Tuesday, January 31, 2012

NEW BRIGHTER (950nits) UNIT!!




I have the new unit up and running - 50% brighter than the previous sample!!
950nits


I used this at the PreWorlds in Argentina, running on internal GPS with SeeYou Mobile. It was faultless and very accurate on final glides . I was flying a Std Cirrus and our tasks all completed with a 100m minimum altitude at 3km finish radius. It was dead nuts on every time. I mounted it inside the canopy on my rented Cirrus using the suction mount provided with the unit - worked great the whole contest and in 104F heat many days. 

I compared it directly with an Oudie - most dramatically, when looking into the sun and the Oudie and the Brite-Nav side by side, the Brite-Nav was completely visible. The Oudie screen was impossible to read. This is because of both the contrast ratio, the anti-glare coating and the brightness of the display.

I've put together 2 tutorial videos on YouTube


Tutorial on the unit in horizontal mode (indoors)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S838DHm6H7g       

In vertical mode and very bright sunlight - a hostile environment for visibility.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au6y3geb000           

This unit runs with external GPS input over  http://www.glidertools.com  RS232 - USB converter


Contact me at tango.soaring@gmail.com for purchase information