Another report on the new CNv from a user in the states. I concur on 1 sec time constants for pointer and audio. The vario signal is very smooth at this speed.
I am in love with the new climb audio!!!!!! It's much better at communicating lift in the 0 - 3 kt range than anything Cambridge or "Cambridge-like" (including CNv 2.7). The pointer is 99% superfluous now. Audio plus averager numbers and I'm good to go! I found the climb & cruise vario & wind information flawless in Eastern US soaring conditions. Yes, a big Western US gust on the nose will still peg the vario. We're working on that now. The correlation between seat of the pants and the vario is now excellent. 2.7 was better than the Cambridge 302 in this regard, but wasn't the breakthrough sought. Some users liked CNv 1.0 better than 2.x.... 3.0 is a quantum leap. The correlation is so good now, that it is very easy to tell gusts from thermals (because there's no seat of the pants thump preceding the vario indication. The navigation UI still needs work. It's perfectly functional, but it's too much head in the cockpit time to manage. > On 27 Apr 2015, at 08:14, Adam Woolley <go_soar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Simply phenomenal, I thought the CNv 2.7 was my favourite vario before, now > CNv 3.0 it's clearly in the lead. I test flew with V3.0 yesterday in very > windy thermal conditions before being able to transfer into local wave. The > vario is extremely smooth, no sign of gusts (with the new gust filtering > algorithm), the smart averager being quicker to update and far more accurate > than the last version. I flew with 1.7s response rate at the beginning, then > reduced it to 0.5s, followed by settling at 1.0s; all as smooth and perfect > as the other! > > Are you looking for a new vario for your glider or club, and want to save > money? It’s simple now, just buy a ClearNav vario - and thats it. There’s > no need for a winter backup now, this vario is impressive. I’ve flown with > my vario since the first various were bought out, it’s never failed. I only > fly with one vario now in my glider, and trust it solely. > > I found the wind update to be excellent, though I can understand why some > want straight line wind updates incorporated - only once I got into the wave, > I found the wind would only update at the 180* turn upon each lap of the wave > bar. Still, it's excellent! Thankfully, in AUS we only race in thermic > conditions, so this will never be an issue for us here. > > The new audio is great too. My only gripe (which will soon become an > option), was the tone that sounded every time you’d transfer from cruise to > climb. It really didn't bother me as such, but would like it to be silent as > it was before. > > All in all, amazing work from the CNv team - I look forward to future > updates, and to see/feel/hear the vario when all the sensors are hooked up. > Wow! > > > Cheers, > WPP > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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