New LX8000 Color computer

We are very happy to announce that LX Navigation will be releasing their new
LX8000 Color computer. This instrument has a color display that you will be
able to read in bright sunlight!
Go to the "news" section on our website www.solairecanada.com for more
inormation.

Ed Hollestelle wrote:
We are very happy to announce that LX Navigation will be releasing their new
LX8000 Color computer. This instrument has a color display that you will be
able to read in bright sunlight!

I love the idea of the bright color display, but what I'm really
wondering is ... is it available in the USA with FLARM capability?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
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"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Ed Hollestelle wrote:
We are very happy to announce that LX Navigation will be releasing their
new LX8000 Color computer. This instrument has a color display that you
will be able to read in bright sunlight!

I love the idea of the bright color display, but what I'm really wondering
is ... is it available in the USA with FLARM capability?


Yes FLARM is a normal option on all current LX7000-7007.....but, who in the
USA even uses FLARM???? doesn't seem to be a rush to get this technology
here
and LX7007 can also be upgrades to LX8000 with color and since the LX7000 is
already IGC approved, adding color display should have no relevence to IGC
approvals for the new version...
tim
Please visit the Wings & Wheels website at www.wingsandwheels.com

Tim Mara wrote:
"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
news:4mQQi.4722$hI1.1324@trndny06...
Ed Hollestelle wrote:
We are very happy to announce that LX Navigation will be releasing their
new LX8000 Color computer. This instrument has a color display that you
will be able to read in bright sunlight!
I love the idea of the bright color display, but what I'm really wondering
is ... is it available in the USA with FLARM capability?


Yes FLARM is a normal option on all current LX7000-7007.....but, who in the
USA even uses FLARM????

One reason is FLARM won't sell units to the USA, so I'm wondering if
FLARM actually allows LX to sell that capability to US pilots. If so, I
think there would be some market for it, like the Minden pilots flying
at 250 knot closing speeds along the White Mountains, or maybe ridge
runners on the Allegheny ridges, and pilots in contests.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
* Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly
* "Transponders in Sailplanes" http://tinyurl.com/y739x4
* "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" at www.motorglider.org

At 20:54 15 October 2007, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Ed Hollestelle wrote:
We are very happy to announce that LX Navigation will
be releasing their new
LX8000 Color computer. This instrument has a color
display that you will be
able to read in bright sunlight!

I love the idea of the bright color display, but what
I'm really
wondering is ... is it available in the USA with FLARM
capability?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
* Change 'netto' to 'net' to email me directly
* 'Transponders in Sailplanes' http://tinyurl.com/y739x4
* 'A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation' at
www.motorglider.org


Appears to come standard with Flarm built in, according
to the brochure on Solaire's website, www.solairecanada.com
(click on the news section for LX8000 info). Looks
like a pretty champy unit to me, and should make for
a nice clean cockpit too...Price as yet to be announced,
but Ed estimates it should be in the upper $5000-lower
$6000 range. Not unreasonable considering a built in
IGC logger, no need for Ipaq/cables/cradles, built
in Flarm etc. LX is also offering Lx7000/7007 trade
in upgrade options. Neat-o.

Paul

No mention of this product on the LX web page. When is it available?

skrev:
No mention of this product on the LX web page. When is it available?

February 2008

Robert
ASW28-18E
Swedish LX dealer

On Oct 17, 5:51 pm, Robert Danewid
wrote:
skrev: No mention of this product on the LX web page. When is it available?

February 2008

Robert
ASW28-18E
Swedish LX dealer

Solaire have withdrawn the details from their website. I hope LX have
fixed some of the weaknesses in the 7007 such as limit of 600
waypoints and fiddly transfer of flight log to SD Card (I suggest if
you have the SD card the logger should save the last flight log on the
card, as the new EW device does).

On Oct 16, 1:59 pm, wrote:
No mention of this product on the LX web page. When is it available?

A brochure is available on Craggy Aero's Website.

http://www.craggyaero.com/lx_navigation.htm

The instrument should be available in early 2008.


Richard
www.craggyaero.com
LX Dealer USA