Hi,

Glide Navigator II can be used to any altitude. If you go to Menu 2, and
press the "SUA Warnings" button you will see the "Max Altitude" check box.
If it is not checked then there is no limit or warning at any altitude. If
it is checked you can set the maximum altitude using the "Set" button.
Unfortunately, the maximum value allowed is 15000 feet. I don't know why,
but I don't have any way to change that right now. Again, as long as it is
not enabled, there is no warning or limit.

I am currently looking for a good soaring pilot / software programmer that
can help me move Glide Navigator II from the antique compiler used in the
past to a current compiler. It is my understanding that a lot of work is
required to do that. Once that is done it will be much easier to get small
improvements made. It would then also run well on iPAQ hx4700 and 210 PDAs.
It may even be possible in the long run to make it work on an iPAQ 310 and
Bendix King AV8OR and other PNAs. But those are long term goals only at
this point. Please contact me if you are a software programmer looking for
a low paying (share of profit) job working on GN II.

However, GN II is still a very popular soaring program as it is right now.
It is not a dead product. I support it well in its current form. It
doesn't have all the advanced features of other products, but it is well
liked for its simplicity and high contrast display of information.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Andy" wrote in message
...
As implemented in the latest version the maximum value of Max Altitude
is limited to 15,000ft which is not useful in SW USA. It should be
obvious to anyone that the limit should be setable at least as high as
18,000ft. In fact there is no reason for any hard limit at all as the
pilot may fly in a wave window.

Anyone using GNII at R9 Parowan should be sure to turn off this
warning. Not only is the warning useless it takes up screen area and
prevents access to the normal user interface until the glider descends
below 15,000 ft.

I nearly threw the damn thing out of the window while flying above
15,000 ft at Springerville, AZ last weekend.

Perhaps if enough users complain about this there just might be a new
release with a fix. I tried hard to get it changed several years ago
but was ignored.

Andy