On 3/10/2013 10:18 PM, Tony V wrote:
On 3/10/2013 10:24 AM, wrote:
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Tony "6N"
Tony,
What's the deal with the instruments in the glider panel? They look
really good, are they functional? Did you put a tablet computer
behind the panel and somehow displayed the instruments only on that
tablet?

Herb

The instruments are fully functional - although we're talking about
disabling the gyros for the contest season. :-) I asked the sim builders
for the hardware details for the instruments and will post as soon as I
get them.

Tony


For the instruments suite we run Free Condor Instruments software
(http://condorsoaring.ru/projects/FreeCondorInstruments) contributed
by the Russian Condor community. The software runs on the same Windows
machine which runs Condor, it intercepts Condor's UDP flight parameter
stream and renders the instruments. A small LCD panel from a cheap
monitor is used to render the instruments behind a mask/frame fitted
with faux screws (for realism). A PDA runs a copy of XCSoar and uses
Condor-generated GPS stream over a serial port. A short throw
projector beams the scenery onto a screen.

Tony