Flymaster NAV C User manual

Flymaster Avionics, Lda
User Manual
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current updates and supplemental information concerning the use and operation of this
and other Flymaster Avionics products. Warning It is the sole responsibility of the pilot to
operate the aircraft in a safe manner, maintain full surveillance of all wing conditions at all
times, and not become distracted by the Flymaster NAV C . Flymaster Avionics is not
responsible for any damages resulting from incorrect or no data provided by the Flymaster
NAV C . Flight safety is the sole responsibility of the pilot. It is unsafe to operate the
Flymaster NAV C while in the air. Failure by the pilot equipped with a Flymaster NAV C to
pay full attention to the aircraft and conditions while wing could result in accident with
property damage and/or personal injury.

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Índice
Tech Specs............................................................................................................................... 9
Overview............................................................................................................................... 11
FLARM ANTENNA .................................................................................................................. 12
Warning: ........................................................................................................................................12
Installation -...................................................................................................................................12
Recommended take-off position.....................................................................................................13
Antenna cap -................................................................................................................................. 13
First Steps ............................................................................................................................. 14
Reset and recovering instrument ........................................................................................... 16
Hardware Reset (force shutdown)...................................................................................................16
Force firmware install (recover the instrument)...................................................................... 17
Charging and battery management ....................................................................................... 19
Check battery status and time remaining:.............................................................................. 20
How to preserve the battery lifespan ..............................................................................................22
Charging is easy.............................................................................................................................. 22
Avoid extreme ambient temperatures............................................................................................. 23
Keys and User interface ......................................................................................................... 24
Main menu navigation keys ............................................................................................................24
List type menu................................................................................................................................24
Setting the volume .........................................................................................................................25
Zoom and pan map object .............................................................................................................. 25
Default Pages........................................................................................................................ 26
Page 1 - Thermal 1.......................................................................................................................... 26
Page 2 - Transition 1 .......................................................................................................................27
Page 3 - Start.................................................................................................................................. 28
Page 4 - Task...................................................................................................................................29
Page 5 - Goal ..................................................................................................................................30
Page 6 - Airspace ............................................................................................................................ 31
Page 7 - Flarm.................................................................................................................................32
Available data fields.............................................................................................................. 33
A.OverGoal..................................................................................................................................... 33

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Above Toff......................................................................................................................................33
Abs.Pressure ..................................................................................................................................33
Active waypoint..............................................................................................................................33
AGL ................................................................................................................................................33
Alt.Gain..........................................................................................................................................33
Alt.Gain/Loss.................................................................................................................................. 33
Alt.to CTR.......................................................................................................................................33
Altitude.......................................................................................................................................... 33
Altitude2........................................................................................................................................33
Arrival Goal ....................................................................................................................................33
Arrival Next....................................................................................................................................33
Ave.Speed...................................................................................................................................... 33
Ave.Vario .......................................................................................................................................33
AveROT.......................................................................................................................................... 34
Battery...........................................................................................................................................34
Bearing...........................................................................................................................................34
Ceiling............................................................................................................................................34
Compass.........................................................................................................................................34
CTR Name.......................................................................................................................................34
CTR Status......................................................................................................................................34
Cur.G.R...........................................................................................................................................34
Date............................................................................................................................................... 34
Dist.CTR .........................................................................................................................................34
Dist.Edge........................................................................................................................................ 34
Dist.Goal ........................................................................................................................................ 34
Dist.Line.........................................................................................................................................34
Dist.Next........................................................................................................................................ 34
Dist.Start........................................................................................................................................34
Dist.Thermal...................................................................................................................................34
Dist.Toff ......................................................................................................................................... 34
Dur................................................................................................................................................. 34
Flight Level..................................................................................................................................... 34
Floor ..............................................................................................................................................35
G-Force ..........................................................................................................................................35
G.R.Goal.........................................................................................................................................35
G.R.M.G. ........................................................................................................................................35
G.R.Next......................................................................................................................................... 35

