We take our gliders to many airfields during the course of the year. The problem with the Cambridge is that it is not possible to set up turnpoints, nor, more importantly to set the 'Home' airfield on the instrument itself. If this were possible, it would not be a problem, as we could load a standard turn point database, and then set the home field when at a different location. As it is, either a) the home turnpoint is set to another location, in which case the instrument is useless for final glide b) the pilot has to fiddle and manually 'go to' the home airfield or c) an "expert" attempts to load the database with the "correct" turnpoints, usually with the result that the existing settings are clobbered
None of the above scenarios are desirable -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 1:21 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring inAustralia. Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge 302 fix At 09:20 AM 5/10/05 +1000, you wrote: >Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: >multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C5C93A.39381D64" > If Phil is back on deck, maybe you can ask him to cater for the >ability to add and edit waypoints in the 302. This is one of the biggest >pains with an otherwise excellent instrument In a club, syndicate or commercial operator situation that would be a disaster as every "expert" fiddles with the database. In the B2000 we let you put in up to 9 temporary user turnpoints on the instrument to cater for last minute on the grid changes when it is discovered there is a problem with the contest turnpoint database or someone decides they should go to a point not on the published database. This is locked out in flight(TAS > 30 knots) as you DO NOT want to be heads down programming a database when you should be looking out. Another interesting point is why you want to do this. Entering turnpoint data on an operational instrument is a pain as the human interface will be optimised for flight use (hopefully anyway. It has been known to be optimised for production cost). Better to use a PC with keyboard to edit the database and transfer to the instrument by that PC or PDA. Mike Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 Int'l + 61 429 355784 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
