Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:15:53 -0400, Tim Mara wrote:

I for one am pleased to know this. I'm thinking about fitting either a B40
or a Tasmin as secondary vario and this is useful input for me.


then why do you continue to do it.... why don't you simply contact your
customers directly tim

Wings & Wheels
www.wingsandwheels.com

"Paul Remde" wrote in message
news:9A83f.479895$xm3.290374@attbi_s21...


I'm sure that someone will feel that I'm posting a commercial post here
- which I've been told is a no no. I believe that most owners of
Tasman variometers will be glad that I announced the availability of
this new version.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.


Hi Martin

We looked at the B40 vs Tasman recently for our club ships. In the end we
decided on the Tasman because it has no moving parts, and has the built in
averager.

So far we are extremely happy with the Tasmans, and I can recommend them and
their service. They contacted us directly about the firmware upgrades, and
shipped the chips to us at their cost to upgrade the varios we have.

The Borgelts are also outstanding instruments, and I may consider moving up to a
B50 in my single seater. For now the V1000M gives me such good information I
doubt I would benefit from the B50. If I ever get my PDA installed this might
change.
For now my setup is a winter mechanical vario - no power needed to soar. +
V1000M set to rapid response + 20s average. It is worth having just for the
average. No problems with legibility on the LCD screen, in bright sunlight, and
with/without polarising glasses.

By the way - the firmware upgrades are one of the things that decided us on the
Tasman rather than the B40. You get an instrument with virtually unlimited
development capability. No mechanical stuff you can't change.

--
Bruce Greeff
Std Cirrus #57
I'm no-T at the address above.