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Old August 24th 11, 05:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Richard[_9_]
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Default Best PDA/PNA for FLARM display?

On Aug 24, 6:47*am, Frank Paynter wrote:
I flew with a portable PowerFLARM at the Uvalde pre-worlds, and I have
a 'brick' unit on order for delivery sometime this fall/winter. *As I
wait for delivery, I am contemplating how to integrate it into my
current instrumentation setup.

One possibility I am considering is to not use the brick's Butterfly
display at all, assuming I can get adequate display/warnings from
FLARM data displayed on one of the many PDA/PNA moving map displays
available these days.

Does anyone have experience with FLARM display on WinPilot PRO v9,
SeeYou Mobile on an Oudie or other display, ClearNav, or other? *Is
the integrated display good enough to replace the Butterfly display?

TIA,

TA


Frank,

I have been testing PowerFlarm Portable with the following hardware
and software

Craggy Aero Ultimate Le
LX1606 Vario
SeeYou Software

PowerFlarm is powered by and connects directly to the LX1606 vario.
The LX1606 receives the NMEA stream from the PowerFlarm and adds its
own sentences. RX & TX to the Ultimate Le thru the serial port.
The system works and is valuable for the read out of Altitude and
climb rate, you can also assign Contest Id with Seeyou and colors for
above and below.

I still believe the PowerFlarm display or the ButterFly display will
give you a more intuitive and timely threat alert display. I am
advising customers to have one of these displays in addtion to
connection to the Ipaq/PNA.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com