Thanks for your reply David. There sure is a wealth of knowledge lurking out there in Aus Gliding!
SoaringPilot and Palms have been common in the replies . . I wonder if anyone is using the iPaq programs that I am considering? *GPS_Log_ce is free for the iPaq and looks quite comprehensive. *Winpilot looks wonderful, but that price!! *Glide Navigator II has made an especially clever attempt to make it easy to see/use in flight. Paul Remde of Cumulus Soaring Supplies http://www.cumulus-soaring.com notes that "Pocket-NAV will not be moving forward as it has been succeeded by Glide Navigator II. Also, we are working to have Glide Navigator do flight declarations to the 302 and flight log downloads from the 302. Thanks too to Jason and John. Cheers, Jim Kelly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] GPS options for iPaq Pocket-PC. Ideas? > I use the Garmin eTrex with a Palm III. The eTrex runs off the aircraft > battery via a Brian Somerville (spelling) combo (power and data) cable. > Garmin cables are too expensive. The Palm runs for days on alkaline AAA > cells. The track log on the etrex is not good enough for a long flight bu > the Palm has plenty of storage for long flights. > > I use soaringpilot. The latest versaion allows you to use your own airspace > files to show restricted airspace on the moving map, though a Palm III is a > little slow for this. You'd be better off with a newer palm or Visor that > has more processing power. > > I am extremely happy with the combination for the way in which I use it. It > is not suitable for badge claims but it is a great tool for XC soaring. > > There is a soaring pilot group on yahoo that will keep you informed of > updates and any challenges faced in various installations. > > David Olsen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kittel, Stephen W (ETSA)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:47 PM > Subject: RE: [aus-soaring] GPS options for iPaq Pocket-PC. Ideas? > > > > The Garmin 12 does have a data interface (or at least mine does). I use it > > with a Palm IIIe and Soarpilot and have done for the last 2 years. > > The only real shortcoming of the 12 (compared to the 12XL) is not having > an > > external aerial, which is certainly a useful feature, but not necessarily > > worth the extra money. > > > > Regards > > SWK > > > > > > From: Ashford [mailto:jashford@;ozemail.com.au] > > > > > > > > Jim > > The garmin 12 is no good to you as it doesn't have a data interface. The > > garmin 12XL and II Plus seem to be in common use. I also use Soaring > Pilot > > with a Palm Vx. The Palm can be bought on Ebay for about $300 and the > > software is free. The garmin is short on tracklog but the Palm Vx > > compensates for that. > > > > regards > > John Ashford > > Alcie Springs > > > > > > -- > > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
