JJ,

Yeah, I guess timing strobes came out a little after your time ,
kinda high tech, you know?

About B-100s, I've used them, and they are OK - but the difference
between a B-100 and an SN10 is like the difference between an F-4C and
an F-15E. Same idea, just a lot more of it and it works a lot better.
Sure it takes awhile to figure it all out, but with a little homework
and practice, it's actually a lot easier to use than the B-100. That's
called progress...

The SN10 is just getting into the PDA thing (YO is somewhat
conservative, you know), so it's still a learning experience - but I've
got it to work pretty easily and I'm just a dumb ex-WSO. And yes, I do
know how to drag a turn point around a turn-area (it's easy, really -
tell your locals to RTFM), although I think going that kind of stuff
inflight is dumb - too much heads-down time twiddling knobs (and that
would apply to any flight computer). It's another "new" change to
racing that I think is a mixed blessing.

And the new SN10 software lets you see at a glance where your nearest
landable alternates are - something the B-100 will never be able to do.

Did me one of those low passes at about 100 feet Saturday (in a Pik-20B
- wonderful little glider!) and had a blast - got so high on the pullup
I had to use most of those 90 degree flaps to get down after. My wife
thought it was pretty cool. Different strokes, etc...

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