More SeeYou Mobile questions...

On Dec 24, 3:06 pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:
wrote:
That said, it works very well in flight. I was quite skeptical when it
was announced, and I ignored it for a few months. I figured I did not
need any help centering. When I did turn it on I was amazed how
accurate it was. It only comes on if you are not thermalling evenly.
If you do a quick centering turn when the best lift bubbles are
showing ahead of you you will almost always get better lift. I have
assigned a hardware button to force it on when I want it. Keep your
head out of the cockpit!!

My experience exactly matches Bob's. I can do as well or better than the
Assistant when I'm paying attention, but often I'm not, because I'm
watching the other gliders near me, putting away the engine, trying to
figure out where to go next, looking at the map, using the radio, trying
to retrieve the sandwich that fell behind the seat, etc. There were a
lot more distractions from attentive thermalling than I realized,
because there wasn't anything keeping track of what I should be doing.

I also assigned it to a hardware button.

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My only encounters nowdays with the thermal assistant is if things get
reset and I forget to turn it off. Sorry but this is one feature that
I think is beyond useless -- yes I've tried it and yes I hear from
others they like it. I suspect it only really exists as a "me too"
feature because WinPilot had something similar. So much for beating up
SeeYou Mobile... I really think SeeYou Mobile and SeeYou are both
great software packages.

Darryl

Sorry but this is one feature that
I think is beyond useless --

Darryl

Darryl,

This is one of those times when I *almost* feel guilty replying.... if
you don't use at least for a while it how do you know it is useless?
But if you meant you tried it and it never showed you a better path,
then I understand.

I also left it unused for a long time, but when I did choose to look
at it and respond, it worked, and I fly a lot. When under a bit more
pressure, or under a lot more sky than I would like, it is nice to
have another opinion. Or a radio distraction occurs, or anything else
which distracts you happens and you just fall off the sweet spot a
bit.

It is not a replacement for experience and practice, but it does its
work mechanically under stress... unlike a pilot like me who sometimes
'wishes' the thermal in not quite the right place sometimes.

So it works, but whether you NEED or WANT it is up to the pilot.

Ah I did not say I never used it, just I never use now. Of course I've
tried it, and the corresponding feature on Winpilot which I used to
fly with before switching to SeeYou Mobile. In both cases I think your
body and a good electronic vario give an all round better picture of
what is going on. As I said I know others will disagree.

Darryl

On Dec 26, 7:14 pm, wrote:
Sorry but this is one feature that

I think is beyond useless --

Darryl

Darryl,

This is one of those times when I *almost* feel guilty replying.... if
you don't use at least for a while it how do you know it is useless?
But if you meant you tried it and it never showed you a better path,
then I understand.

I also left it unused for a long time, but when I did choose to look
at it and respond, it worked, and I fly a lot. When under a bit more
pressure, or under a lot more sky than I would like, it is nice to
have another opinion. Or a radio distraction occurs, or anything else
which distracts you happens and you just fall off the sweet spot a
bit.

It is not a replacement for experience and practice, but it does its
work mechanically under stress... unlike a pilot like me who sometimes
'wishes' the thermal in not quite the right place sometimes.

So it works, but whether you NEED or WANT it is up to the pilot.

Thanks, yes, we do agree!
Bob


So it works, but whether you NEED or WANT it is up to the pilot.