR TOGGLE will toggle the sonar sounds on and off 53 sisi Bale OMAN EE m m TEM 53 New PO SIMULATOR KE YS i ocho tendit hatc bieten di cti 54 WHEN USING REPLAY IGC FILE tuenda dt silos lodo Sigel 54 REMIK tethered oo A IL DM nat ce seed uM ME mM LUE E LU LC 54 New declutter engine for landings at low zoom levels oooocccccoccccncoococnncnoonnncnnnononnoonononnonnnnnnnnnnnnnonoos 55 NEW PAN Mode TUMCIOMS sssri a es DISC PLI ALL ODE 56 New locatobduarkiig IFAN a ido 56 Example on ho
23. Mina a ia 35 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 67 sereen Moges TORR E RETRO 35 screen modes Tor PNA and RPG m SR 35 vector aImMeld SV npo RE m 37 Dual GES tool Escasa 0 LLL 38 B 1000 AO PO MES DA o eee 39 A este ceeiecnceceee N 40 A E A N 40 Ara So A E E EE E 40 I 6000 4 0 brollles ad Valle cue tee ica diu eae Mae N tual lts 41 od utn had becontsiemd eden puse o cen e hana sie ecd et atc pure d supe Spe Dor IR ep aep M E 41 Runtime vs Configuration parameters sssssssssssssssssseenme Henne n nn nnne nnn nn ei nnns nain nnns 41 Loading profiles at Startup ooocccoocccconccocononocononoconononononnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnoncnnnonnnnnonnnnnoninnneninnneninenenininen 41 Full RESET profiles to factory defaults sssssssssssssssse emm mnes 42 P TERT 44 New engine for multiple sources of barometric altitude with automatic fallback 45 Wind calculation made by external instruments requires configuration oocccccoccccnccoccnncnoconocononnnnnnnooos 45 Takeoff safety alarm configuration menu Alarms ssssssssssssss mme mener 45 EA A A a a 46 Import task from SeeYou CUP files a cete dee teet oe etd e e elu aded t etus 46 Grouped als paces e EIE 47 Airspace SONAR us ate egal ite oh ae aod e e o e ls ll dz 47 Notes about SONAR a dle oO 48 CAR BIKE TREKKING 8 OUTDOOR
24. Note that the closing point is not necessarily the takeoff point Once the FAI triangle is determined there is also a sector drawn around the FAI closing point This is to show into which direction we can extend the flight in order to increase the total triangle distance You get visual aid to the FAI triangle in both analysis page 260 8 km FAT 0 00 era 36 6 100 08 TL Avg GS Alt Track 93m 30424 90 A special virtual waypoint is now available in 3 1 list named FAI CLOSE This is the point you want to go to in order to close the chosen triangle LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 27 3 1 COMN 1 1 Distance Direction ReqEff AltArr VALBREMBO 95 7 31 39 2 308 BORGOTICI 20 1 6 8 3 1845 DENTI DI 5 8 64 39 0 138 BRUNATE 58 2 399 28 2 4 FAI CLOSE 38 7 457 63 0 4 70 e a e m oo aaa a E a E TL Avg GS Track HdWind gt Alt O Sih 29 1n DE Select it and see details Waypoint Info FAI CLOSE li Leke N45 5522 E008 49 48 Elevation Sunset Distance Bearing OSS Alt diff Mc Alt diff Mc current 260 8 km FAI closing point So let s take it and try to close this 260km triangle now Two new infoboxes are available for additional realtime information The distance left to close the triangle The same distance as a percentage 119 InfoBox Auxiliary IN OLC FAI triangle Distance to close P OLC FAI tr
25. above 3000m the view is scrolled up the sea level is no longer visible ATL E gt yr HGPS HBAR QFE HAGL FL aAlt 2819 0 2594 92 0249 The normal height of the sideview is from MSL to 2400m 8000ft If we climb higher the top of the diagram is increased to FL100 3300m If we climb even higher the base and the top also climbs with a spread of 10 000ft If we loose the Om reference the blue sea level indicator will disappear LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 13 An example ein A ES ee O we s4 ci DEN AGL 2524m CR l 200d Ps ae LES FSS MESSI I e o 5 El pS o E xii UY id 4 P 5 HN a Ed F E Ju l il v 10 i ee tL HGPS HBAR QFE HAGL FL aAt os 2 49 2524 90 9019 6 e Onthe way to Lugano international airport Task T gt in 61 5km distance e We shall enter a CTR zone below the free Class G e Weare currently 2524m above ground level e Terrain collision or rerouting required if gliding with current MC 1 2 e Probably no terrain collision if slowing down to MC 0 e Reaching Lugano at 557m AGL 257m above safety altitude for MC 1 2 e Reaching Lugano 449m above safety altitude if gliding at MC 0 e Expected glide ratio at MC 1 2 wind considered is 1 24 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4
26. akeoff speed otherwise it will simply say Stop moving Toggle Wind Rose It will change wind direction overlay and infopage from degrees to text and back Example 245 5 becomes WSW 5 This customkey is assigned by default also to a custom menu button The status of this flag is saved to profile Flarm Radar Reset Odometer SONAR TOGGLE will toggle the sonar sounds on and off Reset Trip Computer LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 53 New PC SIMULATOR KEYS On PC in SIM mode only it is possible to trigger changes of altitude direction and speed very quickly by using the keyboard Arrow Up Down changes speed as with SIMULATOR buttons Arrow Left Right and also Shift arrow Left Right change direction by 5 degrees WITHOUT setting a turn rate SHIFT Arrow UP will fast forward at 10x set ground speed If the ground speed is zero it moves at a minimum speed To move faster increase the ground speed first Page Up and Page Down will change altitude by 10 meters or 50 feet By keeping the keys pressed values will change rapidly You cannot go below altitude O At altitude 0 while steady on ground the simulator will set ground altitude WHEN USING REPLAY IGC FILE Only when in map pages any multimap page can you use PC keys to interact with the replay logger Arrow Up increase replay speed no limit Arrow Down decrease replay speed down to OX Arrow Right advance one minute forward i
27. ation Questions and Answers DONT SEE LANDING POINTS IN THE VISUALGLIDE That is normal because by default we are listing only not landables points like we do in the Nearest pages If you fly in flat lands it is unlikely you will look for a mountain pass No worry enter system configuration page 11 Appearance 8th field is Turnpoint filter Glider position 4095 O EMES EAEg Vector Landables style with units ENEE ArrivalAltitude USESNUNNeUENOF MIE Values white Overlavs color Black o Turnpoints filter Hide units e mm BottomBar Opacity ETA Change the No landables which is the default to All waypoints or to DAT See the HELP in that page for explanations if you are in doubt No landables DAT Turnpoints WHERE IS A WAYPOINT Enlarge the topview map and zoom in a bit you will most likely see the waypoint If not because you have an excessive 3000m altitude and you are getting distant waypoints use waypoint details and figure it out yourself LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 20 WHY DO I GET AN OBSTACLE THAT LOOKS NONEXISTANT The most common cause is very simple your waypoint coordinates are not consistent with the terrain in terms of altitude For example terrain in that position is supposed to be 1500 and at the same time your waypoint is declared to be at 1450 So of course there is a problem there appears
