Please write book

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 12:18:54 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Total energy probes and varios.
That is a needed book.

'New Soaring Pilot' by Anne Welch, Lorne Welch, & Frank Irving.
An Oldie but Goodie.

Maybe we should do one of those crowd funding things and get Remde to write it? Or Pfiffner?

Boggs

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 3:54:38 PM UTC-7, Waveguru wrote:
Maybe we should do one of those crowd funding things and get Remde to write it? Or Pfiffner?

Boggs

Boggs,

You write it the check is in the mail.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 12:32:01 PM UTC-4, chris johnson wrote:
I wish someone would write a soaring book on flight computers. How to choose one, program, trouble shoot them, use them. Combine book with YouTube explanations.

I guess part of the problems a
1-Limited market for buyers of the book (Soaring is small compared to the "reading world").
2-By the time you "sell the book" to a publisher (low chance to do so), by the time it comes out, 1/3+ of the info is outdated.

Hey Yo Chris Johnson
Some free advice from the cheap seats.
Get your credit card ready. Don't worry- its gonna be cheaper than a divorce.
Call Craggy Aero
Purchase a Power Flarm, LX Nav S 80 a Oudie and a couple of those awesome Lipo Batterys.
Throw all that old stuff out.
If your not handy with tools pay a qualified tech to install this stuff.
Install all new tubing.
Get someone to give you a starter course on SeeYou mobile, I will help you if you want.
SeeYou Mobile rocks.
Read the Manuel's a couple of times.
Then - Just Fly and enjoy the best that is out there IMHO.
I promise you,your flying enjoyment will go up by a factor of 5, maybe more!
Nick

It you cannot find the book you want, write it! words to live by.

I purchased a LX9070 with V80, Power Flarm, s-mode transponder, Butterfly and a V3 with battery pack.

Why did I choose what I did? I thought the LX9070 to be the most advanced with the most features and upgradeable, plus it was the largest. The Butterfly, again seemed to be the most advanced. The V3 is an electronic version of a manual backup, but has enough battery power for 8 hours of flight with a audio output. Power Flarm and s-mode are so I can see and been seen by traffic. Both the LX and Butterfly will display the traffic, that was important to me. LX and Butterfly have horizons, LX can control radio, many many features and the team is always working to make it better. Same can be said of other companies. Everything seemed logical and since I was buying a new glider, I was not about to try to save money on the panel.

Clear Nav makes nice instruments and by all accounts their vario is excellent. Craggy Aero, Cummulus Soaring and Wings and Wheels all have expert level experience to give you all the info to make a decision depending on your needs and budget.


On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 9:32:01 AM UTC-7, chris johnson wrote:
I wish someone would write a soaring book on flight computers. How to choose one, program, trouble shoot them, use them. Combine book with YouTube explanations.

I don't see the point writing a book when instrumentation technology advances at a fairly rapid pace.
Besides such a book needing to be revised frequently there are so many combinations and methods of hooking up instrumentation to flight computers that it would be near impossible to document them all.

Even if you did manage to document it all, if someone is too lazy to read and understand the existing manufacturer manuals then the chances are that they're not going to bother with a long, boring, technical soaring book on flight computers either.

One can find much better, up to date, information using a web search engine, manufacturer manuals and online forums IMO.

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 5:32:01 PM UTC+1, chris johnson wrote:
I wish someone would write a soaring book on flight computers. How to choose one, program, trouble shoot them, use them. Combine book with YouTube explanations.

Remember fancy Instruments will only tell you what you are doing and what you have done, they will not advise you on what to do next. For that only loads of flying and gathering experience will help. Also read some good books on flying technique etc such as Reichmann,Kalckreuth,Moffat, Brigliatori and Kawa etc and brush up on Meteorology. As far as Instruments go, it always should be KISS.

If you can't find the book you want, then write it. There are plenty of online resources to educate yourself about all the instruments offered. LX has free simulator program and a great website. Butterfly has a great website, glider pilot source out of the Netherlands has good videos as does Cummulus soaring....talk to pilots search this newsgroup....

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 12:32:01 PM UTC-4, chris johnson wrote:
I wish someone would write a soaring book on flight computers. How to choose one, program, trouble shoot them, use them. Combine book with YouTube explanations.

Chris,
The easiest, least expensive choice is to use XCSoar on an Android phone or tablet. That said, I have lots of questions that are not covered well in the manual and I am forced to either ignore certain features to try to understand them while flying. A good video tutorial would be really helpful.