On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 7:47:11 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 9:24:51 PM UTC-4, wrote:

There has been soooooooo much time from the initial announcement of the S80 and the now just released manual that they may have changed the design perameters of the unit.







I want to hear from LX how the winds are computed.



Reading through the manual, there is no mention of wind at all. Also no mention of being able to connect a compass module, which is referenced on their S80 page in the second to last line of the paragraph directly below the picture of the unit. It states: "fast wind calculation with external compass"



http://www.lxnav.com/products/lxnav-varios/s80.html



The same web page mentions under "Hardware": integrated synthesized speech output. Yet in the manual, it states on page 45 under "stall speed", that the voice module is _not_ integrated in the S80. Confusing.



Interesting feature is ability to set the battery chemistry and battery warnings.

I heard from LXNAV

Compass can be connected via can bus. In the moment compass is not available.
Maybe some sounds are not implemented , but will be in future releases.

Concerning Winds: I have both the PowerFlarm-V7-Ultimate Le system and the Butterfly Vario in my glider. I do not see a significant difference in the wind calculation between the systems. Approx 400 hours of flying comparing the systems.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com