28. ave our own 3 letters code which is XLK New support for external validators of IGC logs This is for online contests or even real contests currently rejecting LK logs because the signature key is in public An external program called LKRECORD PNA LK8 should be copied inside Logger folder to activate the special signature Rename virtual waypoints if they are part of a task when saved Virtual like TAKEOFF or FREEFLY are renamed with a leading TSK These virtual waypoints can be saved to task and made real waypoints LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 65 Fixes Many glitches fixed especially about resizing menus and buttons everywhere Fix speed for determining flaps in turn should be corrected for bank angle It behaves the same as for example minimum speed rising Fix bug in comm port not correctly managing single barometric altitudes Fix accuracy of average speed and more accurate Equivalent MC Show required Task Req Efficiency also before valid start Fix 3 0 bug after loading a waypoint file without a valid header line LK was correctly discovering the real waypoint format and it was correctly loading waypoints but the filename of wp file was disappearing in config So at the next run wp file was no longer configured Fix old bug hardware keys no longer working after defocusing LK windows on PC or PDAs Fix old bug not correctly saving some CUP waypoint files file name disappearing
29. ding airspaces This was accomplished by using both top and sideview as an instrument to render a 3D space Not many softwares can offer such complete functionality A A A A A A A gg pad gd Ip peg pe pe ap a a Available multimaps Track view Target view Nearest airspace view Visual Glide Flarm Radar AP ey LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 8 Multimap 1 Track View The first multimap is general purpose offering both topview and sideview On landscape screens the track right is an alternate choice for viewing far ahead similarly to track up in portrait mode This is a general purpose multimap which is perfect as an alternate to main map without overlays or with a different topview for example with no terrain or only topology etc Alt On 1 694 O Sideview is showing the glide path blue line extrapolated from last 20 seconds Resizing the multimap page 1 You can resize the two windows by doing a gesture up or gesture down swipe up down It is possible to resize either window to full size Clicks on the multimap page 1 The M1 page works like all multimap pages a short click at the top will zoom in a short click at the bottom will zoom out on the topview window If there is no topview window because you have rescaled the visualglide fullscreen then you get no zoom simply The virtualkeys are all operative topleft topright except as in all multimaps there is n
30. dle Exit or Entry type for each cylinder turnpoint some other changes are also applied For new optimization using sectors we always use center point Removed AAT Iso Line drawing Added IN OUT type in Task Waypoint dialog Disabled AAT Time notification Quick gestures for paragliders Only in paraglider and hang glider mode enable disable quick gestures By default quick gestures are enabled Quick gestures allow the pilot to click on right or left nearest info pages to switch to next previous like with gestures Using gloves during the flight will require this option be disabled UTM coordinate system support You can now choose to use the UTM system everywhere in place of degrees This was requested by paragliders and hanggliders users Merit Metric DEWE Metric Cir m s Niece meters ES es Metric Lat Lon HUM Pressure hPa Weeido0 J Local time To enable UTM coordinate system enter system configuration and go to page 9 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 58 External instruments additions and changes Westerboer Disable STF switch use Volkslogger Barometric altitude support for the B50 LX V7 full support also with RMB option MiniMap support as custom device ASI FlyNet Vario Full support COMPASS C PROBE full support GPS NAV task declaration support EYE support LX V7 support IMPORTANT Note The driver needs V7 firm
31. dot bigger e Accelerations towards the top of the aircraft will move the up the opposite down Please not that this in an experimental feature and may not be used for navigation purposes Support for COMPASS C PROBE New Compass C Probe device support Alt Baro IAS TAS 3D Accelerometer Air Temp Relative humidity 3D Gyros Magnetic compass Device specific Status and Config Dialog For C Probe you need to Add Device X Config Custom key in Custom menu for Calibrate C Probe Device e Gyro is used in TRI if available LX MINIMAP specials Lx MiniMap alternate hardware key handling and fix missing selection of modeltype Using customkeys bottom bar for hardware buttons selecting pressing Minimap hardware buttons will result in using the customkeys assigned to the bottom bar This works only if the original MiniMap software version is no longer used LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 60 The LK Flight Data Recorder Overview This is a real FDR and fully configurable You can choose what to log and the time interval it works in parallel with and totally independent from the IGC logger It will generate a text document ready to be used with all of your flight activity including sensors temperature battery accelerations in 3 axis everything It is a perfect companion for flight engineers giving them a real blackbox for free flight recorded on 24 04 2012 starting at 23 25 48 UTC
32. e way to the right FAI sector LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 29 M 1K8000 381 5 km FAI C 122 8 km 322 6 B 122 4 km 32 1 96 Reached the first turning sector the optimizer finds the first FAI triangle of 381km which does not need the entire first leg If we continue flying towards the second leg ENE we increase the triangle For an optimal Triangle we should continue until the takeoff is in the green FAI sector LECT Analysis Contest FAI triangle P 501 5 km FAI C 148 9 km 29 7 B 147 4 km 29 4 Change Already reached the 500km threshold on the second leg LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 30 3 1 COMN 1 1Distance Direction ReqEff AltArr GOCH ASPE 565 1 880 NEUHARDEN 10 6 39 7 0 1160 HOOGEVEEN 519 5 100 OERLINGHA 388 2 86 GOCH ASPE 565 1 880 FAI OPTIM 111 6 169 149 31 TL Avg GS Alt Track HdWind E 20s 2 1 2 150 1851 173 48 8 A In order to complete the 500km triangle we must now fly to the closing FAIOPTIM point which is a virtual waypoint and can be found in 3 1 COMN M 1K8000 Analysis Contest FAI triangle P Finished back home but if the weather is still OK we could extend the FAI triangle flying to the south south east Easy to see that can still reach over 550km FAI LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0
33. e you are using LK8000 will constantly monitor airspaces around you and when your aircraft is approaching an airspace and the distance either vertical or horizontal is getting critical the SONAR will start up Sonar sounds are similar to those you probably heard in submarines movies slow sounds with low pitch will gradually change to fast sounds with an higher pitch while you approach to the airspace This is a good time to switch to multimap page 3 to carefully monitor the nearby airspace e Sonar will play also when you are leaving an airspace this is absolutely essential and intended behaviour e Sonar in gliding mode is working only after start of free flight is detected In SIM GA or CAR modes it is always active You can disable and enable the sonar anytime with a button in the Info menu 3 TSALZATEs 840 MR 3 10 ne 7 E M e BREF Bi i y J i LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 47 At startup SONAR is always enabled It s status is not saved to profiles Notes about SONAR e Sonar is triggered when the nearest airspace is less than 1km horizonally distant or less than 1000ft vertically e SONAR mode is making a PING sound proportional to the distance to the nearest airspace Sonar is intended to be used as an instrument to control proximity to airspace This means it is usuful expecially when for any reason a pilot is compelled to fly near by an airspace without entering it fo
