- Tue Nov 13, 2018 6:09 pm
#405554
Looking to see how much of a need the community has for a cheaper variometer using a raspberry pi kit. I was planning on making one just for myself, but based upon how much interest there is, I might change how I approach this. I might put more effort into making it a standard kit if people are really interested in something like this, and other people might tag on which could help get things sped up or make it more slick. I'm estimating it'll come in at under $150 (w/ screen).
I'm not looking to make it very fancy or feature rich. No GPS. First phase will just be beeping like other varios, and the second phase will be a display with some basic readout on altitude and climb/sink rate.
Also, I've found other people have made projects like this project (https://github.com/f0n/variometer http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=36799) but if anyone knows of any active or bigger efforts to do something like this, that'd be helpful!
Would this be something that would probably help make flying more accessible to beginning / budget pilots?
I'm not looking to make it very fancy or feature rich. No GPS. First phase will just be beeping like other varios, and the second phase will be a display with some basic readout on altitude and climb/sink rate.
Also, I've found other people have made projects like this project (https://github.com/f0n/variometer http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=36799) but if anyone knows of any active or bigger efforts to do something like this, that'd be helpful!
Would this be something that would probably help make flying more accessible to beginning / budget pilots?