>> for use as nav device in a motor-glider? As a nav device, that is where you don't want a glide computer, you can't go far wrong with a large phone like an iPhone 6 and Ozrunways on a Ram mount..
The modern phones are adequately bright and the large-screen versions such as the iPhone 6S have a really good battery life. A few of us have found that even a small tablet such as the iPad mini can be too large for a sailplane. You'd have more room in a motor glider cockpit. If you are going to mount it somehow using something like a Ram mount, the size of the lump is considerable. The weight of the tablet and what happens in turbulence needs to be thought about too. So the slightly smaller phone is less of a problem. It's also worth considering whether you are using other nav apps as well and things like Inreach Earthmate apps for SAR etc before jumping into a particular platform which may support things like XCSoar well but not the others. D _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
