I think the hand control is one of the most attractive features of the
ClearNav. I flew for several years with a Borgelt B100, and later a
B2000, with the remote control velcroed to the top of left side of the
seat pan where my left hand rested. It was a perfectly natural and
intuitive arrangement that was far easier and steadier to use than either
a touch screen or controls around the screen - both of which I use at
present. It was also easy to route the cable neatly to it. There was
never any need to look at the control - the hand quickly learns the
functions.

John Galloway


At 16:38 15 September 2008, Udo Rumpf wrote:
I disagree strongly, the controls should be clustered around the screen.
The remote is just an other piece of hardware attached to a wire flying
around the cockpit. Naturally I can see and understand your bias.
There are products that function much closer to my way of thinking and I
am not bias. See http://www.triadis.ch
Udo

I find the ClearNav's keypad to be very easy to use. Also, the
ClearNav
is
very much designed with "simple user-interface" as a key design
consideration. I think it succeeds at that goal superbly. I predict
that

there will be many more ClearNav units sold than "Ultimate" systems.
Also,
NK is a first class company that will be creating many very nice
soaring

instruments in the near future and they (and I) will support the
ClearNav

extremely well. But I'm biased because I sell, support and am writing
the