On Sep 13, 7:08*am, "Tim Mara" wrote:
I have to agree with this philosophy to a large degree...the only
instruments that are always reliable (nearly always) and the only ones that
don't take massive amounts of time, effort, and usual frustrations are the
mechanical devices...they've been working pretty reliable since Glen Curtis
and the Wright Brothers were in competition. Though everyone who's designing
and promoting glass displays is trying to add the *features already reliably
covered by the mechanical instruments....there is something about the way
mechanical instruments display that is more the way we perceptively feel
what the aircraft is doing.
tim
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"Guy Byars" wrote in message

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The panel in my glider is the ultimate in sunlight readability, low
power consumption, ease of use, low maintenance, low clutter and low
cost.

http://www.gfbyars.com/SGU1-20/final/P1010425.JPG

If you want to see terrain features, look out the window. *If you want
to know where you are, look at your map. *If you want to know how far
you are from the turnpoint, put your ruler on the map and measure.

If you want to mess with computers, USB input devices and VGA
displays, why not just stay at the office.

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Tim,
the situation is a little different for those of us new to the sport;
an audio vario and a PNA set up with a very simple screen can get us
farther away, safer, sooner than messing with a chart and a scale
while learning how to thermal.

The combination of an IPAQ 310 with a simple SYM screen is pretty
simple to use, readable 95% of the time, and distracts very little
while giving you an accurate idea of what you can make and what you
can't. Not that expensive either.