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Sorry, we were getting too many orders and we had to put the brakes on to make sure our production was working smoothly :) we'll put them back in stock in a couple of days.

We're actually preparing our first app update as well, so please bear with us

No, my unit is too small for the hole in the side of the helmet and will fall through without the adapter

DonScott, the adapter is necessary. The shape of the audible is quite different from the L&B audibles. We've published the 3D files for free if you want to 3D print it yourself

BigL, you use it like an AAD - you turn it on at the start of the jumping day and it will automatically turn off after 16 hours. No need to do anything else except plug it in to change altitudes or charge the battery.

Thanks - sorry about that, I'll start a new topic about audibles and canopy and not advertise if that happens :)

Does the Solo II have these features? Because that's what we looked at, we aren't really trying to compete with the Quattro or Pro Track.

The hardware is final, at least for the first batch. However, our electronics are actually capable of more than what we've released in the features, but as I said before, we'd rather have few reliable features than a lot of buggy ones.

If the button is held down for more than 2 seconds, the audible will start beeping so yes it's possible something in the helmet might press it long enough to turn it off, but at least you'll hear it!

dB range as we've measured is between 96-120 dB. Each tone has a different volume but you can easily test it through the app.

So looking at L&B values - if you're on a medium loaded canopy and you open with line twists, unless you exceed 78mph vertical speed your flatline won't get triggered? I can imagine a relatively new jumper getting too focused on clearing the twists and relying on a "flatline" feature rather than checking their alti and making decisions early...

Thanks for the information, it's very interesting.

We've been gathering some raw pressure data from our jumps, so I'll post back here when we've worked something out :)

GoneCodFishing, that's actually an excellent suggestion!

We'll do some tests to see what a good default value is (our baseline of newly qualified skydivers) then of course if you're a canopy pilot you'll change the settings :)

Edit:
Can this be done in any other audible like L&B?

Technically there's no barrier for it working with the iphone, as they're pretty much based on OSX which my personal laptop runs on.

However, Apple will never approve the app because it needs the iPhone to act as a USB host, which is banned for any iPhone accessory.

We're still gathering data on what constitutes an emergency based on descent rates alone - how does it identify whether you're in a spinning malfunction or just having fun under canopy? If we went with freefall speeds, then it would miss the very common spinning canopy malfunction, wouldn't it? We don't want to add features that might only work sometimes, that would add a false sense of security.

We released with a very basic feature set because it's tried, tested and reliable. We can add features via firmware update later on, but we want to make sure it's polished and usable and not buggy, and most importantly, works every time.

Thanks :) some people still want to change altitudes at the flight line, but there's L&B for that.

Hopefully this will reduce the number of new jumpers being discouraged by the cost of getting into the sport

We've received your order, it's 9:30 in the evening in the UK now, so we'll send your audible first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks!

Yup they are in stock now. If you order they will be shipped within 24 hours, excluding weekends (because we're out jumping )

Hi everyone,

We're a relatively new UK company making altimeters (we originally released the Tritium altimeter) and we've just released our new audible, Brilliant Pebbles.

It's the lowest-cost audible on the market during our special launch promotion for £65 (about US$83.50), but it's very accurate and easy to use.

Things are crazy and hectic right now due to the launch, but I'll do my best to answer questions here if you have any :)

link:
www.aon2.co.uk/brilliant_pebbles