Greetings all, we have just uploaded the latest XCOM Newsletter to the website which you can see by following the link below... http://www.xcomavionics.com/newsletters/June05/june05.html The newsletter has details of all the latest features in the VHF comm and the opportunity to get your software...

I'm relocating to St Louis this winter and need to pick a local soaring club to fly with - any recommendations? I have my own glider, and enjoy XC, racing, and OLC, so I'm less concerned with availability of training/gliders but want to join a fun club (read: beer drinkers with a gliding...

I have a question regarding XC-Soar and am running it on an iPAQ3850. I loaded the latest version 5.2.3F. When I first loaded the program everything worked as advertised, except I've never seen the landable fields show up as colored dots, well yesterday for one session they showed up as yellow...

Hi Folks I have XC-Soar running on my new HP314 and it is good. I have increased the font size on the info boxes to 60pt and they are very readable. Screen is bright and easy to see in all conditions except when the unit is aligned so that the sun reflects directly off it into your eyes. In fact I...

Does anybody know how to load the maps with .xcm extension? My map display page layout is completly different from that described in the 5.1.2 manual and only allows selection of topology and terrain files, it will not allow selection of .xcm. there must be a way of doing it, but I'm blowed if I...

Does anyone know the people behind xcweather.co.uk, and when/if it's coming back? Dan

Friends: I seldom impinge on the newsgroup in a commercial manner, but due to a hard drive crash, the So Cal newsletter is late in distribution. Caracole offers daily XC training during the Central Calif spring contest in Sports Class in an AS-K 21. Student du jour flies in the front, daily...

Garret Willat's Junior Soaring Team 'Stemme for a Day Program' Fly with two time U.S. soaring team pilot Garret Willat in a high performance motor glider Stemme S10VT for the day in beautiful Warner Springs California. While the experience is tailored to your personal needs this is your chance to...

wrote in message ... Hi, Can anybody recomend a good soaring facility in the US that does XC instruction and XC rentals? My goal is to plan a week long soaring vacation and hopefully finish my Gold (have alt and...

There's an idea for the Juniors to take up....this side of the pond

Less than 5 days until bidding ends on 1st item. Garret Willat's Junior Soaring Team "Stemme for a Day Program" Fly with two time team pilot Garret Willat in a high performance motor glider Stemme S10VT for the day in beautiful Warner Springs California. While the experience will be tailored to...

Hello, I learned about a mini variometer that purports to have zero time lag. It is called the XC Tracer (https://www.xctracer.com/en/tech-specs/?oid=1861&lang=en). There are versions with FLARM, igc loggers and is solar powered. It is aimed at the hang gliding market. Has anyone used on in a...

Looking for recommendations/ advice wrt attending some of the xc camps put on by various organizations/clubs in the USA. My time schedule is such that weekend club flying is not going to get my skills level to where I want it to be in the time frame I'm dealing with, so am looking for an...

Is anyone running XC soar and have it hooked up to an intelligent vario, such as the Tasman with the Flight Pack module? I am thinking about upgrading at some point and getting the Tasman/FP module package and sending the data to my PDA for the various functions XC soar would use, and was...

Hello All, I am looking for advice on the best setup in terms of info boxes to use for xc soar. All input is appreciated. What works best for you? What information is truly important? I am not racing, just posting to olc. Still, I want to fly as fast as possible and as far as possible. The way I'm...

Hi everybody. I am testing the XCSoar program on a Kobo Mini. I ask for your help to know how to prepare some useful pages to navigate on local flights. My interest is to know at all times: Distance and course to the field. Altitude necessary to arrive. Should I schedule a task for this purpose? I...

I noticed on my display there are a pair of yellow crescent chevrons that expand and contract with altitude change. I will try to attach a photo. Can anyone tell me what these are? Here is the post, it's on facebook since I cannot attach it to this thread. . ...

last 2 flights I've had with the latest version of XC Soar (runs on the memory card) have not been logged properly for some reason. When I try to upload to OLC it says it is an invalid file. Also am not able to replay the file on the PDA using the flight replay function. The file extension is not...

Running XC Soar on an Ipaq 2215. The program loaded and runs fine as well as the Flashcard GPS unit. My problem is how do you load the map data into the program? I have gone to the Naviter web site and downloaded the map covering this area,but can't get XC Soar to find it. Ken

Hi all. Just tried to build a map for Bermuda High, South Carolina, USA and the Map Gen link gave the following error... 502 Bad Gateway nginx/0.8.54 Any chance of getting this corrected or if you are working on it, an ETA? Thanks in advance! Thanks,