Also called " variometers ", relative magnetometers are used to measure variations in magnetic field.
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So the variometer shows zero rate of climb, and does not indicate the presence of the thermal.
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In modern gliders, most electronic variometers generate a sound whose pitch and rhythm depends on the instrument reading.
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The standard instrument fit included Variometer, Turn and Bank, Compass as well as standard ASI, Altimeter etc ..
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A variometer for paragliders, hang gliders, and ballooneers, showing vertical speed with both a ribbon indicator and a numeric readout
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The next year he started work on a modified version of the device, which he called the " horizontal variometer ".
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After the variometer was invented in 1929 by Alexander Lippisch and Robert Kronfeld, the sport of gliding moved into a new realm.
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The "'RRG Professor "'was a very early soaring glider and the first to use a variometer for finding thermals.
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The heading indicator is replaced by a GPS-driven computer with wind and glide data, driving two electronic variometer displays to the right . ]]
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There was no windscreen and the instruments, including the still novel variometer were displayed horizontally, inset into the fuselage immediately in front of the pilot.
