KR>exwives and weather
Randy Smith wrote: > She saw > me take off and got all p**t. I figured I better get > rid of something so we got divorced. I loved my KR. You need one of those T-shirts that William Wynne sells: "my ex wanted me to quit flying". I have one, and I wear it all the time. I get some funny looks from the women that I run into throughout the day, but occasionally I get a warm smile, like "now there's a man that's truly in love with flying". And just so there will we a tinge of KR content in the message, I now have weather capability in the KR, so y'all just let me know when the next Gathering is. Actually it's not in the KR yet, but I jigged it up last night in the GTI and it works great. I'll do a web page on the installation, but there's a photo of the screen at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/06092010m.jpg . It shows a flight route between me and MVN, and the clouds that were in place at about 8PM last night. It also shows TFRs, rain, lightening strikes, etc. I'm using the WXWORX XM sattelite box and FlightPrep Chartcase software running on a laptop. I'll fly with this and see if I can handle a laptop on the seat. I think that's the best solution because I can use a cheap laptop and keep my Airmap 1000 on the panel. Now I have two GPSs, and I only need the laptop for weather. I carry the laptop on every flight anyway to record EIS info, so I may as well have weather on it too! The neat thing about this is that I don't have to buy a $2700 LS-800, just use an inexpensive laptop with a bright screen (some of the latest generation of laptops are about as daylight readable as the LS-800). This laptop is my work laptop, so I'm still researching a cheap bright one for home use. I flew with it on Tuesday and I could see it pretty well, and best of all I have a keyboard and fingerpad with it, something you don't get with an LS-800. WXWORX is $50 a month...that's the big downside, but you'd have to pay that with a Garmin 386 anyway... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
KR>exwives and weather
Mark, What do you think are the minimal computer capabilities, processor speed, ram, storage, operating system ? The view is fantastic. Thanks Larry H. From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> Subject: Re: KR>exwives and weather Actually it's not in the KR yet, but I jigged it up last night in the GTI and it works great. I'll do a web page on the installation, but there's a photo of the screen at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/06092010m.jpg . It shows a flight route between me and MVN, and the clouds that were in place at about 8PM last night. It also shows TFRs, rain, lightening strikes, etc. I'm using the WXWORX XM sattelite box and FlightPrep Chartcase software running on a laptop. I'll fly with this and see if I can handle a laptop on the seat. I think that's the best solution because I can use a cheap laptop and keep my Airmap 1000 on the panel. Now I have two GPSs, and I only need the laptop for weather.
KR>exwives and weather
Hey, Could you send me a picture like that for next Thursday morning - say around 7 am EDT??? Which color is rain? Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com > And just so there will we a tinge of KR content in the message, I > now have > weather capability in the KR, so y'all just let me know when the > next > Gathering is. Actually it's not in the KR yet, but I jigged it up > last > night in the GTI and it works great. I'll do a web page on the > installation, but there's a photo of the screen at > http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/06092010m.jpg . It shows a flight > route > between me and MVN, and the clouds that were in place at about 8PM > last > night. It also shows TFRs, rain, lightening strikes, etc.
KR>exwives and weather
Larry H. wrote: > What do you think are the minimal computer capabilities, processor speed, > ram, storage, operating system ? Check www.flightprep.com for real facts, but I think it's 900MHz processor, 15G of RAM and Win2000. The biggie is a laptop display that can be read in a KR bubble canopy cockpit. I tried the LS-800 the other day (supposedly daylight readable), and I was not impressed. I have a Dell 820 from work that would be more acceptable. I'm still looking, but plan to meet the Office Depot store manager in the morning to "live check" a Vaio S660/B out in the parking lot to see if it'll get me by until my checkbook catches up with bright screen technology. This will be the perfect small laptop if I can see it, and it's on sale. Tomorrow's going to be cloudy, but that's the only time I should need weather anyway! The Airmap 1000 does me just fine the rest of the time. Joe Horton wrote: >>Hey, Could you send me a picture like that for next Thursday morning - say around 7 am EDT??? Which color is rain?<< I'll be in Iowa or somewhere on Thursday morning, so that's a little iffy! But it's just Nexrad weather radar from XM Weather sattelite, so the green is light rain, yellow is heavier, red is a downpour, and purple is you don't want to be there! I have to admit that I am really stoked about being able to pick my way through rain showers and choose the best altitude for favorable winds "on the fly"... Mark Langford, Harvest, AL see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
KR>exwives and weather and flightprep
Thanks Mark ! Larry H. Check www.flightprep.com for real facts, but I think it's 900MHz processor, 15G of RAM and Win2000.
KR>exwives and weather
> I'll be in Iowa or somewhere on Thursday morning, so that's a little > iffy! > But it's just Nexrad weather radar from XM Weather sattelite, so the > green > is light rain, yellow is heavier, red is a downpour, and purple is > you don't > want to be there! I have to admit that I am really stoked about > being able > to pick my way through rain showers and choose the best altitude for > > favorable winds "on the fly"... Hey , you missed the point. I wanted next Thursday's picture now. Heck with all that tech . you got in there I'll bet you can do it and just don't know it yet. ( Friday ya known) Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
