Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge Connection Problem

2009-11-26 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 04:44 PM 26/11/2009, you wrote: Adam Webb wrote: Hi Mike, I was using an ATEN one, which the guy in the shop seemed to think worked with anything, apparently not. The Belkin one seems to work fine with the GPS-NAV, I can't get it to work with the EW I'm also using, but you can't have

Re: [Aus-soaring] Cambridge Connection Problem

2009-11-26 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 04:55 PM 26/11/2009, you wrote: Adam, I've got a standard Targus usb/serial port converter and from memory have to use a null modem cable with the (older) EW Model d logger. The manual describes the lead as being 'special'. With the null modem cable the EW works faultlessly after the

Re: [Aus-soaring] Altitude badge claims

2009-11-26 Thread Pam Kurstjens
A tight turn after release from tow is also a good way for the data analyst to determine when the glider released and therefore the release altitude. Pam -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of

Re: [Aus-soaring] [Advertising] - German soaring calendar 2010

2009-11-26 Thread Mike Cleaver
G'Day All Just a quick commercial intrusion to say the 2010 German calendars have arrived and are available now - prices as listed below, but if you order 2 calendars for the same delivery address the postage is just $1 more than for one calendar. Some of you book two or three calendars for

Re: [Aus-soaring] Altitude badge claims

2009-11-26 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 07:32 PM 26/11/2009, you wrote: A tight turn after release from tow is also a good way for the data analyst to determine when the glider released and therefore the release altitude. Pam Not if you want *me * to certify a height gain it doesn't. The gain is the gain to the maximum altitude

[Aus-soaring] Downs Weather for the weekend 28-29 November 2009 - POSSIBLE GOLD HEIGHT DAY ON SUNDAY

2009-11-26 Thread Robert Hart
Hi folks The updated Downs weather is available at http://the-white-knight-speaks.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html The trough is now expected to clear through on Saturday and Sunday is showing great promise of being a Gold Height day - which is reasonably rare for the Downs and so

[Aus-soaring] Australian NZ pilots flying with ILEC SN10 flight computers

2009-11-26 Thread Dion Weston
ILEC and Dave Nadler are developing FLARM support for the ILEC SN10. At this time of year, we're not able to test in Germany, so we are looking for pilots to help test the new software who are now flying with FLARM connected to an SN10. Testing will require periodic reload of SN10

[Aus-soaring] video upload

2009-11-26 Thread Ben Loxton
OK, so i finally got around to uploading this video of a wave flight done at the Grampians in 2008. It is a brief clip showing the view from FL170, on decent from FL290 :-) - THe glider is a Duo Discus XT owned by (and very generously on loan from) Roger Druce. I was flying with Steve