Hi Hannu, I use a Garmin 60 or FLARM, both of which supply pressure altitude, so that was assumed. You dont need a vario connection neccesarily to get pressure altitude. I have found FLARM ot be very good as GPS source for XCsoar, and like the FLARM radar.
When I flew my first comp recently, the entire task area had 12,00ft clearance too.....-that helps(: Dave L ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:31:34 +0200 > From: hnpi...@phnet.fi > To: davidlaw...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: [Xcsoar-user] XCSoar Droid,loads from 'Android Store' works > fantastic > > Hi David > > What about pressure altitude? Quite important (at least in comps) for > not knocking wrong flight level :) > > hannu > > On 11.3.2011 10:48, David Lawley wrote: > > Well done! > > > > Welcomne to XCSoar Alan, improving all the time thanks to the great effort > > of the developers! > > > > You are quite right about connecting to the, it really only has 2 > > adavntages. Total energy final glides, and more frequent wind updates. For > > flying club gliders any GPS works fine. > > > > Dave l > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user