Terence,

When I got into soaring about 8 years ago, I purchased a used pda
system. I was very soon amazed at how unreliable and troublesome it
was. I also observed that while perhaps I had more problems than most,
everyone seems to have problems. When I upgraded gliders, I went with
a clear nav, and that is a wonderful product but does nothing for me
when I go power flying. While the oudie seems like a great product,
and I might have gone with it if it had been avail a few years ago, it
does not run any other software for power flying.

I have just had to find a power plane gps, and after consulting the
Cumulus Soaring website, decided to go with the Bendix "AV8OR" ( not
sold by Paul). It is a solid basic power plane gps, with a terrain
database, and also a very nice car-navigator. But most important it
will run See You mobile. It is also compact in size, but with a nice
size screen, which is very readable in sunlight.

Also, the price a aircraft spruce has been lowered to $599.

The only down side is short internal battery life (one hr or so). It
comes with lots of accessories, (yoke mount, glass mount, cigarette
adaptor, and external antenna). Paul at Cumulus sells an external
lithium battery which would be nice.

Let me know if you find something better.

Cheers, Gary Kent