34. every 60s max TAS Co C5 CO CD CD CD CD CD CD Maa 2b TA Max Lo vo 10 warnings 5 warnings BAL Co Co CO CD CD CD CD CD CD BUG 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Co C5 CO CD CD CD CD CD CD max Lovy MC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0 Temperature recording and check every 60s if between 2 5 C 63 User interface changes Display menu buttons choices are now saved to profile independantly for each map page they are used on Draw thermal bar also now in cruise mode can be configured in config 13 page disabled in thermal in thermal and cruise More accurate battery indicator flashing when below 6 and full blue when 100 under external power CPU load infobox in bottombar SYS page BestAlternate messages lasting only 2 seconds instead of 5 to 10 seconds New bearing diff indicator Change in ActiveMap function after selecting an object or changing page it is automatically disabled Flashing text is alerts the pilot that active map is enabled for direct screen selection New configuration for Bottom Bar TRMO AUTO mode selection can be made automatic upon entering thermal mode By default it is enabled as it has been so far Fast exit from thermal mode Previously up to 15 seconds now 10 seconds While circling keep showing Bearing Diff instead of adopting bearing on overlays and in infopage Target rotation Skip MATE target if no target mate is set To access MAT
35. ful for CAR mode because they will take perfect timings of your journey The AvgSpd Average Speed and AvgDst Average Distance are relative to the configured parameter 5 Glide Computer Auto wind Manua A 100kh TrueWind period aus O a 1 Auto Mc mode OFF as Equivalent M L D Average period aia Mark center Thermal Orbiter OFF Auto Final Glide HOT Use baro altitude ON which is by default set to 3 seconds You can change this to your preference of course LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 50 The bottombar is configured by default with only two stripes STA3 and AUXO9 STASI Moving Steady Total AvgSpd AvgDist 01 09 00 11 01 20 45 0 0 3 31m A 20 LIN Fi DE Alt Track Battery Odo QFE 2 2 9 m 0 km 0 m These are the most commonly used informations for example needed during a trip The ODOmeter is accounting every feet made with the highest precision up to 1m The QFE is telling you the altitude difference since you started your trip Timers in Trekking Car e Moving time e Stationary time e Total moving stationary They are updated only when the gps is working with valid fix and obviously with the PNA unit turned on Trip Reset A Trip Reset button is available in custom menu dcm edi j er rer trente rnnt m TAMANO A Moving Steady Total AvgSpd 01 32 00 00 01 32 25 0 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer ver
36. ge is recorded in the FlightDataRecorder txt The valid range is from 10 7V to 15 0V if the Value is outside that range we get a warning message every 10 seconds After 10 warnings the warnings are automatically disabled The warning check will start two minutes after program start in order to prevent annoying warnings immediately after program start LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 62 An example of the FlightRecorder cfg 1 qwecordling dnteverval Ll Gl Foso 10 Dv gem check every 10 seconds OF dl s55 0 0 never check max 10 warnings Voltage XBattl max 10 warnings 10 7 Voltage XBatt2 V V l recording S l recording 0 00 Un 0 9 l0 y supply voltage WE GRY D gua soi 30 10 PNA Batt level Se ej Tago ot 360 ub 35 C otherwiese max 5 warnings 1509 0 06 0 9 10 Latitude x Toso 0 0 Q 10 Longitude di teu uU 10 T9 y At TE Ud m US T ue AO 39 10 BaroAltitude m dl dE Dh OOO 0 LQ Altitude above ground m IO pU uus 0 10 IndicatedAirspeed km h ES L 955 0 250 0 210 D True airspeed km h L cu AsO Q 10 Ground speed km U d Dec ORO 0 10 TrackBearing o XN Oe MOS 0 TO dE Ea m s 1 Oe SO 139 VO uw gNetboVatio ms Je SOO USO Y LO 7 Acceleration X q m i Qu Ors 9 10 Acceleration Y qu s Lom OUO D 10 Acceleration Z T EY d D ur 4 10 Ballast e Uy LOO 20 60 CO 10 Bugs qe Wy E LO 3 10 MacReady ms
37. iangle Distance close 96 Vario esses d Netto Vario ist s MacCready Equivalent J Sped To Fly MacCready Setting Track In the next picture we still need to fly for 18 7km 7 of the total to close the triangle LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update RS o7 x 8 7 km Y a ad F Ta ree e Pre uU AR su F FAI C DoC Vario Netto 18 km 2 20 0 ms 0 0ms And when we get there is it true that we did really close it 1 5 Contest OLC dis FAI dis 318 261 OLC dis FAI dis Oh yes See confirmation in the independent OLC analyzer 261km FAI accomplished Trust the FAI optimizer and you won t be disappointed Notes on FAI triangle optimization The optimization tries to find an FAI triangle but may have problems if the flight track is too irregular In such case it finds the a first leg and a FAI triangle at the same time So it may toggle between two different views In order to have on the fly optimization the optimizer updates every 5 seconds For performance reasons calculations are based on a compressed flight trail and therefore may not have the identical results as other post flight analyzing software which can post process any optimal triangle combination which can take some time even on a powerful PC without continuously adding new waypoints M 1K8000 Analysis Contest FAI triangle P First leg 180km On th
38. iew SALZATE dagesnii7 1 24 k TL Avg GS Alt Track HdWind Um 2089 285 When the sideview window is large enough it will show also detailed information about the current glide at MC 0 the AGL altitude the glide ratio required in the example 1 17 for MC 0 e Under the plane symbol we can find the height Above Ground Level AGL e Underneath is the brown terrain profile and the elevation at the current position ELV e The blue lines represents the glide slope for the given Mc Value and Mc 0 0 This helps to see if it is possible to fly over a particular obstacle airspace or mountain The shown slopes are based on the current wind values and the selected glider polar assuming no vertical air movement e On the right side the destination waypoint is marked with a vertical white dashed line and the name of the waypoint If there is an orange part at the bottom of the line it indicates the safety altitude This is displayed only if this waypoint is marked as a landable point e The corresponding Mc arrival altitudes above safety altitude are displayed under the waypoint name and distance on the waypoint marker If the terrain is high enough the waypoint elevation is also shown in the terrain profile under the marker As soon as the arrival altitude is expected to be above safety altitude the expected altitude above ground level is shown at the right side of the waypoint marker and the Mc arrival altitudes turn green L
