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Syride’s Sys’Nav flight instruments are compact varios particularly suited to hike-and-fly or tandem pilots who want all the functionality of a full GPS/Vario in a compact package. Last year the company launched their latest version, the Sys’Nav XL.

Compared to previous models it has a bigger screen, better audio and Bluetooth connectivity. The instrument retains all the functionality of the previous versions, so it includes airspace warnings, competition task navigation and more.

Antoine Girard and François Ragolski took final prototypes with them on their ground-breaking trip to Pakistan last year where they  both proved the instrument works well in anger, flying at sub-zero temperatures above 8,000m in the Karakoram. I got to test mine in the slightly lower (and warmer) surroundings of the southern French Alps.