I tried various PDA instalations over the years. What works best for me
and also the simplest solution is to mount it on the leg above the knee
in a 30-45 degrees angle using a simple mount. The mount is strapped to
the leg and the PDA velcroed to the mount.
The advantages a
1 - Easy to read and access the PDA.
2 - Does not restrict outside visibility.
3 - Due to beeing sightly lower in the cockpit it gets less direct sun
reflections.
4 - In case of a bailout the PDA would part easily from the velcro.
5 - Does not require more heads down than scanning the instrument panel
as it is almost at the same line of sight.

Ramy

Kilo Charlie wrote:
"Ramy" wrote in message
ps.com...
http://tinyurl.com/yzfpzb

With the increase of use of gizmos in the cockpit I think it is worth
warning the fliying community of this potential deadly mistake,
especially with glare shield instalations of instruments such as TPAS.
I almost fell trap to it myself when considered wiring my glare shield
installed TPAS to the glider battery. Make sure you can jettison your
canopy and bail out easily.


Good point thanks for passing it on. I also am guilty of doing just
this.....I have a VL mounted on the canopy rail along with a PDA. I have
rationalized that neither "appear" to have strong connections.....the PDA
wire is small and the VL connector is the phone type which looks like it
would part easily. I also use the velcro idea Chip talked about.

One of the issues with an old guy like myself is that my vision is poor and
I find it nice to be able to not only look at the PDA closeup but to be able
to change settings on it without my fingers bouncing around at arms length.
Maybe time to reconsider it all though.

Casey Lenox
KC
Phoenix