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Old March 9th 10, 04:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy[_1_]
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Default More Glide Nav 2 questions - Need technical advice

On Mar 9, 9:22*am, John Cochrane
wrote:
If you punch in a few "glide to" options on the way, that can also
confuse it ..


Yes, concur with John.

GNII "show task" data can get totally screwed up if you do any
intermediate safety glide selections. This really detracts from the
utility of GNII for area task predictions.

I have learned to only select a safety glide if I'm really going to
have to use it. To keep awareness of my safety glide options I
monitor the map icons and tap the points that I think I may use for a
safety glide to see how much margin I have.

To extend the cautions on GNII - be very careful of how it estimates
task completion times, particularly for an out and return area task
with a strong tail wind on the first leg.

I have become tired of the bugs in GNII and the lack of support for
the product and am evaluating a different system this season. It's
unfortunate that the "dog ate the compiler" since GNII was designed by
a contest pilot for contest pilots and I have not found another system
that rivals the touch screen user interface.


Andy







 




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