Element Track
The Element Track, formerly known as the Element, is identical in every way to the Element except for the printing on the housing. The name was changed to allow for additional models in the Element series. The Element Track is a perfect blend of functionality, size, weight, ruggedness, battery life and user-friendliness. The Element Track is truly the best all-around instrument for hang gliding and paragliding pilots that want to fly higher, farther, safer and faster or simply just want to get more out of their flights.

Features

Altitude and Climb/Sink indication in unsurpassed Flytec quality
Virtually unlimited waypoints and flight recording
Conventional and race routes
Highly tactile keypad that is simple to operate, even with gloves on
Airspace warnings
Connection with any computer, without any software installation
Super easy firmware updates

General

Robust, shockproof ABS housing, matte black with green trim
Tactile keypad with glove-friendly keys, high-contrast display
Dimensions: 138 x 74 x 23 mm
Weight: 178 g (including Batteries)
Power supply: 2x AA batteries (Alkaline or NiMH accumulators)
Battery life: ~35 h
Operating temperature: 14ºF to 122ºF or -10°C to 50°C
Languages: English, German, French Italian, Spanish

Altimeter

Units: m / ft
Resolution: 1 m or 1 ft
Range: up to 40,354 ft or12,300 m
QNH: air pressure indication in hPa or in Hg
ALT 1: Absolute altitude
ALT 2: Choice of absolute or relative altitude

Variometer

Units: m/s or fpm
Graphic indication: ±2000 ft/min. or ±10 m/s
Graphic resolution: 40 ft/min. or 0.2 m/s
Numeric indication: ±30,000 ft/min or ±300 m/s
Numeric resolution; 10 ft/min or 0.1 m/s
Averager: selectable from 1 s to 30 s

Acoustics

Volume: 4 levels
Vario profiles: Five predefined (weak, regular, strong, ridge soaring, balloon) - individually adjustable
Climb tone: selectable lower threshold, frequency and cadence modulation
Near-thermal tone: selectable lower threshold and volume adjustment
Sink tone: selectable upper threshold and volume adjustment
Stall alarm: selectable threshold (requires optional airspeed sensor)
Additional vario adjustments: Base frequency, and modulation

Airspeed

Requires optional sensor
Units: kph, knots, mph
Range: 0 to 74mph or 0 to 120 kph, resolution 1 mph, km/h, kt
Calibration: ±50%

GPS

GPS-Receiver with 48 channels
Position determination at 1 Hz

Waypoints

Capacity: 200 waypoints
Entry: Store current position, manual entry, load waypoints from file
Coordinate formats: dd.ddddd, dd’mm.mm , dd’mm’ss
File formats: CompeGPS (.wpt) , GEO (.wpt) , Ozi Explorer (.wpt) , SeeYou (.cup), GPX (.gpx)
Easily manage waypoint lists for each flying site

Routes

Capacity: 1 route, with up to 50 waypoints
Entry: Selection from waypoints list
Race route: Start time, number of start gates, exit or enter start, start gate interval with start assistant

Navigation

Goto: direction graphic with numeric heading and distance to waypoint
Route: manual or automatic advancement of waypoint
Graphic direction to next and subsequent waypoint, numeric direction and distance to next waypoint
Speed over ground
Current glide ratio (L/D)
Required glide ratio (L/D) to next turnpoint
Wind: direction graphic, and numeric direction and speed
Last thermal: graphic and numeric direction and distance
Units for distance: km or miles

Airspace

Indication of direction and distance to nearest restricted airspace
Acoustic and visual warning before entering restricted airspace
Graphic navigation aid for quickest exit of restricted airspace

Recording

Internal logbook: 50 flights: date, start time, duration, max altitude, max climb and sink rate
Flight recording in IGC format
Recording interval: 1 s to 60 s
Record time: 100,000 hours at standard recording interval (10s)

PC Connection

Micro-USB connector
No connection driver/software required
Compatible with Windows, OSX, Linux, Android (through OTG cable)
Drag and drop file exchange (flights, waypoints, airspace)

Flytec Element Track (GPS)