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.

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

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.

And it is better at real-time display ;-)

The Zeus is a result of the management split in LX.
Now you have
The original LX Navigation
- Crtomir Rojnik and company with outsourced development by Kanardia
- Colibri, up to LX7007 and Zeus
and
The new scion LX-Nav
- Erazem Polutnic and company - internal development
- LX8080, 9000 , V5 and up varios.

Post LX 7007 they have diverged sharing rights to some platforms.
The Zeus is an upgrade of the 7007, so is technically a peer of the
LX8080 and LX9000 (same funcationality in two physical formats.)
Both good products - I feel the technical edge is in LX-NAV platform.
But that is for my personal preferences not an absolute view...

Either way it is probably more than you need, but then I am a luddite
with a LX20 + colibri + mk1 eyeball system. Won't be winning any
competitions with that hardware - so a LX8080 is in the budget approval
cycle with the wife.
Still won't be winning any contests, but the toys will be more capable.

Bruce

On 2013/10/29 1:21 PM, Max Kellermann wrote:
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.


--
Bruce Greeff
T59D #1771

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it ain't the equipment that wins contests...

(but you already knew that, didn't you?)... :-)


"BruceGreeff" wrote in message
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And it is better at real-time display ;-)

The Zeus is a result of the management split in LX.
Now you have
The original LX Navigation
- Crtomir Rojnik and company with outsourced development by Kanardia
- Colibri, up to LX7007 and Zeus
and
The new scion LX-Nav
- Erazem Polutnic and company - internal development
- LX8080, 9000 , V5 and up varios.

Post LX 7007 they have diverged sharing rights to some platforms.
The Zeus is an upgrade of the 7007, so is technically a peer of the LX8080
and LX9000 (same funcationality in two physical formats.)
Both good products - I feel the technical edge is in LX-NAV platform. But
that is for my personal preferences not an absolute view...

Either way it is probably more than you need, but then I am a luddite with
a LX20 + colibri + mk1 eyeball system. Won't be winning any competitions
with that hardware - so a LX8080 is in the budget approval cycle with the
wife.
Still won't be winning any contests, but the toys will be more capable.

Bruce

On 2013/10/29 1:21 PM, Max Kellermann wrote:
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.


--
Bruce Greeff
T59D #1771