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On Nov 13, 8:14*am, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
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Okay folks, I am a rather new glider pilot, about 120 flights within the
last year and maybe close to 100 hours aloft. *(I have mastered sink) *
I am beginning to acquire the gadgets necessary to proceed with this
sport and was looking for some input on those little PDA type devices I
see people poking with a stylus before take off.

Any recommendations on the best one to have? *Software? *What can it do?
The best device for those of us technically challenged? *

Walt

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Walt Connelly

What are you flying? Do you own or rent? What equipment/instruments
are installed in the ships you fly?

[quote=Westbender;754852]On Nov 13, 8:14*am, Walt Connelly Walt.Connelly.
wrote:[color=blue][i]
Okay folks, I am a rather new glider pilot, about 120 flights within the
last year and maybe close to 100 hours aloft. *(I have mastered sink) *
I am beginning to acquire the gadgets necessary to proceed with this
sport and was looking for some input on those little PDA type devices I
see people poking with a stylus before take off.

Any recommendations on the best one to have? *Software? *What can it do?
The best device for those of us technically challenged? *

Walt

Thanks to all of you for your information and input. I will be seeking some guidance from the more experienced pilots at SLGP. Kilo Zulu and Golf and a few others have come thru with some good advice. I have a good wrist mounted audio vario because most rentals don't have audio and I don't like flying with my head inside the cockpit any more than necessary, especially in a thermal. I wouldn't say I have mastered lift as yet but I have managed to stay up 2.5 hours on a couple of occasions, although a full garbage can may well have done the same on those days. What an addiction.

Walt

One consideration is that some flight computer software will get "blue" OLC
validation from the built in logger using only the PDA and a GPS (like a CF
card GPS). SeeYouMobile for example. There are others. This can save the
cost of an IGC logger in some cases.

John