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Old June 16th 09, 09:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Rick Culbertson
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Default GNII Max Alt warning

On Jun 15, 8:20*pm, Andy wrote:
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


Hi Andy,
I take it your fairly new to the GNll?, I've been racing with GNll for
years and I never use that function, as you said no reason to and
really no problem, just turn it off.

I’m sure you know this already, but a friendly reminder at Parowan or
any SSA contest, per the rules, 17,499 is your height limit. We always
seem to have a 1/2 dozen or so disgruntled pilots learn this one
during the first few days of Parowan each year, myself included.

See you in a couple of weeks at R-9, (pray for good weather)
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