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Old May 16th 17, 03:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Kurt[_3_]
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Default LNav "meter" problem

I have a LNav / meter that has worked fine in the past. Sunday the meter pegged out at 10 knots and stayed there. I cycled the LNav a few times and it kept doing the same thing. Does anyone have experience with this, and if so, what was the fix? The LNav itself seems to be fine.

Thanks

Kurt
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Old May 16th 17, 03:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default LNav "meter" problem

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 7:10:52 AM UTC-7, Kurt wrote:
I have a LNav / meter that has worked fine in the past. Sunday the meter pegged out at 10 knots and stayed there. I cycled the LNav a few times and it kept doing the same thing. Does anyone have experience with this, and if so, what was the fix? The LNav itself seems to be fine.

Thanks

Kurt


Kurt, can you zero the meter using the calibration page? If not, I think your LNAV needs to visit Gary Kammerer. But the instrument is so old that parts if needed might be a problem.
(cut/paste and edit from ClearNav website below)
Jim

Gary Kammerer - Independent Contractor
Cambridge Service/Support
144 Daltons Rd
Waterbury, VT 05676
Gary Kammerer - Customer Service
Gary at ClearNav dot net

802-882-8530
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Old May 16th 17, 05:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Hartley Falbaum[_2_]
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Default LNav "meter" problem

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 10:10:52 AM UTC-4, Kurt wrote:
I have a LNav / meter that has worked fine in the past. Sunday the meter pegged out at 10 knots and stayed there. I cycled the LNav a few times and it kept doing the same thing. Does anyone have experience with this, and if so, what was the fix? The LNav itself seems to be fine.

Thanks

Kurt


We had a similar problem with our Club's Discus and LNav. Gary fixed it--don't know what he did!
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Old May 17th 17, 02:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Kurt[_3_]
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Default LNav "meter" problem

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 9:10:52 AM UTC-5, Kurt wrote:
I have a LNav / meter that has worked fine in the past. Sunday the meter pegged out at 10 knots and stayed there. I cycled the LNav a few times and it kept doing the same thing. Does anyone have experience with this, and if so, what was the fix? The LNav itself seems to be fine.

Thanks

Kurt


Thanks. I will look at the calibration page, and if that does not fix it, I will send it in for repair.
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Old May 17th 17, 04:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ian Reekie[_2_]
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Default LNav

Its always worth replacing the internal lithium button battery and then
reseting internal parameters back to factory default.(Page 20 of the
version 5.8 manual, followed by re-entering your polars etc)

Apparently when the battery gets low, some of the stored internal parameter
values in battery backed up RAM can get corrupted and "strange things" can
start to happen.
Replacing the battery and doing this factory reset has fixed my LNAV in the
past.
(This was a tip given to me by the Dickie Feakes the UK service agent.)



At 01:03 17 May 2017, Kurt wrote:
On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 9:10:52 AM UTC-5, Kurt wrote:
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