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Use Radio Telemetry – Staying Informed in Flight

Glider pilots love telemetry for sport flying including variometers, receiver battery voltage and radio link information. Radio link information is critical due to the distances we often fly large gliders. Variometers of course are banned for competition flying.
Many years ago, we sent our models aloft on a wing and a prayer. There was no feedback that the radio connection wasn’t working well until the model started glitching or worse, crashed. Nothing to tell us our motor was overheating until it quit or that our receiver battery was on its last half flight. There were certain steps that we could take like measuring receiver packs between flights with a loaded meter or cycling...

PARDON THE INTERRUPTION



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