Flytec Sensbox (PAST MODEL)
Model Status: Past model
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For hike&fly, as backup, or fully-fledged flight instrument when connected with smartphone or tablet.
The Flytec Sensbox is a novel, compact vario with unique usage scenarios:
- The Sensbox is our smallest vario with built-in GPS. This makes it the perfect companion for hike&fly and other weight conscious pilots.
- Its long battery life and the huge storage capacity based on SD cards make it a great backup device for cross-country and competition pilots.
- In connection with aviation apps on mobile phones and tablet computers, the Sensbox serves as highly precise data source, making the apps even more useful.
- In its unique logger mode, the Sensbox stores all its sensor values with high precision and speed. This is important data for test pilots, but also serve to augment sports videos of all kinds.
The Sensbox combines all sensors required to capture all flight relevant movements, in an incredible small package:
- Newest generation GPS module
- Highly precise air pressure sensor for vario and altitude measurement
- Magnetic compass
- Acceleration sensor
- Gyro sensor, to determine spatial attitude
The Sensbox either records this sensor data, or transmits it in real-time via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE, Bluetooth Smart) to mobile phones and tablet computers, to serve as a data source for aviation apps.
Technical data
General
Robust, shockproof ABS housing, grey with yellow sides
Robust keypad
High-contrast black-and-white screen
Splash-proof, water proof version available on request
Dimensions: 62 x 121 x 17.5 mm
Weight: 137 g
Power supply: Li-Ion Battery, 2000 mA
Battery life time: about 15 to 20 h, can be extended with external battery
Operating temperature: -10°C bis 50°C
Altimeter
Units: m / ft
QNH: air pressure indication in hPa or in Hg
Altitude range: 0 to 11‘000 m - resolution 1 m or 1 ft
Pressure range: 220 to 1099.9 hPa
Variometer
Units: m/s / fpm
Numeric indication m/s: ±99.9 m/s - Auflösung 0.1 m/s
Acoustics
Volume: 4 levels (0%, 33%, 66%, 100%)
GPS
GPS-Receiver with 50 channels
Position determination at 5 Hz, independent of selected recording interval
Position format: dd°mm’ss"
Sensors
Magnetic compass (3 axis)
Acceleration (3 axis)
Gyro (3 axis)
Display of total acceleration in g
Recording
IGC file: Internal memory for maximum 24 h per flight (with 1 s recording interval), automatic export to SD card at end of flight
Log file: Ongoing export to SD card
A 4 GB SD card is included
PC connection
Micro-USB connector
Mass storage, compatible with Windows, OS X, Linux, Android (through OTG cable)
Data exchange through file copy
Data transfer via Bluetooth
Data transfer to mobile devices (phones and tablets) uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE, Bluetooth Smart). The mobile device must support this standard in hardware as well as software (Bluetooth Smart Ready).
Android: From version 4.3, e.g. Google Nexus 4 and newer, Samsung Galaxy S 3 and newer
iOS: From version 5.0, e.g. iPhone 4S and newer, iPad 3 and newer
Sensbox apps
Sensbox apps for iOS
Sensbox, a collaboration between Flytec and Air Avionics (formerly Butterfly Avionics)
Air Navigation Pro by Xample
Sensbox apps for Android
Air Navigation Pro by Xample
FlyMe by XC globe
Sensbox by BIT-Hangar (enables XCSoar to use the Sensbox data)
Sensbox Variometer and Sensbox Variometer Map by Türkay Biliyor
XCTrack by Petr Chromec (XContest team)
App developers
Your app is missing in the list above? Write to [email protected]
You would like to develop an app that communicates with the Sensbox? The necessary information is on github.
Sensbox as data logger
Starting with version 3 of the firmware, you can run the Sensbox either as a vario (in flight mode) or as a data logger (in log mode). In log mode, the Sensbox records all sensor data at high frequency (up to 50 Hz) for up to 24 hours.
The data is stored as a CSV file, ready for processing in Excel or in a database. In addition, the file can serve as a data source for video tools like Dashware (for Windows) or RaceRender (for OS X and Windows). Here are some sample videos.
Recorded data
Value |
Unit |
Default sampling frequency |
Description |
| Time | s | 20Hz | The official GPS time. It starts on January 5, 1980 at 24:00:00, and corresponds with the Atomic Time TAI, with a deviation of 19 s |
| raction | 20Hz | A counting variable within the second | |
| Latitude | °/1e7 | 5Hz | Latitude times 10^7 (471234567 =47.1234567°) |
| Longitude | °/1e7 | 5Hz | Longitude times 10^7 (471234567 =47.1234567°) |
| Height_ellipsoid | m | 5Hz | Altitude above WGS84 Ellipsoid |
| Height_msl | m | 5Hz | Altitude above mean sea level |
| Accuracy_hor | dm | 5Hz | Horizontal GPS accuracy indication: 50% of the fixes that are within the radius in decimeters |
| Accuracy_ver | dm | 5Hz | Vertical GPS accuracy indication: 50% of the fixes that are within the radius in decimeters |
| Speed_gnd | dm/s | 5Hz | Speed over ground |
| Heading | °/10 | 5Hz | The direction of travel relative to the ground, from the GPS system |
| Satellites | 5Hz | Number of satellites which are used for the calculation | |
| Fix | 5Hz | 2D or 3D Fix | |
| TimeOfDay | sec | 5Hz | The number of seconds since 0:00 UTC |
| Nanoseconds | ns | 5Hz | The exact time of the GPS fix, given in nanoseconds as difference to GPS time |
| Time_Valid | 5Hz | A flag whether the time is valid or not, the flag is linked to Fix | |
| Pressure | mPA | 8Hz | Absolute pressure in millipascal |
| Altitude | cm | 8Hz | Pressure level according to the ICAO formula based on 1013.25 hPa |
| Vario | cm/s | 8Hz | Vario value, the vertical velocity |
| Temperature | °C/10 | 8Hz | Temperature of the pressure sensor |
| Acc_X | m/s^2 | 20Hz | Acceleration in the device's x direction |
| Acc_Y | m/s^2 | 20Hz | Acceleration in the device's y direction |
| Acc_Z | m/s^2 | 20Hz | Acceleration in the device's z direction |
| Mag_X | Gauss | 20Hz | Magnetic flux density in the device's x direction |
| Mag_Y | Gauss | 20Hz | Magnetic flux density in the device's y direction |
| Mag_Z | Gauss | 20Hz | Magnetic flux density in the device's z direction |
| Gyro_X | rad/s | 20Hz | Angular acceleration in the device's x direction |
| Gyro_Y | rad/s | 20Hz | Angular acceleration in the device's y direction |
| Gyro_Z | rad/s | 20Hz | Angular acceleration in the device's z direction |
| Roll | ° | 20Hz | Position of the device in the device's x direction according to the aeronautical definition |
| Pitch | ° | 20Hz | Position of the device in the device's y direction according to the aeronautical definition |
| Yaw | ° | 20Hz | Position of the device in the device's z direction according to the aeronautical definition |
| Quat0,1,2,3 | 20Hz | The four quarternions with respect to the device's axis, for further use in mathematics programs |
Included
- 4GB Micro SD card
- Mini USB Cable
- Solid state wall adapter
- 2 Year Warranty
- Sensbox app (from Apple App Store)
- Mac/PC configuration tool (download)
Downloads
Go to Sensbox - Downloads
| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| Model Status | Past model |
