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variometer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system |
Examples of variometer
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It is usual for gliders to be equipped with more than one type of variometer.
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Before the invention of the variometer, sailplane pilots found it very hard to soar.
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A second type of compensated variometer is the Netto or airmass variometer.
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The most basic being a variometer and altimeter-often combined.
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A variometer is a very sensitive vertical speed indicator.
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The Netto variometer will always read zero in still air.
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In addition to radios and GPS units, most pilots use an instrument called a variometer that detects rising or sinking air.
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The variometer emits an audible signal, and pilots can tell by the frequency and pitch how fast they're climbing or descending.
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Therefore an uncompensated variometer can only accurately indicate the vertical speed of the airmass when flying at constant speed.
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- A measuring instrument for measuring variations in a magnetic field
- A variometer (also known as a rate-of-climb indicator, a vertical speed indicator (VSI), or a vertical velocity indicator (VVI)) is an instrument in an aircraft used to inform the pilot of the near instantaneous (rather than averaged) rate of descent or climb. ...
- A panel instrument, often as simple as a tiny ball in a vertical tube, indicating subtle PITCH movements of an aircraft. Popular use in SAILPLANES.
- An inductor whose total inductance can be varied either by altering the relative position of two coaxial coils connected in series or by the use of permeability tuning, and thus can be used to tune a circuit.
- An instrument which tells you if you are gaining or losing height. It is VERY sensitive, and usually the most expensive instrument in the glider. Some have an audio output so that the pilot doesn't have to keep looking down at it to detect rising air. ...
- Flight instrument most commonly used by Hang Glider pilots. It is used to help find and stay in thermal lift. Most Varios also have altimeters and some include GPS.
- Measures the rate of climb and decent of the glider using an analogue meter . Used to find best lift and avoid sink. see Mc Ready ring above
- An instrument that displays your rate of descent or ascent. usually has a changing sound indicating rise/fall & rate with tone change.
- Sensitive rate of climb indicator that allows competitors to climb efficiently in thermals.
