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hmmm ... ok, so looking at the mix of off the shelf components, how
come it is only 300 less ... shouldn't it be half the cost of a
ClearNav? Or is the difference reflective of a higher mark-up?

From what I understand, they both use basically 'off shelf'
components... ClearNav's are in custom molded plastic shells and
Craggy Ultimate's are in custom anodized aluminum shells... ClearNav
runs a hopped up version Glidenav II (GlideNav III?) where Craggy runs
SeeYou Mobile or WinPilot, neither of which are exactly slouchy.
ClearNav is soon to have a vario to go with it and is also expecting
it's logger to receive IGC approval though, which will greatly improve
it's cost effectiveness however. Not sure about Richard's plans in
this dept, but I think SeeYou is working out a Craggy specific version
for it... Richard?

-Paul

On May 16, 6:10*pm, sisu1a wrote:
* hmmm ... ok, so looking at the mix of off the shelf components, how

come it is only 300 less ... shouldn't it be half the cost of a
ClearNav? Or is the difference reflective of a higher mark-up?

From what I understand, they both use basically 'off shelf'
components... *ClearNav's are in custom molded plastic shells and
Craggy Ultimate's are in custom anodized aluminum shells... *ClearNav
runs a hopped up version Glidenav II (GlideNav III?) where Craggy runs
SeeYou Mobile or WinPilot, neither of which are exactly slouchy.
ClearNav is soon to have a vario to go with it and is also expecting
it's logger to receive IGC approval though, which will greatly improve
it's cost effectiveness however. Not sure about Richard's plans in
this dept, but I think SeeYou is working out a Craggy specific version
for it... * Richard?

-Paul

Are the ClearNav and Ultimate seen as just slightly different design
solutions for the same problem? I thought the ClearNav had some Nav/
Display features that gave pilots a competitive advantage ... i.e.
other then a larger display. If you go to a contest, will you see any
of the national level pilots using one of these. Any preference for
one over the other?

Are the ClearNav and Ultimate seen as just slightly different design
solutions for the same problem? *I thought the ClearNav had some Nav/
Display features that gave pilots a competitive advantage ... i.e.
other then a larger display. *If you go to a contest, will you see any
of the national level pilots using one of these. Any preference for
one over the other?

I think the 'glide amoeba' function is the biggest tactical display
difference that ClearNav uses. Instead of concentric circles for where
you can/can't reach from your current position, based on your user set
L/D & altitude margins and skewed for wind, it also takes specifically
into account high/low terrain, making them more amoeba-ish in shape
than circular, which could indeed be highly useful when flying in/
around places with peaks/valleys since it will show you routes through
gaps and notches that the normal circles could lead you to believe you
just can't make it through since those I believe are based on the
highest point of terrain within the circle (?). I can see that being
an advantage, but I have neither system and there are some pretty
respectable pilots running both of systems, so I can't be of much help
in that dept... I believe ClearNav's version of GlideNav also has user
selectable sizes for the navbox infos as well.

-Paul

On May 16, 10:09*pm, sisu1a wrote:
Are the ClearNav and Ultimate seen as just slightly different design
solutions for the same problem? *I thought the ClearNav had some Nav/
Display features that gave pilots a competitive advantage ... i.e.
other then a larger display. *If you go to a contest, will you see any
of the national level pilots using one of these. Any preference for
one over the other?

I think the 'glide amoeba' function is the biggest tactical display
difference that ClearNav uses. Instead of concentric circles for where
you can/can't reach from your current position, based on your user set
L/D & altitude margins and skewed for wind, it also takes specifically
into account high/low terrain, making them more amoeba-ish in shape
than circular, which could indeed be highly useful when flying in/
around places with peaks/valleys since it will show you routes through
gaps and notches that the normal circles could lead you to believe you
just can't make it through since those I believe are based on the
highest point of terrain within the circle (?). I can see that being
an advantage, but I have neither system and there are some pretty
respectable pilots running both of systems, so I can't be of much help
in that dept... I believe ClearNav's version of GlideNav also has user
selectable sizes for the navbox infos as well.

-Paul


Fonts in both WinPilot and SeeYouMobile can be selected by the User.
Not only in the Nav Boxes but almost any font in the program.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com