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G.R.Toff..........................................................................................................................................35
Goal Close ......................................................................................................................................35
GPS Alti.......................................................................................................................................... 35
Ground...........................................................................................................................................35
Heading..........................................................................................................................................35
Land In ...........................................................................................................................................35
Last Send........................................................................................................................................35
Latitude.......................................................................................................................................... 35
Longitude.......................................................................................................................................35
LPF.................................................................................................................................................35
Max. Altitude ................................................................................................................................. 35
Max. Climb.....................................................................................................................................36
Max. Sink ....................................................................................................................................... 36
Max.G ............................................................................................................................................36
Max.Speed ..................................................................................................................................... 36
Min. Altitude.................................................................................................................................. 36
Odometer....................................................................................................................................... 36
Page Num.......................................................................................................................................36
Page............................................................................................................................................... 36
Speed.............................................................................................................................................36
Speed Strt ......................................................................................................................................36
Thermal top....................................................................................................................................36
Thrml.Perfo.................................................................................................................................... 36
Time...............................................................................................................................................36
Trans.G.R........................................................................................................................................36
Triangle Size ...................................................................................................................................36
TTD ................................................................................................................................................ 36
TTG ................................................................................................................................................ 36
Turnpoint size................................................................................................................................. 37
Vario.............................................................................................................................................. 37
VMG ..............................................................................................................................................37
Wind Dir.........................................................................................................................................37
Wind Speed....................................................................................................................................37
Objects (Graphical Elements)................................................................................................. 38
Battery...........................................................................................................................................38
Volume indicator............................................................................................................................38
GPS ................................................................................................................................................39

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Vario.............................................................................................................................................. 39
Navigation wheel............................................................................................................................ 39
Navigation Arrows................................................................................................................................................... 40
Route Optimisation................................................................................................................................................. 40
Thermal Ball ............................................................................................................................................................ 41
Wind Flag ................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Profile Map.............................................................................................................................................................. 42
Thermal Trace Map ( “Thermal Widget”) ............................................................................................................... 43
Multilayer Maps...................................................................................................................................................... 44
Airspaces ................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Wind Arrow....................................................................................................................................45
Compass.........................................................................................................................................45
Flarm Aware Radar (optional paid service) ...................................................................................... 46
LPF Graph.......................................................................................................................................47
Thermal Profiler .............................................................................................................................48
Waypoints............................................................................................................................. 49
Task ...................................................................................................................................... 54
Task Navigator...................................................................................................................... 58
Airspace Browser .................................................................................................................. 60
Nearby Landings ................................................................................................................... 61
Flight Log .............................................................................................................................. 62
View Flight Details..........................................................................................................................62
Delete Flight...................................................................................................................................63
Generate Flight IGC......................................................................................................................... 63
Settings................................................................................................................................. 64
Set Altimeter..................................................................................................................................64
Altimeter -............................................................................................................................................................... 65
QNH -....................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Get from GPS - ........................................................................................................................................................ 65
Time...............................................................................................................................................65
Vario integrator -..................................................................................................................................................... 65
Track interval - ........................................................................................................................................................ 65
UTC offset - ............................................................................................................................................................. 65
Vario acoustics ............................................................................................................................... 66
Sink Threshold -....................................................................................................................................................... 66
Climb Threshold -.................................................................................................................................................... 66
Sink Alarm - ............................................................................................................................................................. 66
Base Frequency-...................................................................................................................................................... 66
Increments-............................................................................................................................................................. 67
Cadence - ................................................................................................................................................................ 67
Buzzer -.................................................................................................................................................................... 67
Damper - ................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Dynamic Frequency- ............................................................................................................................................... 68
Auto Silent- ............................................................................................................................................................. 68

