Flight Computer Input Devices

On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 08:16:44 -0800, Mike the Strike wrote:

I was leaning towards the ClearNav/LX approach of buttons rather than
the trackball, although I believe both are quite workable. I currently
use an Oudie and have had problems in rough air with the touchscreen.

The LX 9000 does look most interesting, but would be a lot more
attractive if the Euro was at 0.8 to the US dollar instead of 1.35! The
idea of putting the computer on a RAM mount within easy reach wasn't an
idea I had originally considered, but might actually be viable.

I wonder how many here have taken that approach?

Mike

Dunno whether this helps, but I have a PNA running LK8000 on a RAM Flex-
mount. That works for me. However, I fly in fairly non-turbulent
conditions and find that resting some fingers on the edge of the PNA
while prodding it with thumb or index finger helps a lot.

Of course, the thing that helps most of all is the ability of LK8000 and
XCSoar to let you fly a task without any pilot inputs provided, of
course, that conditions are good enough to complete the task without
needing to abandon any TPs.


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