39. in configuration Fix loading CompeGPS waypoints Fix waypoint selection list not showing invalid virtual waypoints like LKMARKERs for example Fix 3 0 bug not correctly managing FLYTEC FLYSEN time not advancing We also fixed the UTC time incorrectly managed as local time Fix very old bug not taking into account the day changing into a new month Only a single day was considered and this was creating problems to people not switching off the gps for many days LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 66 INtFOAUCUON TO EVA reese RETE m 2 MJETMAR S AER es e oa Dad ero anos 3 DU tes Em 3 Contiguration OF MUI APS ita 4 Display Ma DUO tdt 5 a A A De ee EE 5 C ustom Keys IM MUMA D S arn dd cem nannies petecnd Ae Eae 7 la e do RR rU ER T Varo on Rino E Ui NER ERROR RR Tc 7 ATSP CE TUI UO ccce area Ree meee eRe ona ees A est set TTR Teer taf 8 AVvallable dmultimiagbS ssss sud esci ded mee n aa eedee nur ciadamnans E a E ETE aanncexanatiees 8 M limap 1 Track VICW es sten ideo Ls Ifc ta uade e eoe de ta ac pua M red pie ine EEE EE EE EOS AEEA tet 9 Resizing the multimap page 1 eesseesssseseseeeeneenennnene nnne menn mnn nn nnnn nnn ner r esas rana sanas sss nans 9 Clicks on the multimap page 1 ccc cece cee cece ae eeee ee eeee ne Imm Im IRI I nnmnI nn nmnI nnne nn nnn innen nar nenne 9 wr ar2eendniec 9
40. itive and negative acceleration have different scales calculated dynamically during the trip Decelerations in cars are greater than accelerations and thus we have a separated scale After a few minutes the system will be autocalibrated to show accelerations and decelerations optimally So even while running or biking this variobar will be usable It is quite fun to use LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 52 New LKRUN exe shell LKRUN EXE is an executable inside the LK8000 folder in the same place as LK8000 PNA EXE Running LKRUN EXE will make LK8000 PNA EXE run as well Upon exit LK will restart automatically If you Exit from the startup screen you exit then also LKRUN and the loop is over In case of a software crash LK will be restarted automatically for a max of 10 times New virtual waypoint FREEFLY and FAIOPTIM They indicate start of freeflight and the current optimized triangle turnpoints They appear automatically inside COMMONS page and in the waypoint list of course New Custom Keys oome more custom keys have been added for your convenience Now you can also assign them to 10 classic menu buttons in the new Custom menu ARM Toggle Advance Task calculator Task target Custom menu Message Repeat Waypoint lookup Pan mode Force landing This will force landed status so that the logbook is updated and eventually logger is stopped This customkey requires you to be below the t
41. lider site an it will be marked with white wings At an appropriate zoom level the radio frequency will be shown as well On higher zoom levels more information such as ICAO name if available and altitude will be shown on the map Like before if the runway is reachable with respect to the safety height and wind the airfield outlanding is green otherwise red In order to use this additional information s it must be included in the waypoint file of course We recommend to use the cup file format which is able to support this additional information If you don t have the additional information we recommend using the old Alternate symbols which is probably the best choice for paragliders and hanggliders LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 37 Dual glide footprint You can now see the glide footprint relative to the current destination waypoint This means that you will be in gliding range once you get there at the estimated altitude The red and white area is where you can expect to reach once you get to the current turnpoint To enable the dual glide footprint enter system setup and go to menu 13 ays SE Full overtay Font size Big font d Show Clock Enabled Glide Terrain Line M Ala Disabled Ec Disabled Eds au Vario in thermal and cruise A in tama Track Line C A Disabled d LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update
42. n time Page Up advance 5 minutes forward in time Remarks You cannot go back in time Replay speed over 10x will result in inaccurate values in calculations Advancing in time will not update calculations correctly we are doing interpolations It will simply skip all intermediate points Setting replay speed to 0 will let you examine the situation by freezing flight at that moment This is working only on PC LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 94 New declutter engine for landings at low zoom levels We have given a lot of thought to details shown at low zoom levels when too much information was given to the pilot in earlier versions Deciding what to show and what to hide is never an easy decision but it is nevertheless an important one when you load thousands of waypoints and navigate in areas with many airfields Decluttering means making life easier for the pilot Before 4 0 EE o Tiro Ty e asaleggio izado A ps ad Albairate MS Bagnolog E rl ew MERO Pen Y ASIN INS va EN Mapas un meme Bressombalalupo Less information means better information sometimes But it s up to you decide in configuration what you want to see LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 95 New PAN mode functions In PAN mode both in SIM and in FLY mode near to the zoom scale indicator are shown e latitude longitude altitude e distance to curren
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44. needed Zoom in and out as usual and adjust top and sideviews separately oee terrain ahead look at 3D airspaces examine the current glide path Rescale side topviews in each multimap set display options for each multimap and it is all saved automatically to your profile for the next time Easy and powerful You still have the good old main map of course plus M1 M2 M3 Multimaps are map pages that can be switched from the main map screen by simply touching on the left or on right middle screen as in the following picture T gt LUGANO X 2 50 po Maps are then rotated to M1 M2 M3 etc until the main map is shown again in a loop Touching on the left part will make multimaps rotate backwards As an example this is what you can expect by rotating through multimaps estup7 7 49 02 vai 122 600 fg Sana EEE 0 i Re bo gt zo 30 40 50km a Alt Track HdWind 3 Track HdWind s po o po 229m T gt KONG d 69 3o y 12 40 d LT cedi le uad ie ea le e 032 Stoo 96B 1508 1033 NB Alt ack j TL Avg pr Alt Track HdWind su 229m 0 eum 229 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 3 n en IDIZASH 25 D80 TL Avg GS Alt Track HdWind y O um 229m Each multimap is numbered 1 to 5 in the bottom right corner and each has a different sound for rotation without looking at the screen The multimap 5 is dedicated
45. needed to turn 180 degrees and go back to the airfield in case towing is suddenly aborted Depending on airfields and conditions it can be something between 50m and 100m It can be configured in step of 10m or 10feet up to 500m or 500feet When this safe altitude is reached a soft cabin chime sound is played followed by a calm voice saying safety LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 45 Nothing is shown on the screen This is an aid to help pilots to concentrate on the towing phase during this early part of the flight without continously look at the altimeter to know if the safety takeoff altitude is reached By default this alarm is disabled and can be disabled by setting the altitude to O Remember this is a height above ground QFE so if you want to be told when you are 50m above ground set 50 simply The takeoff safety sound will be armed again only after landing and be automatically in use again for the next takeoff Tasks Import task from SeeYou CUP files From load task it is possible to select also CUP files containing a task The CUP must be located inside the Task folder not in Waypoints Only the first task in the file will be loaded If the CUP file has more than one task the other task lines after the first will be ignored e Arm TPs support added e Save and Load Time Gate config in Task file e New task action buttons in waypoint details for more clear actions Insert and re
