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Instruments

AIR³ 7.3+ (v2)

AIR³ 7.3+ (v2): in stock December 2022

The AIR³ 7.3+ is expected to be back on sale in winter 2022/3, after a redesign to replace components which had become globally unavailable
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Battery care

Advice from AIR³ on battery health and storage

The AIR³ team's advice about storing the instrument with charged batteries, also applies to other devices with lithium-ion batteries
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Flymaster M-Series instruments

Flymaster M-Series instruments

Flymaster's new M-Series instruments will replace the Vario SD and GPS SD. They are brand-new designs with improvements in all areas, Flymaster say
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Naviter Oudie N

Naviter Oudie N review

If you are not keen on running applications on your phone but like the look of the Navigator app functionality, then the Oudie N is the instrument for you
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Syride Sys'Nav XL

Syride Sys’Nav XL review

Syride’s new compact instrument the Sys'Nav XL packs a punch. It has a bigger screen and better audio than previous versions, and Bluetooth connectivity
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Stride Sys'Nav XL First Look

First Look: Syride Sys’Nav XL

Flown to 8,000m above Broad Peak, Syride’s new compact instrument the Sys’Nav XL packs all the functionality of a much bigger instrument
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Stodeus UltraBip

Stodeus UltraBip mini solar instrument

Stodeus have announced the new UltraBip, a tiny, solar-powered alti-vario with a GPS logger, voice assistant and Bluetooth
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Vortex smart winch

Instinct Vortex smart winch

The Vortex is a tension-controlled electric winch capable of towing tandem hang gliders. It could even be operated by remote control
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Flight instruments

FAI accepted instruments 2021 list update

CIVL have updated the list of flight instruments that are approved for Category 1 competitions
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Air3 flight instrument

Air3 review (Flight instrument)

Marcus King tries the Air3, an Android tablet that is a full-spec flight instrument running XCTrack Pro
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