I know you don't really "stare at a chart" to "figure out where you
are", but I understand what you're saying. I like to stare out the
window and not lose track of where I am. The computer is there to give
me an idea of my altitude required to get home and to give me an initial
heading to some point that I haven't visited before.

Having said that, on my last flight my Streak/XCSoar was giving me bad
information on final glide. I don't know why, software or gps issue,
but it told me that I would not make it home while my eyes told me that
I would. We now call them "computers"; we used to call them "prayer
wheels".

Dan Marotta 5J

On 5/20/2014 6:33 AM, kirk.stant wrote:
On Monday, May 19, 2014 8:23:23 PM UTC-5, Mark628CA wrote:
You guys do realize that this thread is quickly devolving into a texting-while-flying discussion.



EYES UP AND OUT!
Is that any worse than staring-at-a-chart-trying-to-figure-out-where-you-are? Big touch areas and customizable fonts/features are what allow the pilot to setup his PNA so that minimal time is spent screwing with it to get the info he wants/needs!

Kirk
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