Well, it's mainly for the geek in me. There's an info box that's unfed and,
frankly I like to know what's going on outside. Ever had a relief tube
freeze up? I've fixed that problem...

There is no more room on my panel for another device.

The 302 will (I think) use a standard atmospheric model to estimate
temperature in the absence of a probe but I don't want to risk ice by
relying on a standard atmosphere. When's the last time you saw 29.92? All
day? A hundred miles away? No, I want to keep the probe with the 302.

How about relying on the local forecast as someone else already suggested?
Well, if your good day is 3 kts to 6,000' MSL that should work for you but I
fly up to 18,000' MSL all year long here in NM. It's that good! BTW, I
don't carry water in the cold months. It's too hard to thermal up into the
wave in January at 11.9 psf loading.

I saw a new device - a temperature sensor attached to a 3.5mm audio plug.
It's interesting but I'd have to cut it apart to put the probe in the nose
vent and run the wire to my streak.

Finally, if my 302 craps out I'd like to have a reasonably accurate
temperature fed to the Streak for TAS calculations. It could be the
difference in getting home or not.


"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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On 4/15/2013 4:25 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
I would like to have continuous access to OAT via one of the info boxes
in XCSoar.

What will you do with the temperature information?

I also got tired of pressing buttons on my 302. I installed a digital food
thermometer in the vent duct for $16. It does a good job of reading the
air temperature, which I believe is within a degree of OAT because it
matches the 302 well.

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