Records the slightest turn.
Thanks to its built-in GPS and ultra-fast fix, the UltraBip records all your tracks for up to 10,000 flights!

When you get home, connect your UltraBip to your computer and easily view your track. For each flight, the UltraBip records your track in two formats (KML and IGC).

Simply open the KML file with Google Earth and relive your flight! The saved file includes all your statistics such as maximum speed, maximum altitude, maximum G-force, total distance and duration.

The recorded IGC file is FAI-CIVL certified. Use it to declare your flights to your federation (FFVL, DHV, SHV, USHPA, BHPA, etc.), or to view it in your favorite track log software such as XContest, VisuGPS, IGC Webview, SportsTrackLive, and many others.

Even when connected, the UltraBip records your flight track, so you have back-ups.

BLUETOOTH CONNECTIVITY

No strings attached. UltraBip connects via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to your smartphone or tablet (Android and iOS) as soon as you switch it on.

It lets you use flight apps such as XCtrack, FlySkyHy, SeeYou Navigator, and many others, sending ultra-precise flight information such as altitude, speed, rate of climb and descent, and more. It even sends GNSS (GPS) coordinates so that the smartphone’s internal GPS function can be disabled, saving battery power on long flights. Also, the UltraBip’s GPS is much more responsive to altitude than smartphone GPS units.

The UltraBip is the essential companion to the Submarine harness for pilots looking for maximum performance in cross country and competition.

Thanks to its small size, the UltraBip can be fitted to the outside of the pressurized envelope without affecting the performance of the harness. This allows its sensors to operate accurately and provide reliable flight data, via Bluetooth, to the flight computer inside.

You can also add a screen to your UltraBip, thanks to the ActiveLook connected glasses. By connecting the UltraBip via Bluetooth to the XCTrack (Android) application, you can view all the flight data collected by the UltraBip’s high-precision sensors in real time on the screen of your ActiveLook goggles.

But if you want to fly light, the UltraBip can also be used as a stand-alone instrument.

INSTANT VARIO TECHNOLOGY

Feel the slightest thermal. Flying with a variometer has never been so intuitive!

Thanks to Instant Vario technology, the beeps are directly linked to your sensations, allowing you to fly more efficiently.

This ultra-fine sensitivity and instant response time are the result of years of research, using ultra-sensitive sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope) and cutting-edge technology with a 3D positioning and orientation algorithm in space.

The Instant Vario technology is insensitive to gusts of wind (on take-off and in the air), unlike conventional pressure sensor variometers (95% on the vario market).

SMART SPEAKING ASSISTANT

The essentials. A simple double-tap.
Simply listen to the voice of your new solar assistant, and fly further.

The UltraBip can speak periodically according to distance, altitude or time, or on demand by simply double-tapping it!

UltraBip speaks in the language of your choice (17 different languages), and gives you all the information you need for paragliding (altitude, speed, average climb rate, time, heading, flight duration, and more).

All this without interfering with the vario beeps, and of course, as every pilot is unique, everything can be customized and deactivated.

Imperial units available in the US voice pack (Altitude: feet / Speed: miles per hours / Climb: feet per second).

SUNPOWER TECHNOLOGY

Fly with solar power. Free your mind and go flying without thinking about battery levels!

The UltraBip is solar-powered with a high-performance SunPower solar cell delivering an impressive 193mW.

This new, thinner and more discreet solar cell is reinforced with a robust layer of PET/EVA, giving it high protection against impacts and scratches.

The instrument recharges continuously, even when it’s switched off. The extra solar energy is stored in a high-capacity internal battery, giving you over 50 hours of autonomy without the sun*.

*with default settings: minimum volume, default vario settings, auto voice off, etc.

See the web-app Configurator for more information about the battery consumption of each feature.

POWERFUL CONFIGURATOR

Unlimited customization. The UltraBip is turnkey! Just switch it on and take off! With the default settings, it records your track, gives you altitude, speed and average climb rate on demand, and of course beeps in thermals.

With the web-app Configurator you can fully configure your UltraBip to make it even more powerful.

Activate the flight ceiling alarms to avoid entering the airspace of your next flight.

Activate the automatic voice announcement mode, choose what information you want to hear (altitude, speed, time, average rate of climb, heading, and more).

And so much more!

All this can be configured for 1 to 3 different profiles. Let’s say you do three different activities: hike & fly, cross-country and tandem. You can define three profiles for each activity.

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The FT-4XR includes an extraordinarily robust package of features and specifications such as: Over 15 hour operating time (5:5:90 Duty Cycle)* with the supplied 1,750mAh Li-ion Battery pack; 3.5 hour rapid charger included; Selectable Frequency Step from 5kHz; two quick programmable keys for quick access to favorite functions; 200 memory channels; 3 Home Channels** and 10 pairs PMS channels; two user-settable different frequencies (one for RX another for TX) in one memory channel; versatile scanning capacities such as VFO scan, Memory scan, Programmable Memory scan (PMS), Memory Bank Scan and Dual Receive; Lockout Capacities for Keypad/PTT Lockout; VOX Operation with the optional VOX headset; Cloning feature allowing the memory and configuration data from transceiver to transceiver with the optional cloning cable; PC Programmable with optional programming cable; FM Broadcast Receiver; CTCSS/ DCS Operation; and Time-out-Time (TOT) to name a few

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• Beginner pilot should focus her/his attention to basic pre-flight preparation, not to set up complex flight computer. Also during flight, she/he must concentrate to all those new feelings and not to study actual glide ratio on half bar.
• Commercial tandem pilot doesn’t have space for large instruments, neither a need for obvious info in her/his well known playground.
• SkyBean2 can quietly stay for years resting in harness pocket and with pleasure will do its job, when you will forget your main vario at home.
• Everybody now has a smartphone. Those with Android can turn their phone to full featured flight computer when connecting SkyBean2 as a baro probe to XCTrack app. Suddenly, they don’t have to carry another heavy brick over the mountains.
• Are you tired of super flashing technology all around which requires so much attention to keep it alive? Is flying just your pure natural relax? SkyBean2 can serve as a little undemanding assistant, which will work for hundreds hours without energy feeding.
• Some pilots like to experiment and try to set every single variable in their world. However SkyBean2 is just a simple audio vario, it offers a plenty individual advanced settings, adjustable through friendly PC interface.

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• Once pilot is autonomous in basic skills (take off or landing), she/he is thirsty for air time. SkyDrop will gratefully help with this mission. It doesn’t need to sit on cockpit of cocoon harness, or even worse – at old school leg mount. Instead of that, a riser mount puts instrument right in front of pilot’s eyes, where she/he can easily read all what is needed.
• We recommend riser mount also for advanced pilots, due to safety reasons. When using riser mount, pilot can operates device with brake in her/his hand.
• However small and lightweight SkyDrop is, we found some space for complete set of motion sensors. Their fusion with the best available baro sensor creates high sensitive compass or instant vario reaction.
• Competition pilot at the front of leading gaggle needs reliable backup. SkyDrop generates FAI1 class IGC tracklogs and has waypoint navigation with route length optimisation.
• Tandem pilot has very limited space for instruments, but SkyDrop on passengers shoulder or helmet easily solves this situation.
• Do you like hike&XC? SkyDrop with its 68 grams in combination with your mobile phone is all you need for these exciting adventures.
• Leg mount is for camera, not for prehistoric instruments anymore! Riser mount is ideal for “always looking up” acro pilots, who also need some kind of instrument. SkyDrop can provide safety features like altitude alarms, or just G-force meter for fun. Maybe infinity tumble counter will come 😉

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