Glider computers - what's important?

On Mar 8, 11:25 am, "Richard" wrote:
The question is have you compared the free programs with SeeYou or
WinPilot. We would all like to hear your comparison.

Richardwww.craggyaero.com


Richard,

I think that everyone understands that the free programs do not give
you the features or support of the for-pay programs. SeeYou Mobile,
StrePla and WinPilot are great top-end programs. There is something
to be said for having someone to call to sort out problems. It is
great to have a friend who flies the same software to provide face to
face help.

That being said the for-pay programs are fairly expensive to just jump
straight into. The fear of spending money for something that is too
(much/complicated/fancy/annoying/etc) is real.

Thus the free software, while admittedly is not as good as the for-pay
stuff, can suffice for the new XC pilot. It allows him a stepping
stone to the more complicated programs, getting his feet wet so to
speak. To me the next step up is Glide Nav (for-pay) and then onto
the top drawer products.

Not everyone needs the feature sets of those for-pay programs. I know
that I don't as of yet but I can now see more clearly what those
benefits are and will one day move up.

- John DeRosa