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12-10-2010, 11:50 AM
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Fliteprep's open letter
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12-10-2010, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Sam Buchanan
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They are?
When I clicked that link, it shows "0 Comments" at the bottom of the page.
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Neal Howard
Airplaneless once again...
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12-10-2010, 12:08 PM
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Location: Chicago, IL
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They are blocking any negative comments. Their blog post is in response to the overwhelming email response and Twitter/Facebook comments.
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12-10-2010, 12:11 PM
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Roger Stenbock has a JD after his name... Nuff said right there. I hope everybody here emails them or better yet, calls. Guess maybe they don't realize they've just ticked off thousands of RV pilots and builders...
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Jerry Cochran
Sherwood, Oregon
RV-7a 707DD Bot from David Domeier 12/01/11
Lycoming IO-360 Catto 3 blade Panel upgrade in progress
RV6a 18XP 1st flite 03/21/07 sold to Dale Walter 10/22/2011
Superior IO-360, Hartzell Blended, GRT/Dynon
Happily "autopaying" DR
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself."
Mark Twain
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12-10-2010, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: 57AZ - NW Tucson area
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Originally Posted by sprucemoose
Wow. This reminds me of the JPI vs. Matronics deal from the late 90s. JPI may have won the battle, but to this day you don't see many RVs with their products in the panel (nor should you ever.) They've just alienated a large chunk of their potential customer base.
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...and their FloScan unit quickly became obsolete as new integrated EMS came on-line.
I bet they didn't even make much profit from the lawsuit.
gil A - JPI free
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Gil Alexander
EAA Technical Counselor, Airframe Mechanic
Half completed RV-10 QB purchased
RV-6A N61GX - finally flying
Grumman Tiger N12GA - flying
La Cholla Airpark (57AZ) Tucson AZ
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12-10-2010, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Elkhart, Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sprucemoose
Wow. This reminds me of the JPI vs. Matronics deal from the late 90s. JPI may have won the battle, but to this day you don't see many RVs with their products in the panel (nor should you ever.) They've just alienated a large chunk of their potential customer base.
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Exactly. JPI threatened to sue Matronics because they "owned" the term "scan". Uh huh. Matt had no choice but to cave in to JPI.
To this day, I stop by the JPI booth at Oshkosh every year and remind them that I purposely did NOT buy any JPI stuff for my panel because of their underhanded legal tactics. They just smile and shrug ...
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Don McNamara
Peoria, AZ
Builder: RV-8 "Smokey"
Last edited by N8RV : 12-15-2010 at 01:12 PM.
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12-10-2010, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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I wonder how long it will be until there is a functionally equivalent software available for free download which lays upon the freely downloadable FAA maps, and only gets the live weather and TFR data over the internet, and performs all the flightplan, weather and TFR assembly and integration stuff locally on the PC/tablet, outside the scope of this patent's claims?
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Neal Howard
Airplaneless once again...
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12-10-2010, 01:40 PM
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Location: Austinville, Alabama
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JPI
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Originally Posted by sprucemoose
Wow. This reminds me of the JPI vs. Matronics deal from the late 90s. JPI may have won the battle, but to this day you don't see many RVs with their products in the panel (nor should you ever.) They've just alienated a large chunk of their potential customer base.
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I thought exactly the same thing and I feel the same way.
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Don Hull
RV-7 Wings
KDCU Pryor Field
Pilots'n Paws Pilot
N79599/ADS-B In and Out...and I like it! 
?Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights;
it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." Miriam Beard
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12-10-2010, 03:01 PM
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unqualified unfluencer
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12-10-2010, 03:03 PM
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Excellent Doug! I sent an email to all of those address's this morning as well.
Very well written. 
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Chad Jensen
Astronics AES, Vertical Power
RV-7, 5 yr build, flew it 68 hours, sold it, miss it.
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