The Kestrel Killer?

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On the website. I signed up to get in line we shall see
 
Lets see if garmin VS labradar version 2 happens..

Kestrel VS revic.
I think the entire shooting community would be delighted to see Garmin v Kestrel

Between the Tactix, Foretrex, & GNX/gWind, Garmin has experience w/ all of the hardware & software... frankly I'm a little surprised they haven't gotten into the game already.
 
I think the entire shooting community would be delighted to see Garmin v Kestrel

Between the Tactix, Foretrex, & GNX/gWind, Garmin has experience w/ all of the hardware & software... frankly I'm a little surprised they haven't gotten into the game already.

Garmin is pretty smart company. I think they realize that crushing Labradar was quite a bit easier market than Kestrel. One was a knife to a gun fight......the other would likely be more even ground (as far as being able to do what they were able to with their chrono).
 
Yeah, I think that’s definitely right.

However, in light of Garmin’s success there, I imagine (hope) their interest weather/ballistics handhelds has only increased
 
I dont doubt at all, that a marketing person at garmin has had a meeting about taking on kestrel, and one of the design engineers was in that meeting, and its a passion-project for him.. really wants to get the green light.
The accountant in that meeting was the real wet blanket. Project cost, time, R&D investment VS ROI, market penetration, scheduled update and associates dev costs (ongoing cost that eat into profits), etc..

I actually expect garmin has a bluprinted path, and a non-physical concept; potentially a very rough physical prototype (POC, proof of concept). Basically a 4 times larger than it needs to be, purely for software dev, (think "bench test mule") and probably some cad / eagle PCB designs for a nice production release.. but thats as far as it will progress for the forseeable future until that bean-counter can be convinced, and the software can be polish to be robust.

It will aslo be ip67 rated to 50m, even with the humidity sensor, usb rechargable / power, and be bluetooth connectable to a base station or smart device (extra unit / upgrade) for remote viewing. Like incar dashboard, or if you mount it like a weather vane to your house roof, or shooting range, so can view at the the line.

Last part is a wish list. Pay attention garmin.
 
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I dont doubt at all, that a marketing person at garmin has had a meeting about taking on kestrel, and one of the design engineers was in that meeting, and its a passion-project for him.. really wants to get the green light.
The accountant in that meeting was the real wet blanket. Project cost, time, R&D investment VS ROI, market penetration, scheduled update and associates dev costs (ongoing cost that eat into profits), etc..

I actually expect garmin has a bluprinted path, and a non-physical concept; potentially a very rough physical prototype (POC, proof of concept). Basically a 4 times larger than it needs to be, purely for software dev, (think "bench test mule") and probably some cad / eagle PCB designs for a nice production release.. but thats as far as it will progress for the forseeable future until that bean-counter can be convinced, and the software can be polish to be robust.

It will aslo be ip67 rated to 50m, even with the humidity sensor, usb rechargable / power, and be bluetooth connectable to a base station or smart device (extra unit / upgrade) for remote viewing. Like incar dashboard, or if you mount it like a weather vane to your house roof, or shooting range, so can view at the the line.

Last part is a wish list. Pay attention garmin.
Duder, that was an Apocalypse Now-like psychogenic fugue state fever dream of a post, man 🥵

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