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From: Paul Bart
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] What instruments to put into a new panel?
Hi Mike
Do you have a link to the V1 display? Personally I love the Dell Streak, but
unfortunately it stopped working, not sure if I can get it repaired yet. The
transflective display is the way to go, but not many manufacturers seem to use
it.
Cheers
Paul
On 26 April 2012 09:10, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> wrote:
At 08:35 PM 25/04/2012, you wrote:
Or you can use XCSoar and configure all those items to your own
preference :-)
Scott
There is a new PNA device available shortly called a V1. Essentially the
same as the new Oudie with the same screen (you can get your old Oudie
upgraded). 950 nits brightness and non glare coating so the thing is sunlight
readable.
About $300.
If SeeYou Mobile is your thing, buy a new Oudie. That or a V1 make custom
hardware very questionable on any price/performance comparison.
If you want the same sort of device able to run any of the glide computer
software then get a V1 and run your choice of WinPilot, XCSoar or LK8000 or
SeeYou Mobile. I've got a couple on order for me and Ron.
The 5"Dell Streak isn't in production and the 7"devices are too large for
comfortable use in glider cockpits. There certainly is a problem with those in
the US where Smartphones are banned in contests because the new ones can be
used for instrument flight in cloud and to collect data for outside help.
All of the glide computer software will converge. Any really good ideas
will be requested by users for their particular software and as there is an
active development group for XCSoar, Paolo is actively developing LK8000 and
Jerry sells WinPilot and has a commercial interest in upgrading it, I doubt
any of these really useful these features will be missing from those programs
for very long.
There is extra information available on all these programs if they receive
not just GPS data but air data and settings like MacCready, bugs and ballast
from the vario system. This also makes operating the whole system easier as
these only require changing in one place then. AFAIK our B50 was the first
vario that implemented this back in 1995 when I realised that the vario and
glide computer only required connection by a simple well defined serial data
stream. We have carried this over to the B500 and now B800 and have distributed
a B800 simulator (it is also on our website now) that runs on Windows PCs to
help developers of glide computers. The B800 main unit is also capable of
accepting MacCready, bugs and ballast from the glide computer program so
hopefully, soon, this will be implemented in the major glider computer programs.
Getting hung up on vario average data etc is probably a mistake. The real
question always is "should I leave now and try for something better"?" Of
course there's always that little voice saying "are you feeling lucky? Well are
ya, punk?" :-)
We've tried to make that decision as easy as possible in the averager
display in both the B700 and B800. Look it up. No need to clutter the glide
computer display with this.
We're also working on a new Total Energy system that is insensitive to
horizontal gusts and should be very easy to install with little to no tuning. A
test flight a few weeks ago showed that our sensor package is up to the job.
You will likely want to blend Flarm data with the data stream for display
on the PNA and there are various devices on the market to do this including
ours.
BTW there's been another mid air in Europe between Flarm equipped gliders
where the Flarms allegedly were working. Fortunately the damage was relatively
minor (loss of 0.5m of wingtip and hole in D nose of wing of other glider) and
there were no physical injuries and both pilots landed safely. Can't say any
more.
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring
instrumentation since 1978
www.borgeltinstruments.com
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