46. nnncnos 20 Questions anda ATSWOlS tata dd EA oce A La DA APR DP TOP LIE LLL 20 DONT SEE LANDING POINTS IN THE VISUALGLIDE sssssH 20 WHERE I5 VA YPOINT a de o oli a dl ail Dedi ean aires 20 WHY DO GET AN OBSTACLE THAT LOOKS NONEXISTANT ssmRRRH HH 21 Multimap TEARM ADAE iiit eere baee detenti o io dele tua eer Set et eua esie Eo 22 circle E M eaten aoe 22 65 6 hae Pec or k ENS MN E E Dm NES 22 Fa ON a RE Sena AO m PETER 23 Pame Lor ERA T rey ore ie Um UU T UI m ERE 23 INGOT AG SS eee cate ahi tic esta o KU M Raniah I MELDE 23 SINS AGS ING TAC SS cssc o aa e de ADMI 23 CIID ONIN ACCS NET e ee ae en eo Ed 23 Traces example o thence 24 SOIOES SENSE MES iuto blu LM RUDI DM o e li e a ie ad 24 Sn O UC 24 A 25 Activating FLARM in SIMUulation mode ooccccoocccnccocccnncccccnncnoconnnnnnconnnnnnonnnnnnnonnnononnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnninnnnnnos 26 FAI triangle optimization during flight oooooccncoconcnnnooononcnnonononononononorononnnnnononnnnnnnonnnrononnnneninnnanoss 21 O o A A atstadeeh a aten etd 27 Notes on FAI triangle optimization oooccococccnnoocnnnoncnonononononononnnononorononnnconnrnnnnnnnnnnncnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonininnns 29 FA op mizatior Tor paraglidels is 32 LUivelracker SUD uva 33 custom MENO hoi a e al ANR 34 Sereen rotation ia EKGOO
47. o center virtualkey e Long click on a sideview Airspace area will trigger airspace action Sideview zoom In Out As in the other multimaps after a long click in the sideview area a yellow dashed rectangle around the sideview will appear indicating Zoom works on the sideview vertical scale LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 9 je E Alkm__ TL Avg GS Alt Track HdWind p 9 5 kh 1 D 2 3 m Now click up or down the screen as usual for zoom operations The zoom will be performed only on the sideview window The sideview vertical scale is relative to your own altitude Another long click in side or topview will return to normal distance zoom mode Sukm TL Avg GS Alt Track HdWind p 95a 150 0 Rescaling the sideview can be useful when flying in extremely flat lands or extremely mountain areas In the first case zoom in a lot on sideview will emphasize even small hills LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 10 Multimap 2 Target View The second multimap is always showing the current track to the multitarget destination and it is independent of your heading It it an ideal line between your position and the destination The destination is the selected multitarget task alternates last thermal team mate home etc If the current multitarget has no waypoint assigned for example an empty alternate 1 then M2 is the same as M1 track v
48. on obstacle stealth mode out of radio range etc Object s traces are shown as well in the topview if enabled See later Topview orientation by default is track right as in all multimaps You can change orientation to track up by clicking on the top right aircraft icon which will change accordingly it actually tell you how the display will change by clicking on it LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 22 10 0 To TskDis TskETE ManMC Tsksp 2 250 34 E 2 2 0 1 Pina Flarm Zoom Zoom works like in normal map from 1km 100km clicking in the upper third of the display zooms in clicking in the lower third zooms out As in the other multimaps after a long click in the sideview area a yellow dashed rectangle around the sideview will appear indicating zoom works on the sideview vertical scale The sideview vertical scale is relative to your own position altitude Another long click in side or topview will return to normal distance zoom mode Traffic traces All Flarm objects have traces indicating the 30s climb sinkrate in the same color scheme as the objects The trail can be modified in three steps climb and sink climb off by clicking on the upper left corner symbol No traces Climb and sink traces Climb only traces LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 2
49. orted by direction What do we mean by in front 45 degrees left or right of you If necessary unfilled space available we extend the search up to 60 degrees left and right for a total of 120 degrees in a frog view otarting from that list we give priority to e Mountain passes if using CUP turnpoints e Taskturnpoints Mountain passes and turnpoints are shown with priority over anything else only if they are not obviously reachable because you can see them by yourself OR because they are absolutely unreachable The VGE considers your current best glide ratio and the current arrival altitude predicted for such waypoint to take this decision Then the VGE tries to be smart enough not to tell you that you are making it over something you can see for yourself There is no need to tell you that 4 miles away there is a mountain that you can reach with a GR of 12 and an arrival altitude of 375m for example your eyes can see it with no need of a computer But you wouldn t be able to guess that far beyond that mountain you can make it over the very next ridge and you can thus skip the first thermal and go straight to the next ridge The VGE discards useless informations and goes beyond your eyes Waypoints are then printed from left to right ordered by bearing difference The horizontal disposition is not accurate and will NOT necessarily reflect the position of the waypoint relatively to your horizont Vertical disposition of waypoin
50. ove them to let you try radar as well as the rest of traffic pages Infopages 4 x You can enable and disable Flarm in SIM mode simply going into menu 13 Map Overlays PES Full overlay Kus Bio font aimee Enabled Glide Terrain Line line Glide Bar indicator Disabled Variometer Bar Disabled VarioBar ess Vario in thermal and cruise MARES in thermal Track Line ON MGUY Disabled Change FLARM on map to Enabled and you will instantly get a message saying that the FLARM unit was detected Traffic will appear immediately 4 a 1 i EN y 1 gt k E E m r h bs amp N E d m i t rin 4 4 Jic m M e P i O m E J an Jj p Y a o sa BE FLARM DETECTED i EUN gt nde EY LE l 130 000 aun Ma gt Mani PF TL Avg es Alt Track HdWind 20s Ou 1949 72 59 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 26 FAI triangle optimization during flight Overview The FAI Optimizer is designed to give a navigation aid to complete an FAI triangle After flying for a while the Optimizer tries to find the longest flownstraight distance and shows two Sectors In order to achieve a FAI triangle we need to navigate into one of these sectors Once the sector is reached the optimizer draws the FAI triangle which can be achieved by flying back to the closing point which track is shown by the red dashed line
51. ows can be resized to full screen or only to a minimum or maximum size A b NES Azzarinil 40 5ukm TL Avg GS Alt Track HdWind 5 O On 1 69m O Enlarging topview WT eg es Y JG ES i SO de an Peake X Pecialupo ug e ih DS T nd z 3signori DY AERE Gui ig P albrembo FES P Arciaita F BA Mead Azzarinib cantosltoM kx 5 Mos E cima 7 Edel Menna GS Alt Track le E l be 1703m NA wl Topview made fullscreen SE US Sn e 40 5Ukm GS Alt Track HdWind 2 O Ep On 1 769m 0 wl Sideview enlarged LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 6 3u 40 Sukm Track HdWind O A 0 Sideview made fullscreen 3u 40 Ukm Track Hdwind 9 0 O Alt 1709m And of course you can enable disable overlays at anytime Custom keys in Multimaps All customkeys are working in the multimaps except the screen center Airspace click on Clicking on sideview bottom window only airspaces for a longer time will trigger airspace details Zoom in and Out As in the main map you can also zoom in and out in multimaps Changes normally affect both top and bottom window On some multimap pages it is possible to change zoom separately in bottom window for sideview rescaling LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update Airspace full view LK was designed in the past two years to give the pilot the best possible understanding on surroun
