NorWiscPilot
Premium Pilot
I wish they would port over the 520 mapping software onto the H Plus. Curved cable cam is kind of silly, you have to fly the route to save it, why fly it again?
(Rhetorical thoughts here.)
This is another mention of “porting over the H520 DataPilot” software that has me thinking...
Assuming a version could be written for our different H’s, wonder how much pilots would be willing to spend for the software package? $500 USD, $1000 USD? More?
Software is not cheap; what would make it worthwhile for a company to develop an option like this? There has to be a price point where it makes economical sense to add on to existing inventory as opposed to sales of newer models with expanded feature sets. (As well as likely higher price points.)
It all comes down to how much profit is needed to continue to fund development and ongoing support, and can that be recouped by sales to existing owners.
What is missing is the stable after sale support revenue, as in service and support contracts. The YES programs and the like cover repairs, but what about general technical support? How many of you have been charged anything just for calling in and getting help for a problem not requiring repairs?
All these feature upgrades would be great but, a one way street isn’t going to help them come to fruition now, if ever, unless there is an expected revenue return to make them worthwhile.
Just thinking out loud.
Jeff