New vario by LXNAV

Gander at the new LXNAV V80 vario http://www.lxnav.com/products/v80.html

If imitation is the purest form of flattery then LXNAV is certainly paying Butterfly a complement. They are most similar in layout except the LXNAV is an 80mm instrument which I personally find odd as larger 80mm instruments are not welcomed on panels featuring a large MFD like the LX9000 or the ClearNav. If you want this technology with your existing LX8000, LX8080, or LX9000, will it only come in the form of 80 mm V80 vario or will LXNAV incorporate this technology into a 57mm V7 size vario?

Including accelerometers, rate sensors, and magnetometers as Butterfly, ClearNav, and LXNAV have all done is indeed fancy engineering and cudos to each. Hope they can get the software spot on in reasonable time without exposing their customers to years of broken promises.

Its my understanding Butterfly is the only manufacture currently using input from the accelerometers, rate sensors, and magnetometers but please correct me if I am wrong. It will be interesting to follow how ClearNav and LXNAV will teethe the challenge of alignment and magnetic interference inherent with this technology.

Staying tuned.

Ben