LX Navigation Zeus

Anyone had any experience with the Zeus? Please share your opinions on its quality and performance.

Hi,

I just received my LX Zeus 5.5 demo for use at the SSA Convention. I
haven't played with it much yet, but would be glad to answer any questions
you may have. I'll be putting together an overview video on it soon.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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Anyone had any experience with the Zeus? Please share your opinions on its
quality and performance.

Generally speaking, the LX9000 is considered to be the top of the line so how does the Zeus compare to the LX9000? Granted, the Zeus offers synthetic vision but I see this feature as an invitation to get into serious trouble. Paul, do you consider the Zeus as a generation step-up above the LX9000?

On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 3:55:48 PM UTC-4, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

I just received my LX Zeus 5.5 demo for use at the SSA Convention. I
haven't played with it much yet, but would be glad to answer any questions you may have. I'll be putting together an overview video on it soon.

Best Regards,



Paul Remde

Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

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Anyone had any experience with the Zeus? Please share your opinions on its

quality and performance.

On Monday, October 28, 2013 4:08:45 PM UTC+1, wrote:
Paul, do you consider the Zeus as a generation step-up above the LX9000?

I'm not Paul, but let me try: the Zeus is LX Navigation's attempt to imitate LXNAV's competing product LX9000. LX Navigation's advertisement does not name a single feature that would make the Zeus appear more powerful than the LX9000, therefore I don't believe it's a generation step-up, more like catch-up.

(I've never seen a Zeus a.k.a. Kanardia Nesis in real-life, all I know is what I've read on LX Navigation's web site.)

The LX 9000 will also have 3D in flight terrain display in a(near)future release.

See: http://www.foxonecorp.com/images/sto...00_vario_3.png

On Monday, October 28, 2013 11:35:22 PM UTC+1, Dave Springford wrote:
The LX 9000 will also have 3D in flight terrain display in a(near)future release.

My canopy also has 3D in flight terrain display.

Hi,

I'm sorry, but I don't know yet. I haven't played with the Zeus yet. I
will very soon. The manual is very impressive. It seems to have many/most
of the features of the LX9000 that I fly with. I'll try to get a video
overview done soon.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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Generally speaking, the LX9000 is considered to be the top of the line so
how does the Zeus compare to the LX9000? Granted, the Zeus offers synthetic
vision but I see this feature as an invitation to get into serious trouble.
Paul, do you consider the Zeus as a generation step-up above the LX9000?

On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 3:55:48 PM UTC-4, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,

I just received my LX Zeus 5.5 demo for use at the SSA Convention. I
haven't played with it much yet, but would be glad to answer any questions
you may have. I'll be putting together an overview video on it soon.

Best Regards,



Paul Remde

Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

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Anyone had any experience with the Zeus? Please share your opinions on its

quality and performance.

Le mardi 22 octobre 2013 20:02:31 UTC-4, a écrit*:
Anyone had any experience with the Zeus? Please share your opinions on its quality and performance.

Hi
Airspace is a pain in pre-zeus instrument, 5000, 7000...
Is this solved with zeus?
thank you

On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:02:31 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Anyone had any experience with the Zeus? Please share your opinions on its quality and performance.


The Zeus uses .cub airspace files and .cup waypoint files.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

On Wednesday, 23 October 2013 01:02:31 UTC+1, wrote:
Anyone had any experience with the Zeus? Please share your opinions on its quality and performance.

The LX9000 has the enormous advantage that the software has been around for long enough to have been fairly well de-bugged (I have one and love it). Early adopters of the LX8000 had problems. If I was looking for something new now, the Zeus would have to offer significant feature benefits for me to consider being an early adopter.

That pic of an LX9000 with synthetic vision (3D) view of the hills has been on the LX Nav website for quite a time, but with no mention of the feature in the text.

Personally, I would not go for an LX8080. One of the biggest benefits of the 9000 is the large display - if I could not have a large display on the flight computer I would have a good vario (LX Nav V80/Butterfly/Clearnav) and an Oudie.