XC Vario | Paragliding Vario

Never miss a thermal again. Welcome to XC Vario by theFlightVario—the first paragliding flight instrument engineered entirely around your smartphone’s Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). Built for precision, accuracy, and absolute robustness, XC Vario transforms your barometer-equipped phone into the only vario you’ll ever want to fly with. Say goodbye to a cluttered flight deck and enjoy the freedom and superiority of having a fully capable, all-in-one flight instrument right in your pocket.

🚀 NEXT-GENERATION VARIO ENGINE
Forget the delayed beeps of traditional barometer-only apps. XC Vario delivers instant, zero-lag feedback by cross-validating your phone's accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer with the barometric sensor.
• AI Sense II - IMU Technology: Best-in-class precision and outstanding location accuracy. Get the instant, true climb rate feedback of dedicated high-end hardware directly from the smartphone you already carry.
• Zero-Lag Audio: What you hear is what you feel. Centering the core of a thermal becomes joyful, intuitive, and natural. Highly customizable vario acoustics to match your personal flying style.
• Background Mode: Save battery by running the vario continuously with your screen turned off—perfect as a reliable, audio-only vario or a seamless backup logger for massive XC days.

Whether you are thermalling your local site or embarking on a long cross-country (XC) flight, XC Vario provides everything you need to keep flying higher and safer in one unified app.

🗺️ ULTIMATE CROSS-COUNTRY NAVIGATION
• Airspaces (openAip): Colorful horizontal and vertical airspace visualizations with Above Ground Level (AGL) data. Drill down by country and region so you never bust airspace.
• Thermal Hotspots & Skyways (kk7): Heatmap overlays and auto-selected hotspots based on the season and sun position guide you to your next climb. See typical XC routes (Skyways) to optimize your transitions.
• Flying Location: Check take off sites and directions around you and see landing sites along your flight.
• Waypoints & Routing: Quickly create routes, navigate cylinders, or import your standard .CUP files. Fully integrates the Swiss Obstacle Database.
• Wind & Speed Data: Dual Rate GNSS and sensor fusion provide rapid, highly accurate wind direction, wind strength, and true airspeed (TAS) calculations while thermalling.

📡 CONNECTIVITY & LIVE TRACKING
• SafeSky Integration: Real-time live tracking and traffic information system directly on your screen to vastly improve your situational awareness.
• Bluetooth Vario Support: Prefer an external beep? Easily connect to BLE varios if you choose to fly with a hybrid setup.
• Transmit Vario Data: XC Vario can uniquely act as a Bluetooth vario itself, transmitting its highly accurate sensor readings to another device (Beta).

📖 VALIDATED FLIGHTBOOK
• IGC & KML Logging: Keep all your flights logged in one convenient place without needing extra flight loggers.
• Valid G-Record: Your IGC files are secured with a valid G-record for official XC contest claims (XContest, DHV XC, etc.).
• In-Depth Analysis: Review lap stats, altitude gain, and duration, or export easily to view your tracklog in Google Earth.

Simplify your cockpit, experience the joy of intuitive thermalling, and fly further. Download XC Vario today!