On Feb 2, 9:36*am, David Reitter wrote:
Has anyone here been using an LXNAV V7 (or an LX Navigation 1606/166)
and can give some hands-on experience with this new vario (and sensor
array)?

The V7 is so new that there is precious little out there beyond mostly
worthless unpacking videos on Youtube and some specs and opinions from
those running soaring supply shops, but I hope that some folks flying
the southern hemisphere would be able to comment on it in actual use.

My anticipated use case would be

Volkslogger - *V7 - (Bluetooth) - Dell Streak 5 running XCSoar.

and I would complement it by a somewhat poorly compensated, older PZL
mechanical vario. *I would try to use the electronic (ASI/Static
based) compensation rather than TE, but it remains to be seen if the
static ports on my Std Cirrus are good enough.

Comments?

David,

I have set up many V7s since they started shipping in December.
Oudie - V7, Nano - V7 - Oudie, Colibri II -V7- Oudie, Garmin GPS18 -
V7 - Minimap, PowerFlarm - V7 - Ultimate Le. NANO - V7 - Ulitmate
Le NANO - V7- PDA, Colibir II- V7- Minimap.

This is an expremely nice vario, and has many new features. I have
flown with it but not for long as the weather in Northern California
is not good. Erazem from LXNAV did testing in South Africa, his
philosphy on new products is to test extensively before selling a
product. I would suggest that you configure with components that
supply data at high baud rates. For full service, support and
seetup advice for you system please call.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com