(Chris OCallaghan) wrote in message . com...
Roy,

Thanks for the update. Can you recommend the optimal
(performance-based, not price-based) hardware set up?

Thanks

Yes, now all we need is for Dave N. to accept that PDA's are here to
stay, and to support them by repeating GPS and airdata out the serial
port of the SN-10 (like just about every other flight computer). I
have been flying with SYm, and find it complements, not replaces, the
flight computer. The PDA is excellent for quickly displaying landing
options, something the SN-10, even with the pending improvements,
cannot touch. If I'm about to land, I can't waste valuable time
fiddeling with knobs with head down and locked. I want to quickly see
where the reachable airports are, if any.

I just wish I could use one common GPS (i.e. the logger) and get the
airdata to improve wind and glide calculation on the PDA. All we
really need is for the SN-10 to spit the IGC records out so the PDA
can read them in real time. The ILEC B-record already contains the GPS
position ground speed and track, plus airdata for pressure altitude
and true airspeed. The data output could be done with a couple of
lines of extra code. This would be a huge improvement.