52. place will now tell which waypoint are affecting e New Append before and after finish e Allow saving a task that is using virtual waypoints This is needed because it is now possible to insert a virtual waypoint during the flight in pan mode e TASK lines made thicker and more visible e New task edit button delete for deleting task files This button is available only when TimeGates are disabled because they share the same screen location LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 46 Grouped airspaces Complex airspaces are often a combination of different parts blocks Due to the airspace file structure each of these blocks is handled as a separate airspace This can be annoying if you want to acknowledge or en disable such complex structure The airspace grouping will combine all airspace parts as one airspace as long the parts have identical names and types The name must be identical in length and upper lowercase characters Grouping the airspaces can be turned on off in Setup page 2 Airspaces 2 Airspace Airspace warning parameters WES ON ME ON Warning time Acknowledge time Airspace display All on alle Pattern Group Ack Vertical margin Msg timeout But in case you need separate acknowledgment of blocks of the same airspace it is better to give them different names e g Dresden EAST Dresden WEST Airspace SONAR No matter which function or pag
53. r example during a competition The sound will increase in pitch and frequency as much as we get closer to the airspace The most alerting sound is an almost permanent signal warning about a very close ASP Horizontal distance is considered risky between 150m and Om 500ft to O Vertically distance is considered risky between 40m 120ft and O e For paragliders H distances for sonar are reduced e Pilot are supposed to avoid the risky condition as soon as they get the permanent sonar sound Please note If you enter airspace we assume this was intended and authorised so the Sonar will stop The nearest airspace will now be calculated excluding the block you are flying in and the Sonar will relate to this new block The pings will start again when e You approach new airspace This includes airspace which touches the block you are already in e You leave the block of airspace You will hear reducing pings as you move away LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 48 CAR BIKE TREKKING amp OUTDOOR MODE Overview If you are performing an outdoor trip with either a car a bike or by feet climbing a mountain boating etc or simply driving around and you want to actually see what is around of you the terrain add waypoints log the trace and be back to the base camp on time now you can do it setting CAR TREKKING mode will make LK work pretty well as a commercial and expensive trekking unit tuned
54. re split in to two windows plus the bottom bar than never disappears You can resize the two windows by doing a gesture up or gesture down swipe up down A gesture down will bring down the top window which normally is the moving map A gesture up will bring up the bottom window it is possible to resize either window to full size Clicks on the multimap page VisualGlide The M4 page is working like all multimap pages a short click on top will Zoom in a short click on bottom will zoom out on the topview window If there is no topview window because you have rescaled the visualglide fullscreen then youwill simply get no zoom The virtualkeys are operative topleft topright But again no center virtualkey as in all multimaps A LONG CLICK on a waypoint box will bring up waypoint details From the usual wp detail page you can decide an action or further investigate the waypoint LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 18 Waypoints appearing on the Visualglide You are now wondering which waypoints appear on the visualglide First of all we can only display a few of them depending on screen resolution We also want the waypoint box to be large enough to be clickable and we dont want boxes to overlap o0 we must carefully choose what to show The VGE Visual Glide Engine is doing exactly that for you automatically VG is about showing what you actually have in FRONT of you like in Nearest page 2 3 s
55. rmation In the minimal situation only small boxes with only the name of the waypoint are painted LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 17 Waypoint Box Contents Line 1 name of waypoint This name is shown in BLUE when the safety altitude applies to calculations otherwise is it shown in BLACK ALZATE 19 9km 30 521 Ey Line 2 and line 3 e arrival altitude e required glide ratio aka efficiency e waypoint distance e bearing difference If only two lines are in use waypoint distance and bearing diff are not shown The required efficiency is shown if it is below 200 Over 199 it not shown You can do a LONG CLICK on each waypoint box to trigger an action on it Waypoint Box Colors Each box has a coloured background e of course means arrival altitude is OK e A means arrival altiutude is positive but with a small margin less than 150ft 50m So caution there may be obstacles as well since the terrain may not be accurate or the waypoint position altitude could be wrong WE DO NOT CALCULATE OBSTACLES BELOW 50m arrival altitude for this reason e A red box means the waypoint is not reachable Attention it the box is in the positive green area this means the waypoint has a positive arrival altitude but an OBSTACLE is in between Green boxes always show you that arrival altitude is OK and there are no obstacles Resizing the multimap page VisualGlide All multimaps a
56. s there is nothing we can do about it We dont support hardware patches nor external rotating drivers e Although it is possible to rotate the screen also while moving flying it is NOT wise to do so During screen rotation the software will stop internally for a couple of seconds e Custom fonts are always shared among all screen resolutions orientations be careful There is only 1 custom font configuration and this will be used if used for all orientations Expecially on PC this can be confusing because if you have configured a custom font perfect for 800x480 and then you change to 320x240 you can imagine the result fonts are not rescaled LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 36 Vector airfield symbols With Version 4 weare introducing new airfield symbols In order to enable them go to System Setup Page 11 and set the Appearance style from Alternate to Vector This is now the default for LK 4 111 Appearance Glider position 096 1 Landables icon E Landables style uL with units Landables value M o Inverse b w colors oF ME NU Values white ieee Blak ERES Nolandables F i Hide units OF BottomBar Opacity HEEE The vector airfield symbols have new scalable airfield and outlanding icons with runway direction and type dark grey solid white grass The runway length is drawn proportional to the real length and with correct orientation If an airfield is defined as g
