WinPilot-compatible GPS devices

David wrote:
Hey, come on! Oh well, beauty is in the eye of
the beholder. Probably couldn't sell many of em.

I thought the leg thingie was good solution for the question "how do I
strap everything onto my leg". I've seen a lot worse, and it looked kind
of elegant. Wrong question, though.


As for complexity...

Yeah I guess. Though all flight computers (even those mounted
on the panel) are possible accidents waiting to happen, if you
want to be cynical.

At least it's in your scan for ASI and other instruments, and your eyes
see more of the outside when you are using something on the panel,
rather than your leg.


I fly club gliders so I can't mount anything permanantly.
I've tried the nice Ram mount thing with the suction cups
without success.

Yeah, suction cups suck (sorry). I liked another poster's solution of a
small ball mount on the panel of all the club's gliders, so a club
member just needs a RAM or similar mount with his PDA that clamps onto
it. I'll bet your club would let you do that on the glider you normally
fly, and maybe you could talk them into paying for it, too. Convince
them it's a safety thing (it is!). The ball mount is pretty cheap, anyway.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

Consider putting the ball near to the compass, that way the 'pilot's
own navigation instrument' can cover the compass which becomes
redundant once the instrument is in place. And if anything fails,
just swivel the 'instrument' away to see the compass!

This requires the compass to be mounted in a useful place . . but
this should be easy to arrange ;-)

Cheers,

Jim Kelly.



"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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| Yeah, suction cups suck (sorry). I liked another poster's solution
of a
| small ball mount on the panel of all the club's gliders, so a club
| member just needs a RAM or similar mount with his PDA that clamps
onto
| it.