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Alerts ............................................................................................................................................. 69
Goal Possible-.......................................................................................................................................................... 69
Turnpoint complete-............................................................................................................................................... 69
Start Open -............................................................................................................................................................. 69
Off Couse -............................................................................................................................................................... 69
Airspace alarm - ...................................................................................................................................................... 69
Altitude alarm - ....................................................................................................................................................... 69
Altitude Limit - ........................................................................................................................................................ 69
Voice gender -......................................................................................................................................................... 69
Maps..............................................................................................................................................70
Track up -................................................................................................................................................................. 70
Auto Zoom - ............................................................................................................................................................ 70
Thermal Zoom –...................................................................................................................................................... 70
Trace Enable/Size-................................................................................................................................................... 70
Arrow Color-............................................................................................................................................................ 70
Hide place names –................................................................................................................................................. 70
Triangle Assistant –................................................................................................................................................. 70
Screen............................................................................................................................................71
UDF 1 to 6 - ............................................................................................................................................................. 71
Disable triggers –..................................................................................................................................................... 71
Orientation –.......................................................................................................................................................... 71
Language/Units .............................................................................................................................. 72
Language -............................................................................................................................................................... 72
Alti units -................................................................................................................................................................ 72
R.O.C. (Rate of climb) -............................................................................................................................................ 72
Speed Units -........................................................................................................................................................... 72
Dist. Units -.............................................................................................................................................................. 72
Temperature -......................................................................................................................................................... 72
Coords. -.................................................................................................................................................................. 72
Device Settings...............................................................................................................................73
Factory settings -..................................................................................................................................................... 73
Reset GPS –............................................................................................................................................................. 73
On Landing -............................................................................................................................................................ 73
Calibration ..................................................................................................................................... 74
Navigation Settings......................................................................................................................... 75
Turnpoint Size - ....................................................................................................................................................... 75
Datum - ................................................................................................................................................................... 75
Start Speed -............................................................................................................................................................ 75
FAI comp - ............................................................................................................................................................... 75
Airspace Settings ............................................................................................................................ 76
Enabled - ................................................................................................................................................................. 76
Dist. CTR -................................................................................................................................................................ 76
Alt. to CTR - ............................................................................................................................................................. 76
Ref. altitude - .......................................................................................................................................................... 76
Ignore Above -......................................................................................................................................................... 76
Margin Above.......................................................................................................................................................... 76
Draw Solid -............................................................................................................................................................. 76
Airspace Classes ............................................................................................................................. 77
......................................................................................................................................................77
Aispace Classes (A to TMZ) - ................................................................................................................................... 77
Load Airspace.................................................................................................................................78
Flarm Aware ......................................................................................................................... 79

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Update firmware -.................................................................................................................................................. 79
FlarmAware licence -.............................................................................................................................................. 80
FlarmAware -.......................................................................................................................................................... 80
GPS Status............................................................................................................................. 81
GPS Status -............................................................................................................................................................ 81
Device Info ............................................................................................................................ 82
Date -...................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Time - ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82
UTC offset -............................................................................................................................................................. 82
Serial Number - ...................................................................................................................................................... 82
Firmware -.............................................................................................................................................................. 82
Dev ID -................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Expires -.................................................................................................................................................................. 82
Version - ................................................................................................................................................................. 82
Global ID -............................................................................................................................................................... 82
State -..................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Level - ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Full Charge - ........................................................................................................................................................... 82
Charging Current..................................................................................................................................................... 82
Voltage .................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Triangle Assistant.................................................................................................................. 83
Flymaster Instrument Manager ............................................................................................. 84
Automatic firmware update -..........................................................................................................84
Main Screen and tools ....................................................................................................................85
Copy Airspaces File to instrument using F.I.M.(Open Air).................................................................86
Copy Waypoints File to instrument (Open Air)................................................................................. 87
Pages Layouts data fields and objects.................................................................................... 88
Customizing data fields and objects.................................................................................................89
Page Triggers.................................................................................................................................. 90
Manual firmware update................................................................................................................91
Maps Management ........................................................................................................................92
SOS SD card tool.................................................................................................................... 94
Settings and instrument info.................................................................................................. 95
IMEI ......................................................................................................................................................................... 95
CCID......................................................................................................................................................................... 95
Status of the FLARM AWARE licence ...................................................................................................................... 95
Flymaster Link APP................................................................................................................ 96
Flymaster Link App - ...................................................................................................................... 96
Pairing Instrument.......................................................................................................................... 97
Waypoints...................................................................................................................................... 98
Waypoints list - ...................................................................................................................................................... 98
Import Waypoints from file - .................................................................................................................................. 98
Tasks..................................................................................................................................... 99
Tasks list -............................................................................................................................................................... 99
Scan Task -............................................................................................................................................................... 99
Import Tasks From File -.......................................................................................................................................... 99

