That is not good re "classic" flarm units. I do know in Germany and Austria companies are obliged to provide 10 years after sales service after production ceases. Look at Glassflugel if you wanted a spring for a Std Libelle it would be in the post today and you will receive next week. Hanko and Christian still provide outstanding service. I would have thought the Swiss would have similar rules. G Winter & Co (Achim Winter) will service a 50 year old vario and maybe it will cost Eur120 but it will be just as good as new. The future may be an issue only because there are not many young people becoming watch makers which is the type of person Achim Winter needs in his company.
I have Cambridge logger sr no C001. Yes it the first ever logger in the world from 1993. It has worked till recently and awaits a replacement Garmin GPS engine. And if you have Cambridge Lnav, model 20 logger or Cambridge 302 /303 system I have all spare boards ready to install next week no worries. The firm Cambridge is long since gone but the ClearNav people realized it is not a good look for instruments without after sales service even though they have no obligation to provide service. After sales service is so important and is sad that maybe the Swiss do not realize this. Ian McPhee 0428847642 On 17 March 2015 at 00:06, David Kinlan <[email protected]> wrote: > I can only add to Laurie Simpkins concerns. > Recently y 4yr old SwissFlarm had a defect and could no longer receive a > signal. On contacting Flarm in Switzerland they informed me that they no > longer support any of the purported 25,000 flarm units out there (they > referred to these as the 'classic' flarms they will only service > powerflarms. So once your classic flarm has an issue it it effectively > worthless and beyond repair. I am guessing everyone out there is not aware > of this as it is not clear from their website. > > David Kinlan > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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