wrote in
oups.com:

I figured it was above your head, Eric. Its a small duck, Eric, and I
keep it inside of the instrument panel, that's why you need to put
duck tape over the hole...I said, ""Helps to keep Quack's out of the
cockpit. "" You again, Eric, have shown the world, once again, you can
not read." Try readin page 13 of the CAI 303 manual again, D4 Cruise
and climb performance. If your serious, and wish to improve your
performance, which I assume you are by your posts, then tell us after
you do your home work, how you determine when its time to leave the
thermal, this is in a contest setting, where minutes saved are points
earned. I will help your, Eric, here and tell you what I do, some of
the time. When climbing, the upper left hand corner of the 303 has a
display. When the read out on the 302 30 second averager drops below
the figure on the upper left hand corner of the 303, I generally leave.
By doing extra turns at the top, in weaker lift, does add minutes to
your time, and if you look at the score sheets, only minutes per day
keep most out of the top 10. The 302 does load with Turnpoint data,
and landing data, which the 302 does not display. The 303 does display
this information. If the Ipaq does stop working, then I have a backup,
in the 303, for final glide, course, wind, and a bunch of other neat
stuff. I, as others, have several systems. One is not better than the
other system, its the user who uses the systems, to help him save
minutes. A ASW 27b doesn't have a engine to motor home on, as you do,
Eric. Maybe you should practice without taking so much gas on your ASH
26E, because it appears to many of us, you carry alot of gas. A past
World Champion was talking with one of our finer young junior pilots,
he asked this young pilot "How many points do you start a contest
with?" The young pilot answered, and then the World Champ told him what
he started with. So, Eric, show the world, and please do tell us how
many points you start a contest with, say a 6 day regional, then I will
tell the World the rest of the story. So, remember the
questions.........!. How do you determine when its time to leave the
thermal, and 2. How many contest points do you start a 6 day regional
with. If you read carefully, I already gave the answers, Eric. Thermal
tight, Soar high, fly Safe. # 711.


On topic:
I have used a B-40 and it is a wonderful instrument. Battery back up is
great, too. Yadda, yadda.

Let's see now... How did this thread start? What was the original poster
trying to accomplish?
;-)
-Bob Korves