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Update Airspaces ................................................................................................................ 100
Update Airspaces -............................................................................................................................................... 100

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Tech Specs
Display Type………………………………………………………………….Reflective colour 640x480px
Battery Capacity (Lithium-Ion)…………………………………………………………………… 6000mAh
Autonomy…………………………….Usually +24 hours (environment conditions may alter this value)
Pressure Sensor…………………………………….High resolution barometric sensor 10 to 1200 mbar
Audio…………………………………………..Dual speaker system for separate vario and voice sound
Memory expansion……………………………………………………High speed 128 GB Micro SD card
GPS………………………………………………72-channel BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS / QZSS
Microprocessor………………………………………..Flymaster Microprocessor with proprietary RTOS
FLARM………………………………………………..Flarm ready (optional Flarm Aware RX+TX mode)
Bluetooth……………………………………………………………………Bluetooth 5 low energy module
Native USB Type C Connection……………………………………………..Allows connection to the PC
Battery Charging…………………………………………………………….From wall adapter or usb port
Firmware update by USB (upgrades are free)
Size……………………………………………………………………………………………152x90x18 mm
Weight……………………………………………………………………………………………..Aprox.220g

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Overview

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FLARM ANTENNA (When you acquire a NAV C equipped with
the FLARM module)
Warning:
The Flymaster utilizes an external antenna that has been precisely tuned to the Flarm
board circuit, specifically for the frequency band it operates on. While it may be perceived
as a minor inconvenience during takeoff, this antenna plays a crucial role in ensuring the
system functions optimally, allowing Flarm to operate effectively over the necessary
distances. This capability is vital for promoting aircraft visibility and facilitating safe
interactions with other flying vehicles.
To maintain the integrity of the Flarm system, it is imperative to use only the provided
antenna engraved with the Flymaster branding. This measure is implemented to prevent
any inadvertent swapping or confusion with other antennas. Using a different antenna can
lead to significant malfunctions within the Flarm system, jeopardizing the pilot's ability to
be detected by nearby aircraft and potentially increasing the risk of accidents.
In essence, the proper functioning of the Flarm system relies on the correct utilization of
the designated antenna. By adhering to these guidelines and ensuring the use of the
supplied antenna, pilots can enhance their visibility and contribute to a safer airspace for
all.
Installation - Be sure to install the antenna, tightening it to the end of the thread securely. the
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Recommended take-off position
Antenna cap - When the pilot does not want or does not need to fly with the Flarm antenna, must
place the rubber cap (supplied) to cover the antenna socket.

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First Steps
Do not delete or manipulate any files in the SD card directly. All SD card management tasks must
be done through Flymaster Instrument Manager.
Not doing so, may cause the instrument to malfunction.
To copy some file from SD card to your computer, you must use your computer’s file explorer
using the USB connection with the instrument.
1.
We recommend the reading of the following documents:
- Warranty terms and conditions.
To do that, please use the following links:
https://dnl.flymaster.net/Flymaster_Standard_Limited_Warranty_EN.pdf
2.
Create a Flymaster Cloud account if you donít already have one.
After the account creation go to:
https://NAVtrack360.com/login
3.
Register and activate the instrument.
A valid Paypal account is needed to activate the NAV C.
Go to the following link and use the activation code.
https://NAVtrack360.com/devices/register
4.
Install “Flymaster Instrument Manager” to manage your NAV C.
Connect your instrument to the computer via USB. The instrument will appear as a mass
storage.
Inside you will find a folder called "Flymaster Instrument Manager" where the installation
files are located. Alternatively, you can and should download the latest version available
on the Flymaster website in the "downloads" section.

