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Old October 30th 08, 02:58 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
kirk.stant
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Default SeeYou Mobile with SN10B data

Thanks for all the feedback. I'm happy with my current SN10/PDA
setup, just looking for small enhancements. I currently have both
setup totally independent of each other, with separate GPS sources
(and even separate batteries). I'm considering on adding a GPS
splitter to allow either GPS to drive the PDA, for redundancy, so
while at it was wondering if the SN10 vario/altitude inputs would
enhance SeeYouMobile (don't really care about wind - they already
match pretty closely, and the SN10 works just fine for that).
Thinking mainly about the vario and final glide functions.

JJ, yeah, I know this is probably overkill, but it's fun (and PDAs are
cheap) and I've lost single systems on long flights before. Nice to
have a backup...

For Dave: How about updating how the SN10 handles USA start/finish
rules? And since now an AST is essentially an AAT with 1 mile areas
and no time limit, how about combining the two to get rid of the need
to go to the SETUP menu to create or change an AAT task? And figure
final glide to the finish circle (i.e. 500' at one mile), not the
finish turnpoint/airport (I can use the alternate page for that)?

And PLEASE, get rid of those annoying announcements ("You have entered
the start/turn/finish circle, press HELP to continue") - I know that!
If no action is necessary, then either let me choose to not see those
"info" announcements, or make them go away on their own after a few
seconds, without any button pushes.

Last request: Display digital altitude to the nearest 10 feet. That
is the convention used in all the current civil and military digital
avionics displays, for a good reason - the rapidly changing single
feet (or meter) digits are distracting and serve no useful purpose -
and can even make the altitude trend hard to see. Input altitudes to
the nearest feet is fine, just round off the final glide altitude
needed and current altitude displays to the nearest 10 feet. Trust
me, try it, you'll like it!

Cheers!

Kirk
SN10 user for the past 8 years and loving it.