A ALPISTO
Alpisto portfolio Own products 2018 → 2026

FLYBEEPER.
INDIE BLE
WEARABLES.

An indie product line of Bluetooth-LE wearables for paraglider pilots, built by Alpisto's founder. Seven devices designed end-to-end — firmware on Nordic nRF52, KiCad PCBs, mobile apps, web backend, and the small-batch fulfilment that goes with them.

7
devices designed
1
currently shipping
5
in development
1
retired · stack carried forward
● 02 — The line-up

SEVEN DEVICES.

◉ shipping · ◌ in dev · × retired
● 03 — Device details

SPECS, NOT MARKETING.

Numbers extracted from archived product-page sources and project blog posts. Anything marked "in development" still has open work — wording matches current market.flybeeper.com status.

01
FlyBeeper mini BT
Shipping

FlyBeeper mini BT

Pocket-sized acoustic variometer with Bluetooth LE. Battery-powered, configurable from a web app over BLE, fits in a closed fist.

articles tagged #mini-bt →
MCU
Nordic nRF52 (Zephyr RTOS)
Radio
Bluetooth LE
Sensor
Barometric pressure
Power
CR2032 lithium
Update
OTA DFU
02
FlyBeeper Pressure Sensor (PS1)
In development

FlyBeeper Pressure Sensor (PS1)

External Bluetooth barometer. Turns any smartphone into a usable variometer when paired with xcTrack, SeeYou, Flyskyhy or LK8000.

articles tagged #ps1 →
Sensitivity
±2 cm
BLE stream
10 Hz pressure · 0.1 Pa accuracy
Battery
CR2032 — 400 h active / 4 yrs standby
Size
34 × 30 × 9 mm · 8 g
Apps
xcTrack · SeeYou · Flyskyhy · LK8000
03
FlyBeeper Remote Control 4 (RC4)
In development

FlyBeeper Remote Control 4 (RC4)

Four external Bluetooth buttons mounted on brake toggles. Drive your flight app without letting go of the lines. HID or AOIS profile.

articles tagged #rc4 →
Inputs
4 tactile buttons
BLE profiles
HID keyboard or AOIS
Battery
CR2032 — 1000 h active / 5 yrs standby
Size
34 × 30 × 9 mm · 8 g
Apps
xcTrack · xcSoar · LK8000 · maps.flybeeper.com
04
FlyBeeper TAS
In development

FlyBeeper TAS

Autonomous true-airspeed sensor with Bluetooth. Streams TAS / IAS / EAS / pressure / temperature. USB-C 0–80% in 60 s.

articles tagged #tas →
Range
4–107 km/h IAS
BLE streams
TAS / IAS / EAS / pressure / temp
Battery
200 mAh Li-ion · USB Type-C
Enclosure
115 × 65 × 25 mm nylon · 40 g
Apps
xcTrack · SeeYou · LK8000
05
FlyBeeper Solar Vario
In development

FlyBeeper Solar Vario

Super-lightweight variometer with solar panel and supercapacitor instead of a battery. Operates from −15 to +70 °C. <8 g.

articles tagged #sun-vario →
Storage
Supercapacitor — 50 000 cycles
Solar
100% of consumption covered
Fallback charge
0–80% in 60 s via USB-C
Operating temp
−15 to +70 °C
Weight
< 8 g · 32 × 27 × 12 mm
06
FlyBeeper FANET ecosystem
In development

FlyBeeper FANET ecosystem

Three-plus devices forming a 868 MHz FANET radio ecosystem. ESP32 + SX1276 base is shipping and feeds maps.flybeeper.com.

articles tagged #fanet →
Base
ESP32 + SX1276 ground station — shipping
Radio
External 860–930 MHz LoRa bridge + BLE
FANET Vario
Solar-powered FANET radio + vario
F0 tracker
Standalone solar FANET tracker (Cortex-M0+, GPS+GLONASS)
Live feed
maps.flybeeper.com (real-time)
07
FlyBeeper F1
Discontinued 2023

FlyBeeper F1

Compact FANET-capable flight instrument. 50 g of GPS + barometer + LoRa + BLE + OLED. Stack carried forward to the next generation.

articles tagged #f1 →
MCU
ASR6502 (LoRa + Cortex-M0 single die)
Sensors
GPS + GLONASS + barometer
Radio
868 MHz LoRa · up to 22 dBm
Display / IO
OLED 23 × 13 mm · 3 buttons · RGB LED
Storage / battery
16 Mb flash (68 h tracks) · 1000 mAh LiPo
● 04 — Press & integrations

IN THE WILD.

App integrations

BLE-compatible apps.

Community integrations and open issue requests, not official endorsements.

  • Open-source flight computer · issue #1502 — BLE PS1 support
  • Android · issue #1018 — FANET integration request
  • Issue #1016 — RC4 button support request
  • → SeeYou Navigator
    Naviter cross-country app · supports FlyBeeper protocol
  • → LK8000
    Open-source flight instrument app · FlyBeeper compatible
  • → Flyskyhy
    iOS flight app · FlyBeeper BLE support

Marketplace: eBay secondary listings. Trademarks property of their respective owners.

● 05 — Hire the same hands

FIRMWARE, BLE,
END-TO-END.

FlyBeeper is what Alpisto's founder builds for fun and proof. The same hands are available for client work — Nordic nRF52 firmware, BLE protocols, KiCad PCBs, Python and web back-ends behind a device fleet.