Re: [Aus-soaring] SeeYou V XCSoar - Which is Better

2009-08-14 Thread tom claffey
My Seeyou on the PDA is a few years old now, works fine. Xcsoar on the new Altair also works a treat, especially after John Wharington sorted a small bug for me very quickly. I have not tried Xcsoar on a PDA but with the Altair has some very good extra features. [and can be read more easily!] Be

Re: [Aus-soaring] SeeYou V XCSoar - Which is Better

2009-08-14 Thread Jim Staniforth
Pardon if posted twice. Yahoo, like Mrs Fawlty, she go crazy.   These moving map programs are very nice to use, but it's amazing how little you really look at the things. Mostly approaching turnpoints and on final glide (you don't need to look out the window at turnpoints, do you?) or close to

Re: [Aus-soaring] SeeYou V XCSoar - Which is Better

2009-08-14 Thread C K
I still use WAC 1:1,000,000 and eyeball v7.2, ahh them were the days (looking out the window and all those other crazy shenanigans) :-) ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://

Re: [Aus-soaring] SeeYou V XCSoar - Which is Better

2009-08-14 Thread Mike Durrant
upgrade to cameras with date and time stampingnow there was a radical technological leap From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of C K Sent: Saturday, 15 August 2009 10:53 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to So

Re: [Aus-soaring] SeeYou V XCSoar - Which is Better

2009-08-14 Thread Ben Loxton
just use the Melway (likeone pilot i know) - make sure its the old version though so the wife dosent get pissy when you rip the relevant pages out. On 15/08/2009, at 11:10 AM, Mike Durrant wrote: upgrade to cameras with date and time stampingnow there was a radical technological