On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:34:06 AM UTC-8, jfitch wrote:
On Monday, January 14, 2013 3:42:18 PM UTC-8, wrote:

I've been flying WinPilot PRO V12 in Condor for a while now, and I'm trying to make sense of its ETE (ETE To Final Destination) NavBox parameter. I have 'Time Left' and ETE displayed on the map screen, and one would think that the difference between these two numbers would equal the time differential number shown in the chevron area. My experience so far is that sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. Anyone know how the ETE number is computed?







On another issue, I screwed up yet again on a TAT and forgot to hit the 'Next WP' button at the turn in a circle, and didn't notice the omission until I was outside that circle and on the way to the next. Clicking on 'Next WP' at this point causes WP to put the mobile turnpoint at my current location, rather than back where I turned, and of course this completely screws up all the timing and speed information. Anyone have a good idea how to recover from this situation (besides getting a better pilot)?







Anyone had any luck getting Jerry to respond to bug reports and/or feature requests?







TIA,







Frank



Unfortunately, he has abandon the Windows CE/Mobil versions for the IOS version. Unfortunately the IOS version does not have access to instrument data, and so it hasn't really the same capability. I have communication from him confirming that no further work is expected on the Windows versions.

FWIW I was in the same boat a year ago. I had been using Winpilot since it's inception. At the time it was the only software, and was still the best option for nearly a decade, but slowly started lagging behind other software in functionality, bug fixes and support. I finally decided it was time to make the leap and upgraded my iPaq to a Dell Streak 5 and the software to XCSoar. It was well worth it. The cost is only $200-$300 for the hardware (software is free) although the most significant investment is time to read the manual, learn how to use it, understand it's quirks (like any other software) and configure it correctly to your liking (crucial).

Ramy