On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 5:33:33 AM UTC-6, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:55:38 -0800, XXL wrote:

I agree, it probably does not make much sense to bring these things back
to life, but want to figure out the best way to utilize what little
space I have in the Libelle.

Speaking as another Libelle driver, you want to look for a 3.5" or 4.2"
satnav - either will have a very similar screen size in a rather smaller
case. I just dug out my old (Binatone B350 and current (Medion S3747)
savnavs (PNA) and compared them with an iPAQ 3630. Here are the numbers.

Device screen case
------ ------ ----
iPaq 3630 3.5" 4.75"
Binatone B350 3.5" 4.75"
Medion S3747 3.8" 5.3" (7" in cradle)

All measurements are diagonal - the iPAQ is 6.5" high by 3.3" wide in its
cradle, while the Medion (slightly bigger than the Binatone) is 4.1" wide
by 3.2" high. The PNAs have similar mounts -a plastic claw that grips
them by the top and bottom and all at most 1/4" to the total height of
the unit. I made my mount by attaching the PNA's claw to the end of a
flexi stalk with an adapted I made up from 1/16" epoxy/glass plate. The
flexi-stalk is bent so the PNA is just under 4" in front of the panel. I
left the lower right corner free of instruments so the PNA doesn't hide
anything. Here's a picture of my panel with the Binatone B.350 fitted:
apart from the PNA swap this is exactly what I flew last year and will be
flying in 2015:

http://www.gregorie.org/gliding/libelle/FLARM_panel.jpg

Both these PNAs run WinCE 5, so the latest versions of XCSoar and LK8000
run on them. The Medion has the better screen: its a bright
transreflective one, so is really nice to read with the sun looking over
my shoulder.


HTH
Martin


G-AXZH http://www.gregorie.org/gliding/libelle/index.html

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Hi Martin,

Looks very promising, and does fit your panel very well. Thank you for the details and photos.

Best regards,
Roderick