57. s E 1 d Jh O LO WS wx wand speed km h E WO ag TO LX exte wind direct ton MEE C dt dE OO 0 10 calculated wind speed km ES lupe Ue dr 20 DO cstceubated wind direction y An example of the FlightRecorder txt output Recording interval 1s External Batt 1 Batt 5 Outside Air Temperature Longitude Latitude Altitude Alt AGL Speed Indcated Airspeed TrueAirspeed Ballast Bugs MacReady External Batt 1 range Outside Air Temperature range hh mm ss BAT1 BAT OAT lat IQ ese 7 12 80 T00 94730 OE BDO LOSS 9s 38 gt 125 60 gt 200 3x30 51090033 10 59 34 12 80 100 9 30 51 690833 POSS O30 12 80 T00 Bso 514690833 T059 936 12780 LODO 9430 517690833 10 59 37 12 80 100 9 20 51 690833 EOS E2470 L00 BZ O 5E6903 LOS OS SO pae QUOS 9720 aod 690535 10 59 40 12 70 099 9 20 51 690833 1 2 OV OV OV OV OY OV OY OD OD recording recording recording recording recording recording recording recording recording recording recording recording recording 0 70 COD dug lon 103883 103883 103883 103883 103883 103883 103883 103883 103883 T500 35 00 G 2 2 2 16 2 2 2 2 2 2 enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled enabled L AS Co C05 CO CD CD CD CD CD CD LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update IAS Co C5 CO CD CD CD CD CD CD mar TV warning every 10s max warning
58. sion 4 0 User Manual Update 51 The Snail trail is using altitude differences to show colors so you basically can see where terrain was changing altitude In Car Trekking mode a snail trail point is recorded every 5 seconds as soon as at least a distance of 5 meters has been covered Zoom levels of maps are the same as for paragliders zoom up to 10m scale instead of max 100m The start trip speed is 3 kmh at this speed a START message is shown There is of course NO LANDING detection you can only restart a trip by doing a Trip reset The arrival altitude to a destination waypoint is always the difference between your altitude and the waypoint altitude We dont use any polar flight calculation in 2D Special variometer bar for Car Trekking mode The variometer bar in this mode is showing acceleration and deceleration and it is autocalibrated To activate it go in system config page 13 and change it to something else but Disabled EE Full overlay money Small font a Disabled Glide Terrain Line A Aa daa Disabled Variometer Bar NEN f E qus auis Vario in thermal and cruise lt prev Thermal Bar RESTI FARM on map TEES NN The variometer bar is automatically showing horizontal G load Other settngs are ignored A LOO STAS Moving Steady Total AvgSpd AvgDist Moving Steady Total AvgSpd AvgDist 17 28 04 02 21 30 35 06 0 03m 17 35 04 02 21 37 a The pos
59. t Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 39 Device Setup Device configuration Name Port COMI Baudrate Name Port TAN Baudrate sbit nnl Geoid Altitude Nn Sakae Noma A Disabled Device m iodel Generic Pilot Setup Pilot configuration Pilot name WOLF HIRTH Live tracker log interval O seco f Password Aircraft configuration Category Glider Melee Std Cirrus plr Max Speed 200 kh Handicap E Ballast dump time arate LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update LK8000 4 0 profiles advanced Essentials e At the beginining of each session you will get always the default file for each Aircraft Device System and Pilot profile e On startup LK will load by default DEFAULT profiles for aircraft device pilot and system They are saved automatically each time you terminate the software e In other words your last configuration for system pilot and aicraft is always always saved for the next time in the DEFAULT profiles e You don t need to do anything to get to the previous configuration because it is automatically saved each time to the defaults e LK will save automatically ONLY TO DEFAULTS for the next time e LK WILL SAVE AT EVERY EXIT THE PILOT SYSTEM DEVICE AND AIRCRAFT DEFAULT PROFILES Runtime vs Configuration parameters Pay attention please some parameters can also be changed at run
60. t position e bearing to current position qo E009935 4 35 Shun 22 Gil G9 PAN td This will give the pilot more information about the pan position he is using New location marking in PAN A new button is available in pan mode location marker It is the same location marker available to create a marker while flying but in this case it will create the marker at the cross center pan position eles ud 483600 09208 093 Dita on 22m Sm HTO PAN Cdi al f A J The marker is then available for selection as a waypoint it can be inserted in a task as an intermediate waypoint it can be used as an alternate destination etc Location marker altitude in pan mode is the terrain altitude if available Otherwise it is zero Use Find NearestWaypoint button to select it at once So it is possible to pan create a virtual waypoint and select it as a goto Example on how to create a new waypoint during flight and goto it The new markers in pan mode allow you to easily choose a point on the map as a waypoint and then use it to include it in the running task or as an alternate destination The procedure is really easy 1 Enter pan mode 2 Position the cross where you want to go Notice the additional informations concerning distance and bearing from you now appearing on the map LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 56 3 43 1627m 1 0km St SLO S402 PAN NAVA 3 Press Loca
61. tical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 33 Custom MENU When Menu is opened on the first page there is a new button replacing the old TrueWind button By default some of these buttons are already pre assigned For example TrueWind Calc Lock Screen etc To configure the Custom Menu enter System Setup and go to page 10 Interface Custom Menu iE Force Landed a Free Flight start ES Reset Trip 22 Reset Odomet om TrueWind Y Toggle WndRose A TotalEnergy toggle e Screen Lock eF Disabled ilt Disabled There is a new button for Configure Custom Menu Each item can be assigned a custom key or can be Disabled The Custom Menu is itself available also as a custom key This means that you can assign Custom Menu recall from a custom key like for example top right When you click top right you would recall the custom menu LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 34 Screen rotation in LK8000 LK8000 detects automatically if the screen has been rotated or changed in resolution and it will reconfigure itself for the new state It will only do this for supported resolutions of course This is totally automatic and nothing has to be configured For example on an HX4700 PPC you can use a hardware key to force screen rotation from portrait to landscape and vice versa LK will immediately adapt to the new orientation nx nat NE A MINO Al AP ncia 1
62. time through buttons for example the state of Active map the Airspace clipping map shading inverted text glide efficiency etc etc However these parameters will not be saved to configuration We call these runtime values because they are valid only for the current run of LK If you enter configuration you will notice that these values are not the same as those in runtime if you have changed them It is instead valid the opposite if you change a configuration parameter the runtime equivalent is immediately updated too The logic beyond this is simple at startup we load runtime parameters with the configuration choices If you want to permanently change a parameter like Efficiency in Basic Setup you must change it in the configuration If in configuration it is set to 100 and in Basic Setup you have set efficiency to 80 at next LK startup it will be again 100 Runtime values are never saved to configuration just remember this Loading profiles at startup When you select a profile in Aircraft System or Pilot at the begining you always see the current loaded profile On startup it is automatically chosen the last one saved from the previous run of LK If it is the first time you run LK a default configuration is internally loaded with a default aircraft Cirrus a default pilot Wolf Hirth etc LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 41 Click on the white space to choose another
