Delorme InReach Explorer

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Anyone know anything about this new version of the Delorme InReach? Apparently adds ability to navigate to waypoints and route planning/navigation.

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On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:04:30 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> Anyone know anything about this new version of the Delorme InReach? Apparently adds ability to navigate to waypoints and route planning/navigation.

Link: http://www.inreachdelorme.com/

[jfitch]

On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:04:30 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> Anyone know anything about this new version of the Delorme InReach? Apparently adds ability to navigate to waypoints and route planning/navigation.

I can't imagine that to be of much use in a glider, unless you had crashed and were trying to walk out.

[Paul Remde]

Hi,

I have updated my DeLorme web page with some details on the new inReach
Explorer
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/delorme.htm#DeLorme-inReach-Explorer

The inReach Explorer is physically identical to the inReach SE (except for
the color) and offers all the same features as the SE and uses the same data
plans. The only difference is that the Explorer adds the ability to navigate
to waypoints. It will be interesting to see whether the addition of
navigation is worth the extra $80 to glider pilots.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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Anyone know anything about this new version of the Delorme InReach?
Apparently adds ability to navigate to waypoints and route
planning/navigation.

[son_of_flubber]

On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:26:22 PM UTC-4, jfitch wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:04:30 AM UTC-7, wrote:
>
> > Anyone know anything about this new version of the Delorme InReach? Apparently adds ability to navigate to waypoints and route planning/navigation.
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>
> I can't imagine that to be of much use in a glider, unless you had crashed and were trying to walk out.

A potential problem with using a handheld GPS to walk out is the finite battery duration. I prefer a compass and paper topo map when I'm hiking backcountry. The GPS is good to use for a few seconds to obtain current position.

[jfitch]

On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:04:30 AM UTC-7, wrote:
> Anyone know anything about this new version of the Delorme InReach? Apparently adds ability to navigate to waypoints and route planning/navigation.

I think the Delorme is good for about 4 or 5 days, more if tracking is shut off. If it takes you longer than that to walk out, it better have been at the far end of an almost successful world record distance attempt!

[Ramy[_2_]]

And you can always carry a smal external battery.
I wonder how many XC pilots carry external battery for their cell phone in case of landout? Otherwise you likely going to run out of your smartphone battery just before your crew arrives.

Ramy

[7C]

On Sunday, 20 April 2014 20:09:52 UTC+1, Ramy wrote:
> And you can always carry a smal external battery.
>
> I wonder how many XC pilots carry external battery for their cell phone in case of landout? Otherwise you likely going to run out of your smartphone battery just before your crew arrives.
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> Ramy

I solved this problem by having the same connector for my navigation (Kobo) as my phone and my inReach. As I've only ever exceeded the capacity of one battery 3 times in 10 years I'm guessing there will always be something left in the other one to charge them up. I truth I also have a small USB battery pack that is in my landout bag, total cost about £15.00

[Dan Daly[_2_]]

On Sunday, April 20, 2014 4:10:24 PM UTC-4, 7C wrote:
> On Sunday, 20 April 2014 20:09:52 UTC+1, Ramy wrote:
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> > And you can always carry a smal external battery.
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> > I wonder how many XC pilots carry external battery for their cell phone in case of landout? Otherwise you likely going to run out of your smartphone battery just before your crew arrives.


Carry a 12v-5v converter with usb out, wired with same connector as your glider battery. You will almost always have some capacity left which is not useful after you land... Computer shops have 3 in 1 usb cables with multiple common cellphone connectors. Mine has samsung, iPhone 4 and 5 (I can even offer charges to other pilots in the same field).

[Dan Marotta]

Not about the lithium battery, but about the cell phone.

First, I turn my phone off before takeoff. This saves a lot of battery.

Second, since I power my Dell Streak via a switch controlled 12v power
connector (cigarette lighter) and a 12v to USB converter, I bought a twin
jack USB converter so that I can charge my cell in flight off the ship's
batteries (if I want to) and keep my Streak charged. I keep a charge cable
for my phone connected and coiled up so if I land out, I can make sure the
phone is fully charged. I also carry spare batteries for the Spot.


"Ramy" > wrote in message
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> And you can always carry a smal external battery.
> I wonder how many XC pilots carry external battery for their cell phone in
> case of landout? Otherwise you likely going to run out of your smartphone
> battery just before your crew arrives.
>
> Ramy

[jfitch]

On Sunday, April 20, 2014 7:26:25 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
> Not about the lithium battery, but about the cell phone.
>
>
>
> First, I turn my phone off before takeoff. This saves a lot of battery.
>
>
>
> Second, since I power my Dell Streak via a switch controlled 12v power
>
> connector (cigarette lighter) and a 12v to USB converter, I bought a twin
>
> jack USB converter so that I can charge my cell in flight off the ship's
>
> batteries (if I want to) and keep my Streak charged. I keep a charge cable
>
> for my phone connected and coiled up so if I land out, I can make sure the
>
> phone is fully charged. I also carry spare batteries for the Spot.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Ramy" wrote in message
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>
> > And you can always carry a smal external battery.
>
> > I wonder how many XC pilots carry external battery for their cell phone in
>
> > case of landout? Otherwise you likely going to run out of your smartphone
>
> > battery just before your crew arrives.
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> >
>
> > Ramy

Man, you guys are really planning for a camp out. Now likely as not, when I am getting low I am going to push the start button and fly home, so I am not one to talk. But the Delorme will last nearly a week unless abused, my iPhone 5 will also last at least three days on a single charge unless I am gabbing on the phone a LOT. How many 3 or 4 day retrieves have there been, recently?

[Alan[_6_]]

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I have been in places where the cell phone goes through the battery much faster
as it tries to maintain contact with a cell system. On one trip through northern
California / southern Oregon, it went from fairly close to full to shutting down
dead overnight. The same thing might happen in flight, depending on terrain and
distance to a cell system.

It doesn't take 3 or 4 days to flat a cellphone battery in some out of the way
places. Dan and Ramy have good suggestions.

Alan