JJ, you are such a risk taker! All those fancy electrical gizmos, just
waiting to fail. I'm surprised you don't use a pellet vario and an
external vane airspeed indicator.

Old stuff isn't any better or more reliable, it's just older and
cheaper. And when it finally fails, you can move up to "the new
stuff", only now it will be old stuff and you will think it's the
greatest thing since the AIM-9L. I've had absolutely no problems with
my SN10, hooked up to a nice Garmin GPS, and talking to several
different computers via various serial and usb connectors, with both
Win98 and XP, and now via a PDA so I don't have to lug that notebook
with me anymore.

But then, I keep my software up to date and don't mess around with it
much.

Although I got to admit, DOS was kinda fun to fool around with - sort
of like doing a tune up on and old car; changing points, adjusting the
timing with a strobe, setting the idle.

But back to the subject at hand (tangentially): It would be really
nice to be able to download the logger trace or upload a waypoint file
via a USB thumb drive directly to the SN-10. How about an upgrade
(SN10C?) that would increase internal memory (store multiple flights
and more waypoints) and change the serial connector on the panel to a
USB connector?

Just dreaming...

Kirk