63. tion Marker button The MK waypoint appears on the map not at low zoom levels 4 Press Nearest Waypoint button 5 Choose the action New Position button in SIM PAN mode To reposition the aircraft in Sim pan mode simply change position by dragging the moving map and when the center cross is where you want to position the aircraft click on the new Position button at left top screen The old behaviour was aa long click on the moving map but it was not working well on PNAs and it was inaccurate Now that we have smooth scrolling it is better to use a button New Ungestures feature clicking on the already selected sort button in Nearest pages will advance to next page Example you select 2 1 page APTS there are seven pages and you read APTS 1 7 The page is sorted by Distance You click on Direction the page is now sorted by Direction You click again on Direction the page is showing APTS 2 7 you have advanced to next page just like a down gesture This ungesture works also in Common and Recent pages although they cannot be sorted by anything Any sort place click will advance to next page as expected LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 97 New task engine for paragliders The task engine for paragliders has been entirely rewritten and it has several important new features The optimized path calculation has been enhanced and now supports Line Start and Goal optimization We now han
64. ts on the VisualGlide Obviously the idea is to show an object closer to the center O arrival altitude line proportionally to its arrival value However we rescale the positive and negative vertical space to 1000ft 300m Anything above or below this limit will be shown at the border Why do we do this Because you are of course more interested in having a better ides of the situation for the cases where you don t know if a waypoint is reachable or not When you are 500m above arrival altitude it is not useful information It is more useful to be able to see a difference between 67 and 150 which would not be possible if we didn t rescale properly to a smaller range as we do Refresh of waypoints The waypoint calculation and update is happening every 5 seconds Your eyes will not be fatigued by flickering values because of this Overlays gauges and topview moving map options As in all multimaps by using Menu Display 1 3 you can change Labelling enable disable topology terrain and OVERLAYS in the visualglide multimap LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 19 Disabling multimap VisualGlide and changing topview main map orientation Enter system configuration go to page 10 Interface select Configure Multimaps Choice 4 can be Disabled the visualglide page will not appear during multimap rotation Normal active with topview orientation left to right North up active with north up orient
65. w to create a new waypoint during flight and goto it oooccoccoccccncocccoccoconnncnnos 56 New Position button in SIM PAN mode sssssssssssee emm eem enn nnn rh nnn nn nnne n nnne nnns 57 New Ungestutes feature asnos ita iii 57 New task engine for paragliders oooccccccoccnnnccononcncononnononrononnononnnonnnononorononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnononnnrennnnnanoss 58 Quick GESTURES for paraglidels 6m puri etiatn nose atadas 58 UTM coorainate system SUD DOM L3 dsaconintt nis eant Date ba eint ta rad taie i occulta at deu ir vss beta e tatu 58 External instruments additions and CONanges ooocccocccccococncononnnnocnnononnncnnonnnnnonnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaoos 59 HE MT SUPPO EI POE E PR A O aa 59 mie ieo is n re 60 Baromettio AMMUdeS e 60 Accelerometer VAIUCS RII m Ta E aa a E 60 Support tor COMPASS C PROBE aa EE tree ene NE E E O 60 LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 68 Device specific Status and Config Dialog For C Probe ooooccncncccccnccccccnccococnncnoconocononnnonononnnononnnnnnnonnnnnnoos 60 EX MINIMAP Specials sciat ion eE AAA AA a a a AE 60 THE ER Fight Data Recorder ies E O 61 SUBARU T UU m 61 A range alarm tor Tlighttenglleers aco dee orate ld 61 Configuring the Flight Data Recorder rrt dne R 61 An example of the FlightRecorder cfg ooccccccooco
66. ware 1 98 or higher It can be found here http www Ixnav com download firmware html The LXnav V7 instrument has the ability to be controlled by a PDA Since the V7 is compatible to the older LX instruments you can use the common LX drivers LX LX16xx Thanks to LXnav we developed an additional commandset in order to fully support the V7 In order to use the full functionality of the V7 we recommend to use the LXV driver which gives additional information to LK8000 e Outside air temperature e External battery voltage e Status of the Vario STF switch e XYZ accelometer values The values for McReady Ballast and Bug s Efficiency can also be entered or be adjusted on the V7 both will have the same values after a few seconds One big advantage is that the Auto McReady function of LK8000 can now adjust the MC value in the V7 so that the MC Value in the V7 is updated automatically Another good example is the automatic ballast dump in Basic settings once the Ballast dump is activated the changing Wingload is continuously updated automatically until the Ballast dump is stopped To connect a V7 instrument with LK8000 you must select LXV7 as the device in setup 8 Devices dialog In order to test the communication change the MC value on the V7 it should be updated in the LK8000 as well Now open the Basic Settings dialog Menu Config Setup Basic Here you can change the Ballast and Efficiency values which should be changes in the
67. y the System for this example Here you find the SETUP system and the SAVE system buttons SAVE will pop up a window System Profiles e Use Save as to overwrite an existing profile e Use Save new to create a new profile This button is saving the SYSTEM PROFILE Enter the SETUP System in the Config 2 3 menu to configure LK8000 Then exit configuration and use Save as or Save new to overwrite an old aircraft profile or to create a new one If you change these parameters but you dont save them with save as or save new they will be only saved to the DEFAULT SYSTEM profile on exit In fact as you know on exit they will be always saved ALSO to default The same applies for configuring Device Pilot and Aircraft of course LK8000 Tactical Flight Computer version 4 0 User Manual Update 44 New engine for multiple sources of barometric altitude with automatic fallback Full support also of multiplexers like Westerboer K6mux etc The new LK baro altitude driver can handle several concurrent baro altitude sources sending their values at the same time some multiplexers like Westerboer K6mux etc will mix two sources for example a flarm and an LX and send them to LK The new logic is if a Flarm is connected we use its baro altitude if available it is not allowed from a multiplexer If no flarm we use baro altitude from internal custom sources like Funtrek Royaltek embedded drivers and devices

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