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



2 comments:

  1. Peter,
    With the season already underway and the first contest in progress, it might be appropriate for you to give more frequent updates on your device. For those of us having given you tentative orders it is of importance where this stands. Please don't make it another PowerFlarm Brick, thanks.
    Herb

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    1. Herb - apologies for the delay - many folks didnt get back to me and I had to give them time to confirm. Update just sent out to the interested list.

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