VIRB Elite with VIRB Edit 3.1.0.2 Compute and Display vertical speed

Former Member over 9 years ago

Please excuse if this has been covered elsewhere.

I am trying to display the speed/rate of altitude change for my VIRB Elite.

Is there a function/routine/overlay out there to give me:

Bearing,
Speed,
Elevation,

Ascent/Descent RATE - Rate of change for elevation/time

Thanks

0 FLYING_TIGER over 9 years ago

Vertical speed

Hi, you are not the only one to need the vertical speed!! please Garmin, you made it for the Xalps as a sponsor, and what do you want more than a vertical speed indicator on a paragliding video? or hanggliding? Or even free-fall!
What about this simple overlay, why is it not in Virb edit? I and others need it!
Thank's for the help...

0 FALAGAR over 9 years ago

VIRB Edit 3.3 supports 3D (vertical) speed.

0 Zenon_Lisztwan over 8 years ago

VIRB Edit 3.3 supports 3D (vertical) speed.

3D speed it is not the point for what aviators are looking.

We are looking for the "vario instrument" it is schowing change of the height (sea level altitude).

This is one of the most important aviators instrument each plane, glider, hang glider and paraglider have it and were using it from the beginning of the glight history.

It is usually in meters per second (m/s) or foots per minute (ft/m) this is only "vertical component of the 3D speed"

Please give it make it, then VIRB will be the best!

0 JHGRU over 8 years ago

Vertical speed

VIRB Edit 3.3 supports 3D (vertical) speed.

Hi,

Thanks for implementing this.

I am using version 4.2.2 and it seems that the value displayed is averaged over quite some time (maybe 30 sec. ?). Is there any possibility to change this ?

Thanks

0 FALAGAR over 8 years ago

We support two types of vertical speed, calculated and recorded 3D speed. Do both of them behave in that way?

0 JHGRU over 8 years ago

Just checked, they behave the similar.

In this case, landing on a paraglider it takes more than 40 seconds to come down from 1,5 m/s to 0.

0 JHGRU over 8 years ago

Wrong vertical speed

Edit: doubble post

0 JHGRU over 8 years ago

Wrong vertical speed display

I've uploaded a short video to explain what I mean: https://youtu.be/hm3A0gzEJJU

From 12:07:35 to 12:07:51 the difefrence in altitude is 154 meters, this means roughly a vertical speed of -10 m/s. The vertical speed gauge shows -0,5 m/s at the begin and -3,1 m/s at the end. Way off. Not sure what the calculated 3D Speed is actually going from 8,2 km/h to 15,7 km/h. I have not included the recorded 3D Speed as this really seems to show a plausible trajectory speed (but not vertical speed aka climb / descent rate)

Checking more in detail, frame by frame from second 42 to sec 47:

Sec. Alt. Diff. Disp.
42 1383 -1,4
43 1370 13 -1,6
44 1356 14 -1,8
45 1342 14 -2,0
46 1328 14 -2,2
47 1314 14 -2,4