+1 for the cube T7 with XCSOAR Very similar readability as the Nexus 7 II, the black are not as black but same readability.
Not as good readability as an LX8000 but not the same price tag either. 3G/4G (make sure you get one that supports 850Mhz so it works on Telstra, unfortunately I don’t think it does 700Mhz for 4G in the country but 3G 850Mhz is more important, very few tablets do 700Mhz UMTS) so you can use it to directly track to livetrak24 or skylines Make a shortcut to bom and you see the rain radar in 2 taps while XCSoar still runs in background without mucking around unlocking your phone etc. I used one for my last 40 hours flying and unlike the Nexus 7 II (which I used before the cube T7), it never disconnected from IOIO Mine is permanently connected to the power, Flarm, Vario, ASI, Nano (via IOIO) and always turned on, it never overheated. YMMV but it works very well for me Jacques From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Wilson Sent: Saturday, April 2, 2016 4:25 PM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Tablet recommendations? There are many options. Many are difficult to see in direct sunlight but you can change font size and black on white, or white on black text may assist. But I suggest you only need to see the screen every few minutes, not continuously…. A Tablet is fine, but a mobile phone would mean you could be online in the air. I use a Galaxy Note Edge phone mainly with the screen off but available at the push of the on-off switch and the battery lasts about 6 hours. And it logs all the flight. And you could also be on Livetrack24? 1. Why not use free XCSoar on an android Nexus 7 [$150] but set up different info boxes appropriate to your powered flying as AUX 2, 3, 4 etc. 2. Use an [your? Or a Chinese $100] android phone as above. Note the phone means you could download BOM Radar real time pictures as you fly along. 3. Note also on many Android boxes you can briefly push the on-off switch to kill the screen and save battery and box heating. Push the on-off again and the screen and data is up to date. 4. Buy a Cube T7 7” android mobile phone for a bit more screen space. Less than $200 on EBay ex Hong Kong… not sure the screen will be bright enough without some shading. 5. Spend much more money at Apple iTunes on commercial aircraft software if you like and be tied forever to proprietary software. 6. Load XCSoar on your Oudie, its easy and arguably more user friendly. And software and updates are free but probably not ICAO compliant, but it works. Alan Wilson Canberra From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 2 April 2016 10:35 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Tablet recommendations? Nexus7 still available on ebay. Regs Ben --- Original Message --- From: "Greg Wilson" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: April 2, 2016 9:26 AM To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [Aus-soaring] Tablet recommendations? Can anyone recommend a bright (daylight) readable tablet for use as nav device in a motor-glider? ---- On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:06:13 +1100 Mark Fisher<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote ---- Jezuz...... Because they do! Checkout some antenna theory. On Monday, 28 March 2016, Peter Champness <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Why is that? On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Richard Frawley <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: they point the wrong way to get good reception. not optimal. On 28 Mar 2016, at 7:42 PM, Peter Champness <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: maybe On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Adam Woolley <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hello all, Has anyone got a spare (or two) of the old canopy mounted Flarm antennas that they'd be willing to part ways with? SeeYou, WPP _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring -- Mark Fisher Managing Director Swift Performance Equipment Unit 2, 1472 Boundary Rd Wacol 4076 Australia Ph: +61 7 3879 3005 Fax: +61 7 36076277 http://www.spe.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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