Just tested my Telstra 4GX Buzz Android phone
($99) outside in the bright sun. Perfectly
readable with brightness turned to max.
About a 5" screen. There is a tradeoff between
screen size, backlight capability and power
consumption. You may be better off with a smaller
screen that has more contrast.
Mike
At 09:55 AM 4/3/2016, you wrote:
Hmmm.... I see the device is no longer
advertised by Wingsandwheels, Glider Guider or Vertica Airsports.
Mike
At 09:50 AM 4/3/2016, you wrote:
Sounds like the Glider Guider/V2/Avier device.
Mine runs Windows Mobile 6 and runs XCSoar. The
screen is highly sunlight readable and has an anti glare coating.
Now can anyone figure out how to load Android
or Linux on it to take advantage of later XCSoar implementations?
As for Greg's original question, it depends
what sort of motorglider we are talking about.
If it is a travelling type that is going to
operate in and around controlled airspace and
being used as a cross country point to point
machine you really need to run OzRunways or
AvPlan on an iPad mini. There is an Android
version of the latter but it is pretty crippled
as yet. Good as a backup on an Android phone though.
Interesting about the Kobo. This exact cycle
was gone through nearly 20 years ago when the
first PDA's came out. They had grey scale
screens which were transflective and highly
visible in bright sunlight(the brighter the
better). Then they went colour and became
nearly useless. Screen technology has improved
since then but the colour feature looks pretty
and is a nice eye magnet with lots of
background clutter to get in the way without
doing much for situational awareness. Bad
design that failed to actually ask which
problem was being solved (this is a common
problem in many areas of life - there are few
real problems which can't be made worse by
imposing solutions for the wrong problem - see much of aviation regulation).
Mike
At 07:39 AM 4/3/2016, you wrote:
Greg,
Not a tablet, but Malcolm Crampton (Tasman
Instruments) has a generic 5 inch pda which
has a good bright screnn, runs LK8000 (free) and is good value for money.
On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Greg Wilson
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
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<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote ----
Jezuz...... Because they do!
Checkout some antenna theory.
On Monday, 28 March 2016, Peter Champness
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Why is that?
On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Richard
Frawley <[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]> wrote:
maybe
On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Adam Woolley
<[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
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