On Dec 7, 2:35*pm, "Wayne Paul" wrote:
"noel.wade" wrote in ...
Oh, and I got sidetracked before making the sequels; but here's a
video on XCSoar that I put together a long time ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swBB_ggqYFA

Maybe someday soon I'll put together a couple of videos on task-flying
and configuring the display...

Noel,

Thank you for the XCSoar demo video. *

For several years I have been flying with various version of Glide Navigator in the generic mode. *I recently purchase a used Borgelt B50 with all the mods. *To exploit the B50 I need software that would read the Borgelt vario record. *Sadly GN II only reads Cambridge records.

So my search for software that would support the B50 led me to XCSoar. *I flew a couple flights running it on a Aero 1550 and realized being designed for color, the shades of gray on the B/W screen did not "cut it." *So I now am the owner of a used iPaq hx4700.

I can hardly wait until spring when I can perform the test flights necessary to determine the B-50 and XCSoar polar setting for my HP-14.

Again, I found the video very helpful.

Waynehttp://www.soaridaho.com/

I loaded XCSoar on a spare PDA a couple weeks ago and won't get to fly
with it for some months. In simulator, and in a cockpit ground test,
it looks *great* for recreational flying. It doesn't do several
things that are needed for modern competition rules (US), but I am
hopeful that we can lean on the developers to add the necessary
capabilities. It's nothing huge.

-Evan Ludeman / T8