comments on displays

On Sunday, October 7, 2012 7:55:23 AM UTC-4, cuflyer wrote:

Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions, but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I can run Winpilot on and plug into my 302? A ClearNav is not in my budget.


Consider getting a Dell Streak 5. It has a brilliant, transflective display that is less affected by sunlight than other PDA/phone displays. For a comparison to the iPAQ 310 (a now cheap PDA that I can no longer recommend due to difficulties powering it, and due to its operating system):

http://www.davids-world.com/bigtrip/...310/index.html

The Streak is no longer available new, but runs $150 to $250.

It will not run Winpilot. It is an Android device, and given this, it is probably the most future-proof solution you can find. I run XCSoar on it, which is free software and as such most future-proof and worth the time investment to learn. Switching to Android made my life so much easier in terms of software updates, etc...

You can connect your 302 with a simple bluetooth module.

It should communicate with most PNA software and also has capability to
connect to CAI302 or other devices
I have tried but don't use Winpilot and in fact not even sure if they still
offer this so not familiar with what connections are available with their
programs
tim

"Tim Mara" wrote in message
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should work fine with any of the normal PNA type software and communicate
with most delives like the CAI302
tim

"6PK" wrote in message
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On Sunday, October 7, 2012 6:18:02 PM UTC-7, (unknown) wrote:
Time to do something this winter. I know there have been discussions,
but as of today, what is the best choice of an -available- display I
can run Winpilot on and plug into my 302?
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/seeyou...hce_pdapna.htm This is
the exact same device as the GliderGuider and the Vertica 2 just
without any sort of silk screened name.This would be less expensive as
it is from a US source. It is very bright and is receiving high
remarks.

This looks nice but is it competible with WP Pro, 302 etc??

[quote=Tim Mara;825902]It should communicate with most PNA software and also has capability to
connect to CAI302 or other devices
I have tried but don't use Winpilot and in fact not even sure if they still
offer this so not familiar with what connections are available with their
programs
tim

I recently got this unit (V2/Glider Guider) from W&W --get a name for it Tim!!-- and ran it last weekend with LK8000. The unit was very easy to see in total blue sunny skies in VA. It was easy to set up and run, worked great and was brighter than an older Oudie and a HP I compared it to.

From reading on LK8000 and Glider guider websites it should have zero issues connecting to CAI 302, just not sure about your software and how it would work, but if it works off windows mobile you're in.

Price is right as well.

Squeak