Funnily enough I just recommemded to Mike to join the list!
________________________________ > From: sco...@dd.com.au > Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:44:02 +1000 > To: xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Xcsoar-user] Fwd: [Aus-soaring] The $65 glide computer > > From Aus Soaring list in Australia. > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Mike Borgelt > > > Date: 5 April 2011 9:12:24 PM AEST > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > > > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] The $65 glide computer > Reply-To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." > > > > OK it isn't the $65 LS4 but it is the $65 glide computer. > > While passing through the local Hardly Normal's on the weekend with a > friend we saw they were having a runout on Navigon 1400 car GPS units > at $65 each. > > He bought one and we loaded XCSoar 6, australia.dat and australia.txt > for airspace, set XCsoar to look at com 2 for the GPS data and it all > worked. Even supports portrait mode. > Screen is very good. As long as the sun isn't reflecting straight into > your eyes off the screen it is very readable. If you arrange a sunshade > it is excellent. > > I went back the next day and got one for myself. It even has a nice > right angle USB connector for the 12 volt car power supply. > > The 3.5" screen in portrait mode seems large enough and doesn't hog the > available cockpit/panel space. A 4.3 " screen might be slightly better. > Over that the screen can be a problem to accommodate. > > Anyone know how to feed external serial data into these devices or is a > hardware hack required? Can the PC communications be configured for > RS232 data? It must reside on a particular com port. > > Even without the ability to take external GPS/airdata it is very > useful. If you can feed external data you could run GPS, Flarm and > airdata into it and make full use of XCsoar. Without that you'd need > the Flarm display for Flarm and a vario like the B500 or B800 with the > controller/display unit to get the real time head/tail wind data. > > Mike > > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments since 1978 > phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 > > email: > mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com > website: www.borgeltinstruments.com > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > aus-soar...@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming > smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your > games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev > _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing > list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