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5.
OPTIONAL FLARM AWARE SERVICE ACTIVATION
When you acquire a NAV C equipped with the FLARM module no extra
service needed. This means that you will be visible to other instruments
that are able to receive Flarm positions (RX).
If you want to have FLARM AWARE service (also receive FLARM position from others and
have potential collision warnings) in your instrument you need to activate the optional
FLARM aware service. To do that, go to our website (www.flymaster.net), and under
“accessories” you can buy the product “Flarm Aware”.
You must fill in the “Dev. ID” (Flarm Serial number, which can be seen on the instrument,
under “Device Info” option. THIS IS NOT THE INSTRUMENT SERIAL NUMBER.
After receiving a confirmation email with the activation code, you must enter it in Flymaster
Instrument manager, with the instrument connected.
The cost is 50 Euros for a lifetime activation.

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Reset and recovering instrument
Hardware Reset (force shutdown)
3 seconds and release
If for some reason your instrument becomes unresponsive you can force a reset to force it
to shutdown.
Press the power button together with Menu/Esc at the same time for 2 or 3 seconds and
release.
After releasing the buttons, the instrument should switch off.
Turn the instrument back on normally.

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Force firmware install (recover the instrument)
If for some reason your instrument does not start and an error message appears on the
colour display such as "invalid crc", missing font, etc, this means that somehow
essential files for the recognition of the firmware version have been damaged on the SD
card and it will not be possible to restore firmware.
This does not necessarily mean any hardware problem with the instrument itself.
How to solve ?
You must have an SD card reader on your computer.
Have an Internet connection
Have the latest version of Flymaster Instrument Manager (downloads for this instrument
are available on the Flymaster website under Products -> NAV C-> Downloads tab
First of all, force the instrument to shut down by pressing power button together with
Menu/Esc at the same time for about 3 seconds and release.
After releasing the buttons, the instrument should switch off.
This process is not dependent on any software and is always successful in any
situation.
Method 1 - Use the SOS SD card tool, present in the latest versions of Flymaster
Instrument Manager. When you click on the tool, you will follow a pop-up that will guide
you through the procedure of ejecting the SD card from your NAV C and inserting it into
your computer's card reader. After being detected by your computer, the process is
automatic and the necessary files will be copied to the card.
After this first step, just force installation of the NAV C Firmware.
Insert the SD card into the NAV C.
Press the UP key and keep it pressed while pressing the "power" key. Keep the UP
cursor key pressed until "installing firmware" appears on the display.
1. Keep
2.

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Method 2 - Download "NAVc-firmware.zip" from the Flymaster website
(downloads for this instrument are available on the Flymaster website under Products -
> NAV C -> Downloads tab) to your computer. Unzip this zip file, to the SD card (its
contents to the root directory of the card, extract the folder hierarchy and keep them in
the SD card root, replacing files and folders when asked). Properly eject the SD card
from your computer.
After this first step, just force installation of the NAV C Firmware.
Insert the SD card into the NAV C.
Press the UP key and keep it pressed while pressing the "power" key. Keep the UP
cursor key pressed until "installing firmware" appears on the display.
1. Keep
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Charging and battery management
Flymaster NAV C has an advanced battery power management system, which gives the pilot
accurate information about the battery state, as well as the charging time and battery remaining
time.
To charge the Flymaster NAV C battery we recommend the usage of the supplied wall charger and
USB cable via USB Type-C port.
Original Flymaster accessories are recommended in order to avoid damage to the power
management system.
Charging, and battery status information is shown on both the power up screen and the settings
info page.
When Flymaster NAV C is connected to a power supply (wall charger or via USB cable), the
instrument will show the time remaining to full charge.
Use the supplied wall power supply to fully charge the instrument.
Note: Charging the instrument with high ambient temperatures should be avoided. Such action can
cause the battery to overheat and affect the battery health.

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Check battery status and time remaining:
Flymaster NAV C is charging turned off
Flymaster NAV C is off charging. The remaining time of usage
can be seen in the display.