Ramy wrote:
Obviously from this discussion it is just a matter of preference or
what you used to. But one advantage to North Up which I didn't see
mentioned so far is that your moving map does not move around all the
time, especially when thermaling. Even with the north up thermaling
option Paul mentioned, it means the map will switch back and forth
between north up and track up when thermaling, which must be more
confusing then having a constant orientation.

Ramy (always North Up)

Odd thing is, in my glider when I look outside while thermalling the
world appears to be moving around.

Seriously, I totally agree it's all a matter of preference or more
precisely what you have trained your brain to do.

I remember when I first started flying R/C gliders. While standing on
the ground and looking up at the glider and trying to instantly
translate glider turn left/right into the correct actions with my
fingers/thumbs seemed impossible. Meanwhile here were all of these
guys, many 20-30 years older than me, that were having no trouble at
all. Talk about humbling experiences. But I kept practicing and that
is the key. It took a certain amount of time for my brain to "re-wire"
itself. Before long my fingers simply did the right thing instantly
without me having to "think" about it. The brain is an amazing organ.

I believe that with practice one could "re-wire" one's brain to use most
any combination of PDA settings and be able to quickly translate between
PDA screen and the wind screen.

Regards,

-Doug