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March 23, 2019, 7:49:52 EDT

Digifly defends their implementation of this waypoint naming convention

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Digifly USA «flydigifly» writes:

First of all, we are not upset, we are always polite and, I'm beginning to think that we may be too polite.

It was urgent to clarify this subject, just as it was urgent for you to publish the article without verifying any of the information. This is why we sent you the facts without any adornments. Thanks for publishing it.

Second of all, the author of the text, Matt, stated and wrote in his article that there is a bug in the Digifly and the article is titled "Digifly Waypoint Bug" and this is completely false, as we have already explained. Don't change what he wrote or try to smooth it out, please. It is a false statement, we understand it's due to a lack of knowledge. Moreover, you reasserted this information by publishing the article and adding your comment (below the title), which tries to redeem Flytec from its recurring problems.

Third, regarding your new comment before our text "They like their naming convention": don't be wrong, what we do like is manufacturing reliable, affordable instruments, keeping our software up-to-date…and we are proud to achieve this. And, yes, we think it is good to continue to recognize this naming format, just as it is possible to choose not to use this format. The user decides.

Anyway, this naming convention was created by Brauninger as can be seen from this excerpt from one of the Flytec Manuals (highlighted in yellow in the image below):

"However, the FLYTEC 6030 GPS also converts Waypoints entered according to the previous norm, introduced by Bräuniger: 3 letters and 3 numbers. Example: FIE112 indicates a Waypoint with the name FIExxx and an altitude of 1120 meters above sea level"

Fourth: yes Matt, the Digifly AIR manual (link) explains how to create and name waypoints and how this format works (pg. 33): "Name: 6 characters: aaaNNN (aaa: 3 alphanumeric characters, NNN: waypoint altitude ASL, in tens of mts). Note: if the NNN field doesn’t contain 3 numbers, the AIR uses information on the Altitude field.

Altitude: altitude in meters. Note: this field is used only if the NNN part of the name field of the waypoint doesn’t contains three numbers."

As can be read in the manual, when this naming format is used, the waypoint's altitude used for all navigation calculations, will be taken from the naming format. If this naming format is not used, then the instrument will use the information recorded in the waypoint's altitude field.

Fifth: Lack of knowledge, does not mean someone is right. I have been flying for 12 years and have been given this type of naming format in several competitions and always thought that it was quite normal for my instrument, before a 6030 and since 5 years ago a Digifly AIR, would recognize this format. On the other hand, it is the first time since I have been flying, that I see a competition waypoint file that does not take into account the existence of this format. It is understandable that the person who created this file forgot about it or got confused.

To summarize: There is no bug in the Digifly. Lack of knowledge may cause us to reach the wrong conclusions.

Luckily, the file owner can correct it before a may pilot complain.

Once again Davis, thanks for publishing this text. We look forward to seeing everyone at Quest next week and remember that we are always happy to help pilots understand any questions they may have about our instrument. Feel free to send us an email if you have any questions!

As a reminder to everyone, we have several resources where pilots may find complete and reliable information on the Digifly AIR, visit www.digiflyusa.com, where they may find our Owners' Manual, FAQs, YouTube tutorials, etc. and that they may either use the contact form on our website, send us an email to our Gmail account (flydigifly@) or call/text 240-DGFLYUS (240.347.5987) for further assistance.

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