On May 7, 10:51*am, Andy wrote:
On May 7, 9:53*am, wrote:

Nice list but I think the OP wanted guidance on the lowest cost
logger than would satisfy OLC requirements. *Since I have 2 very
expensive ones, one of which was made obsolete soon after I bought it,
I can't offer any advice - except to beware of regulation creep.

Andy

Now I feel silly - but I am proud of the fact that I got all the way
from A to Z nevertheless.

Be aware that the COTS GPS examples like eTrex will have limited
usefulness as a soaring computer in terms of calculating final glides,
etc. I have not used one so I don't know how much of a disability this
is and you may already have all the flight instruments you want - or
may be renting gliders where you have to take what you get.

I few weeks back I got an HP iPaq 310 travel companion. It is one of
the Windows Mobile-based PNAs - car navigation systems. I paid $175
direct from HP since it was discontinued. I paid to upgrade SeeYou
Mobile to the version that runs on this device. It works quite well
and is a fully functioning soaring computer with a very nice color
moving map display and all the OLC optimization features you might
want in flight. As mentioned by another poster, there are also free
programs with similar functionality, so overall it can be a pretty
good value. The iPaq 310 also comes with a nice suction cup mount that
works just fine on most canopies. You do have to get supplemental
power if you want to fly longer than a couple of hours. There are
several available options to do this.

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