Next Generation Glide Computer - Introducing SteFly NAV

[@Johan-ex5yj]

You’re a Mechanical Engineer, and you produced such an excellent Electronic product?! 😲 You should also qualify as a Honorary Electronic Engineer. 👍

[@CumulusProduction]

As a 3-year openvario vario user, I decide to equip my new glider with the Stefly Nav solution. I was really surprised by how easy it was to install STEFLY NAV ( someting about 2h) and how the system was designed to maximize compatibility with other platforms. It's now possible to surf tik tok from waiting your crew in your field. 😂😂 This new system totally erases all the shortcomings of its big brother the openvario, well done guys! I'm curious to see what's in store for future projects.

[@SteFly]

Thank you so much for the great feedback. Haha, you should watch KZbin videos how not to outland on the SteFly Nav 🤣🤣

[@noelwade]

Stefan - Great work! Last year I bought a DuoDiscus to mentor new XC soaring pilots and equipped it with dual OpenVarios. The compact size of the new SteFly Nav will be *much* easier to fit in small instrument panel areas, such as those on the DuoDiscus. My OpenVario units are only 1 year old, but I am very tempted to upgrade!

[@amirhasanbasic2193]

hello, will you be selling your old units :)

[@Sebastian-vo1bw]

So good! Anything you need! 🚀

[@grasshoppersystem]

Bravo!!!

[@lowik1973]

Very nice Stefan. Need to convince my co-owners to get one now :)

[@ubxful]

As an XCSoar user, this is exactly the device I'm looking for. The only thing I'm missing is a CAN bus connectivity (for my own CANaerospace implementation in XCSoar).

[@maerklin29800]

Does it have TCAS and GPWS?

[@oshadilakshini2878]

That's best Inventions in new way. future is better with your hand & inside your eyes.best of luck.world best inventer.keep going well.❤

[@romeromf]

Does it have built in Flarm?, if not what Flarm box do you recommend to interface with?

[@vidgrabarevic6947]

Are u coming to croatia this year?

[@cloudstreets1396]

Is OpenSoar the only application that currently supports the LARUS functionality?

[@JonoDavidson]

This seems like a great little system and I've been considering buying one, however having listened to the tones that the audio vario makes in your other videos, it has put me off a little. Is there any way that more conventional audio vario noises can be installed on the system?

[@SteFly]

We are working on a 57mm vario display, which will also produce the audio sound. The sound is currently generated by XCSoar, which is the problem.

[@PureGlide]

So I'm guessing SeeYou Navigator can't use the Pitot tube and other pneumatic's yet? Boy it'll be an awesome solution when it can...

[@SteFly]

At the moment you will need a Bluetooth Low Energy dongle and e.g. with LXNav S10 it´s possible to get the air data. The serial ports are not accessible in SeeYou Navigator at the moment.

[@CLdriver1960]

My Stefly Nav 70 installation is in progress!

[@cloudstreets1396]

Stefan, where are you displaying climb and speed to fly information? Is it all on the main stefly display? I don’t see an electric vario on your panel.

[@SteFly]

There is a vario gauge displayed in the SteFly Nav display

[@cloudstreets1396]

@@SteFly is that part of XCSoar? Does that display the inertial data from the Laurus?

[@GijsDeMunck]

Would it be possible to give it a newer version of android, i dont think android 11 will get support for that long anymore.

[@SteFly]

@GijsDeMunck We are currently testing Android 13

[@abs15826]

Do you have any plans on a portable XC Soar solution (oudie like?). If you lean on the open source side of things and provide good hardware(good enough to be a de facto recommended solution with good connectivity with existing older hardware) I think you'd have a market.

[@martls6]

Bit frustrating. I just bought an open vario which I am installing as we speak and it's already outdated😢

[@Tannerxcsoaring]

Nice work Stephan, I use Clear Nav here in Wa state, AND Paper maps, Im kind of old fashioned in that sense. What do you think of clearnav? And would this fit in the some panel cutout. Anybody else on ClearNav? Tim T. in Seattle

[@SteFly]

Thank you. I never flew with a ClearNav display, so I have no experience with it. For the panel cutout I just checked the dimensions and compared the manuals. They are not the same but it should be possible to make a special front frame to make it work. Or you need to make a new cutout. Only the holes need to be filled and the cutout increased slightly. If you are interested, just send me a mail and we will find a good solution for you.

[@Ca99-iz2ey]

My yesterdays comment disappeared. Any reason for this? Anything I did wrong?

[@stanislouse4168]

nice ...

[@mahmou6]

Heat shrink those USB connectors though. No?

[@SteFly]

Why heat shrink?

[@mahmou6]

@@SteFly USB is a week connection (designed for indoor usage) and the aircraft must encounter vibrations plus expansions and contractions; in years the link might get week and you don't want that when flying. Also, be sure to make it upright have space for water drainage should water accumulates inside. I used to work as an aircraft maintenance techie when I was a kid so my intuition tells me so. So the heat shrink or anything to secure the connection would be more safety with minimal weight addition.

[@SteFly]

@@mahmou6 Agree, that USB ports are not the best connector in a glider or plane. Of course you should use zip ties to secure the cables and then it should be fine.

[@christophostrowski3382]

Moin Stefan, braucht Ihr noch Mitarbeiter?

[@SteFly]

Aktuell sind wir nicht auf der Suche nach neuen Mitarbeiten.

[@Normski2009]

Wenn sich da was öffnen sollte bei euch und ihr einen Mitarbeiter oder Repräsentant in den USA braucht, lasst es mich wissen, da für wäre ich Feuer und Flamme.

[@christophostrowski3382]

@@SteFly Schade, wäre sicherlich spannend und lehrreich

[@jme104]

That's wonderfull but what's next ? An AI driven glider with an auto pilot where the "real" pilot just enjoy the scenery while checking if the system works fine ? Maybe I'm caricaturing but maybe we should go back to simpler flying . I'd like to see a competition class with club class glider and pneumatic varios and the pilot can only use a paper map .

[@klaasdecoster3897]

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