Reachable landing sites in iGlide

On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:08:24 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 5:07:53 PM UTC-5, Casey wrote:
I like thermal assistant in iGlide better than my LXNav s100.

I bought a iPad mini 4 to dedicate to just soaring but the screen was not quite as bright as my iPhone 6s Plus. The problems I've had with iGlide have been self induced for the most part. And the little bit of reconfiguring after loss of parameters is not that big a deal. I may dedicate this iPhone to soaring but has been one less item on check list and one less item to charge up.

Casey, could you please describe how to use the "thermal assistant"? I have yet to figure that out. Am running an iphone 6 +, with Bad Elf gps and iGlide advanced. I may use an iphone 5S on the dash this season? Last year I used a 6 plus on a knee board, because its too large for the dash.

The Thermal Assistant only comes with the Pro. If you originally purchase the Advance and upgrade to Pro, it will remain the Advance Icon but will have pro features purchased in the settings. Air Glide calls it Climb Optimizer in the list of Pro features. The Thermal Assistant / Climb Optimizer is automatic.

I like having my iPhone on a Ram mount closer to me so I can see better and touch the screen easier. Short arms and vision not as strong as it use to be.

On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:02:00 PM UTC-8, Casey wrote:
On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:08:24 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 5:07:53 PM UTC-5, Casey wrote:
I like thermal assistant in iGlide better than my LXNav s100.

I bought a iPad mini 4 to dedicate to just soaring but the screen was not quite as bright as my iPhone 6s Plus. The problems I've had with iGlide have been self induced for the most part. And the little bit of reconfiguring after loss of parameters is not that big a deal. I may dedicate this iPhone to soaring but has been one less item on check list and one less item to charge up.

Casey, could you please describe how to use the "thermal assistant"? I have yet to figure that out. Am running an iphone 6 +, with Bad Elf gps and iGlide advanced. I may use an iphone 5S on the dash this season? Last year I used a 6 plus on a knee board, because its too large for the dash.

The Thermal Assistant only comes with the Pro. If you originally purchase the Advance and upgrade to Pro, it will remain the Advance Icon but will have pro features purchased in the settings. Air Glide calls it Climb Optimizer in the list of Pro features. The Thermal Assistant / Climb Optimizer is automatic.

I like having my iPhone on a Ram mount closer to me so I can see better and touch the screen easier. Short arms and vision not as strong as it use to be.

I would not purchase the Pro just for the thermal assistant - it isn't that good, particularly with no Air Vario connected. If you are racing, then the Pro is desirable of necessary, to create the correct turn points.

Okay thanks, I don't race (yet?). I upgraded to Advance to get some better wind data. It does work but takes several circles to get it going, maybe the GPS signal quality varies allot, (with the banking) etc.
I may go with the Air Connect Wifi device to plug in my C302 data? That way I could move the bad elf pro gps out of my way. Also, I could mount an older 5S iphone where the PNA used to sit. The 6+ is awesome but, but last year I smashed a screen while while setting up my glider. No big deal, $150 and it's good as new.

On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 10:32:56 AM UTC-8, wrote:
Okay thanks, I don't race (yet?). I upgraded to Advance to get some better wind data. It does work but takes several circles to get it going, maybe the GPS signal quality varies allot, (with the banking) etc.
I may go with the Air Connect Wifi device to plug in my C302 data? That way I could move the bad elf pro gps out of my way. Also, I could mount an older 5S iphone where the PNA used to sit. The 6+ is awesome but, but last year I smashed a screen while while setting up my glider. No big deal, $150 and it's good as new.

Using an iPhone 6+ alone, I have not seen any problem with GPS quality. The HDOP appears to be about as good as the on-board dedicated GPS engines. Have you tried loosing the Bad Elf and just using the internal GPS? You would have to ask Air if they support the C302 data stream. I know their serial interface for the Vario supports both LX and CAI formats. But - I don't think you will get much better information out of iGlide with it connected to the CAI (though I have never tried that). The reason it works better connected to an Air Vario is that instrument calculates wind inertially many times per second.

On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 4:33:55 PM UTC-5, jfitch wrote:
On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 10:32:56 AM UTC-8, wrote:
Okay thanks, I don't race (yet?). I upgraded to Advance to get some better wind data. It does work but takes several circles to get it going, maybe the GPS signal quality varies allot, (with the banking) etc.
I may go with the Air Connect Wifi device to plug in my C302 data? That way I could move the bad elf pro gps out of my way. Also, I could mount an older 5S iphone where the PNA used to sit. The 6+ is awesome but, but last year I smashed a screen while while setting up my glider. No big deal, $150 and it's good as new.

Using an iPhone 6+ alone, I have not seen any problem with GPS quality. The HDOP appears to be about as good as the on-board dedicated GPS engines. Have you tried loosing the Bad Elf and just using the internal GPS? You would have to ask Air if they support the C302 data stream. I know their serial interface for the Vario supports both LX and CAI formats. But - I don't think you will get much better information out of iGlide with it connected to the CAI (though I have never tried that). The reason it works better connected to an Air Vario is that instrument calculates wind inertially many times per second.

I don't think the Bad Elf is necessary but find in at least 50' more accurate.