Paragliding Wings

Managing your wings

You can see all of your paragliding and hang gliding wings from the All Equipment page. With Gaggle you can store all of your wings to easily choose which one you are busy flying with when you start a new recording.

​Flying with one wing for paragliding and a different one for paramotor? That not a problem either, Gaggle will remember which wing you last flew with for each type of flight making it easy to record your flight next time without having to remember to change the wings when yous start the recording.

To add more wings to Gaggle you can simply tap the "+ Add" button which will give you a dialog to capture some basic information about the wing.

All your old wings that you don't fly with anymore can be archived which will go into your archived list so you can still see all the service details and flights for that wing.

See your wing's details

By tapping on a paragliding/hang gliding wing from the equipment list you can access the information page for the wing. The page has a couple of sections that provides useful information for you.

Service history

Gaggle can help you keep track of the service history for your different equipment. In the service history section you can set the last data that your wing went for a service.

If you use Gaggle to record your flights then your hours are automatically updated for you so you will always know exactly how many hours have been flown on your wing since your last service. You can also update these values manually by tapping on the field you want to edit.

Technical

Gaggle provides some fields for you to keep track of your technical information for your wing. These fields are just for your reference and it does not serve any other purpose within Gaggle.

Wing Colors

From the colors section you can set the colors of your wing. Setting your wing colors not only helps for your reference but Gaggle can also use the colors to personalise your profile for other users.

When your wing colors are set then:

• Your primary and secondary colors are used on your location indicator when flying with other pilots.
• Your primary color is used to color your recording line when linking your flight to other flights.

Notes

In the notes section you can capture any notes that you want to keep for this wing.

Paramotor Engines

Managing your paramotor engines

You can see all of your paramotor engines from the All Equipment page. With Gaggle you can store all of your motors to easily choose which one you will be flying with when you start a new recording.

To add more motors to Gaggle you can simply tap the "+ Add" button which will give you a dialog to capture some basic information about the motor.

All the old motors that you don't fly with anymore can be archived which will go into your archived list so you can still see all the service details and flights for that motor.

See your engine's details

By tapping on a paramotor engine from the equipment list you can access the information page for the engine. The page has a couple of sections that provides useful information for you.

Service History

Gaggle can help you keep track of the service history for your different equipment. In the service history section you can set the last data that your engine went for a service.

If you use Gaggle to record your flights then your hours are automatically updated for you so you will always know exactly how many hours have been flown on your engine since your last service. You can also update these values manually by tapping on the field you want to edit.

Fuel

Gaggle provides you with some fields to capture the fuel information for your engine. The Fuel Type and Oil Mixture fields are there for your reference only and it isn't used by Gaggle. By setting values for the Tank Size and Average Consumption fields, Gaggle can calculate your fuel usage while flying so we can display you the estimated fuel remaining. For more information on this widget have a look at our flight instruments.

Notes

In the notes section you can capture any notes that you want to keep for this engine.

Bluetooth Variometers

Managing your bluetooth devices

Gaggle can connect to a variety of Bluetooth devices, like variometers. By connecting a Bluetooth device you can use it to report pressure values, gps values, and climb rate values for Gaggle to use.

Gaggle supports the following protocols when communicating with Bluetooth devices:

• $D, $PDGFTL1: Digifly format
• $LK8EX1: BlueFly and other variometers
• PRS, _PRS: General barometer format
• $BFV, $BFX: BlueFly format
• $GPGGA, $GPRMC: GPS Information
• $LXWP0, $LXWP1, $LXWP2, $LXWP3, $PLXVF: XCTracer and a few other devices
• $POV: Open Vario format
• $XCTRC: XCTracer

​Gaggle has support for many of the popular variometers used by pilots like SkyBean, BlueFly, DigiFly, LebipBip, and more. If we don't support a device yet then please get in touch and we will look at adding support for you.

Connecting a Bluetooth Device

To connect a new Bluetooth Variometer you can tap the "Connect New Device" button. If you haven't done so already, give the needed permissions for Gaggle to use your phones Bluetooth. If Gaggle has Bluetooth permissions then you will see a list of all the Bluetooth devices nearby (make sure your variometer is on and waiting for a bluetooth connection). Tap the name of the variometer that you want to connect to and Gaggle will connect. Gaggle automatically find the type of device that you are connected too and you are now ready to use your variometer to go fly.

A note on bluetooth connections: Gaggle will only connect to your variometer when it needs too, this means that a connection will only be made after you start a flight recording and not before. Gaggle wil also automatically retry connections if they fail. If you are using a Bluetooth variometer while flying and the connection is lost, like when the device shuts off, then Gaggle will gracefully fall back to the internal sensors of the phone after about 5 seconds until the connection to the device can be restored. You will be able to see if the Bluetooth connection is active when the Bluetooth indicator appears on the Altitude Widget.

See your Bluetooth variometer's details

Tapping on a Bluetooth device brings up its detail page. On this page you can see:

Device Info: This provides basic information for the device like the Manufacturer, Model Number, and Name. 
Incoming Data: If your device is on and Gaggle has established the bluetooth connection then all of the raw data, like GPS coordinates, barometric pressure, climb rate, and anything else being transmitted by your device is displayed here.

From this screen you can also choose which of the sensor values Gaggle must use. For the settings that are toggled on, the values received from your Bluetooth Device will be used instead of the internal values from your phone when recording your flight (Gaggle will still fall back to the internal sensors if the bluetooth connection fails).

​Gaggle can use the following information from GPS devices:

• GPS - GPS Location, Speed, and Altitude.
• Variometer - The raw variometer information sent from the device.
• Pressure - The barometric pressure reported by the device.