I'm fascinated by the 320 nm flight. 320 billionths of a metre is quite short distance to use a plane.
I would have walked. Jim 2008/8/20 Daun Yeagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Looks like a little "OOPS" here! > > Daun > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 4:43 PM > Subject: FW: IIMorrow GPS units non-functional since Sunday > > > > Oops.... > > ________________________________ > > Sent: Tue 8/19/2008 4:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: IIMorrow GPS units non-functional since Sunday > > > > So I jump in my little bird yesterday for a 320 nm hop to a customer > location, and find my GPS just can't get a fix on my position (Flybuddy > 820, > Apollo 360). While a little irritated by this fact, it isn't a critical > piece of a equipment so I flip the power switch off and navigate via VOR, > which delivered me safely and efficiently there and back. > > > > I head back out to the field today to see if I can troubleshoot the issue > (armed with my manual), and find the thing can't keep track of the time. I > set the time and a little while later it thinks it's Jan 3, 2089 (right > time > of day however). After my tinkering, I call the support line thinking I > have a dead internal battery or something similar. > > > > It turns out every one of these units stopped working sometime Sunday and > they don't fully understand the cause or the fix as of yet. Good news, I > don't have a malfunctioning unit. Bad news, it's a brick until something > changes and I get to look at 2 INOP stickers. > > > > They are working with the engineering group that provided the GPS engine > for > these units , and asked that I give them a few days and check back on the > progress. If you have one of these units, expect it isn't functional. I > will share any news I get. > > > > Scott Hjermstad > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
