XCSoar is light years ahead of the custom Altair version from 2 years ago. It still runs on Altair of course, and that is what I use in my glider - amazing visibility and now better software.
BUT... if I was recommending to someone, I would say a 5" Android tablet with tansflective screen and XCSoar. Not only in my opinion is this superior to any of the others for visibility and function, it is also a fraction of the price of any of the competition. Dell streak 5" is excellent, but I don't believe currently made, a few second hand around though for few hundred dollars on ebay. Of course the above is not a Vario, just the computer - you still need to connect to something, but the range of things you can connect to from just a Flarm up to Vega and every other vario with a serial port out there is huge. With an IOIO card you can have multiple (up to 4 I think) serial ports and other hardware inputs (e.g. flaps, button on your grib, etc) all going into the Android Tablet. Scott On 25/04/2012, at 12:11 PM, Adam Woolley wrote: > Can’t go past the ClearNav, simply superior for AAT’s and simplicity! > > WPP > > From: Robert Hart > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:01 PM > To: Soaring in Australia > Subject: [Aus-soaring] What instruments to put into a new panel? > > Hi > > I would like some feedback from users of the various moving map display > computer systems that are available for gliders. > > I have used both the Altair/XCSoar (with Vega vario) and Mobile SeeYou (on a > PDA and now on an Oudie - which I have to say I don't like as it's too dim > for Australian conditions in my view). > > However, there are other systems out there (and I suspect there are some I > have not heard of). I'd appreciate some user feedback and web links so I can > go and do some research. > > Tks > -- > Robert Hart [email protected] > +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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