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Old October 22nd 06, 07:43 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Best Glide computer and why


Roger wrote:
Just looking for thoughts on the best glide computer and GPS combo and
why. I think Zander is very popular ing europe but not availible in
the states, why? I remember about ten years ago there was a HUD
computer but they went out of business.

Is there anything new on the market, maybe like a MFD.


Ilec SN-10 hooked up to a Garmin 35 GPS and driving a PDA running
SeeYou Mobile. This is a racing/serious XC setup. SN10 is easy to
use inflight, can be setup to display exactly the data you want, has a
nice vario, and is a decent logger for OLC (but not igc certified - get
a VL or Colibri or the new EW for that). PDA/MCU gives nice moving map
for navigation and alternates, and is a backup glide computer.
Winpilot is nice, too.

My personal setup is slightly different - my SN-10 is driven by the
Garmin 35 and the PDA gets info from my IGC logger (a Themi) - each on
seperate batteries. This way I have two independent glide
computers/moving maps (SN10 has a simple one)/loggers. Again, this is
overkill, but nice for racing. It's worked pretty good so far this
year (I've been using the SN-10 since 2000).

Kirk
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