comments on displays

[cuflyer]

Okay, my spare iPaq just crashed on me. I'm down to one to count on.
Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions, but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I can run Winpilot on and plug into my 302? A ClearNav is not in my budget.

Thx,
Tim
1FL

[Lucky812]

I fly in a club glider and for portability between aircraft I am running a Nexus 7 with XCSoar. Easy mounting options, 7" screen, good visibility/readability in sunlight, fast GPS, accelerometer, and you can buy it at your local Walmart for a couple of hundred dollars - with a $20 Google play certificate.

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I can sell you a mio set up with lk8000 a car charger and a suction cup mount for $125. Comes with any databases you designate ready to play!

Lane

[Lucky812]

Here is a good comparison video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96zFLuuTbEE&feature=plcp

[waremark]

On Sunday, October 7, 2012 10:26:41 PM UTC+1, wrote:
> I can sell you a mio set up with lk8000 a car charger and a suction cup mount for $125. Comes with any databases you designate ready to play!
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> Lane

The Nexus 7 means you have to use XCSoar, currently the only soaring flight software to run on Android devices, and it is rather large for many cockpits. I have just bought a GliderGuider, a Windows CE device with a very bright 5 inch screen, which will run most soaring flight programs and is exceptionally suitable for use in a glider cockpit. The same hardware device is sold as a Vertica V2.

[akiley]

If you like your current setup, there are lots of iPaqs on ebay for very cheap. ... Aaron

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> Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions, but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I can run Winpilot on and plug into my 302?
>

http://www.wingsandwheels.com/seeyou_oudie_flywithce_pdapna.htm

This is the exact same device as the GliderGuider and the Vertica 2 just without any sort of silk screened name.This would be less expensive as it is from a US source. It is very bright and is receiving high remarks.

[6PK]

On Sunday, October 7, 2012 6:18:02 PM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
> > Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions, but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I can run Winpilot on and plug into my 302? > http://www.wingsandwheels.com/seeyou_oudie_flywithce_pdapna.htm This is the exact same device as the GliderGuider and the Vertica 2 just without any sort of silk screened name.This would be less expensive as it is from a US source. It is very bright and is receiving high remarks.

This looks nice but is it competible with WP Pro, 302 etc??

[Tim Mara]

should work fine with any of the normal PNA type software and communicate
with most delives like the CAI302
tim

"6PK" > wrote in message
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On Sunday, October 7, 2012 6:18:02 PM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
> > Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions,
> > but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I can
> > run Winpilot on and plug into my 302? >
> > http://www.wingsandwheels.com/seeyou_oudie_flywithce_pdapna.htm This is
> > the exact same device as the GliderGuider and the Vertica 2 just without
> > any sort of silk screened name.This would be less expensive as it is
> > from a US source. It is very bright and is receiving high remarks.

This looks nice but is it competible with WP Pro, 302 etc??

[6PK]

On Monday, October 8, 2012 1:58:07 PM UTC-7, Tim Mara wrote:
> should work fine with any of the normal PNA type software and communicate with most delives like the CAI302 tim "6PK" > wrote in message ... On Sunday, October 7, 2012 6:18:02 PM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote: > > Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions, > > but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I can > > run Winpilot on and plug into my 302? > > > http://www.wingsandwheels.com/seeyou_oudie_flywithce_pdapna.htm This is > > the exact same device as the GliderGuider and the Vertica 2 just without > > any sort of silk screened name.This would be less expensive as it is > > from a US source. It is very bright and is receiving high remarks. This looks nice but is it competible with WP Pro, 302 etc??

Than you must know something I don't Tim. According to WP website he only offers the Advanced version for PNA and not the Pro.
In wich case the 302 will not communicate with the device. But maybe I'm reading this wrong?
http://winpilot.com/Default.aspx

[David Reitter]

On Sunday, October 7, 2012 7:55:23 AM UTC-4, cuflyer wrote:

> Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions, but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I can run Winpilot on and plug into my 302? A ClearNav is not in my budget.


Consider getting a Dell Streak 5. It has a brilliant, transflective display that is less affected by sunlight than other PDA/phone displays. For a comparison to the iPAQ 310 (a now cheap PDA that I can no longer recommend due to difficulties powering it, and due to its operating system):

http://www.davids-world.com/bigtrip/streak5_vs_ipaq310/index.html

The Streak is no longer available new, but runs $150 to $250.

It will not run Winpilot. It is an Android device, and given this, it is probably the most future-proof solution you can find. I run XCSoar on it, which is free software and as such most future-proof and worth the time investment to learn. Switching to Android made my life so much easier in terms of software updates, etc...

You can connect your 302 with a simple bluetooth module.

[Tim Mara]

It should communicate with most PNA software and also has capability to
connect to CAI302 or other devices
I have tried but don't use Winpilot and in fact not even sure if they still
offer this so not familiar with what connections are available with their
programs
tim

"Tim Mara" > wrote in message
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> should work fine with any of the normal PNA type software and communicate
> with most delives like the CAI302
> tim
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> "6PK" > wrote in message
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> On Sunday, October 7, 2012 6:18:02 PM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
>> > Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions,
>> > but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I
>> > can run Winpilot on and plug into my 302? >
>> > http://www.wingsandwheels.com/seeyou_oudie_flywithce_pdapna.htm This is
>> > the exact same device as the GliderGuider and the Vertica 2 just
>> > without any sort of silk screened name.This would be less expensive as
>> > it is from a US source. It is very bright and is receiving high
>> > remarks.
>
> This looks nice but is it competible with WP Pro, 302 etc??
>

[Squeaky]

[QUOTE=Tim Mara;825902]It should communicate with most PNA software and also has capability to
connect to CAI302 or other devices
I have tried but don't use Winpilot and in fact not even sure if they still
offer this so not familiar with what connections are available with their
programs
tim

I recently got this unit (V2/Glider Guider) from W&W --get a name for it Tim!!-- and ran it last weekend with LK8000. The unit was very easy to see in total blue sunny skies in VA. It was easy to set up and run, worked great and was brighter than an older Oudie and a HP I compared it to.

From reading on LK8000 and Glider guider websites it should have zero issues connecting to CAI 302, just not sure about your software and how it would work, but if it works off windows mobile you're in.

Price is right as well.

Squeak