Daren, If it's a small open red triangle at the top of the altitude numbers on the final glide screen (also on the moving map altitude figure) then you have...
Stan, I have a Magellan GPS setup, and I use a 9V AC-DC adaptor to charge the PDA overnight, and I use 12V ship's power to run the combination in flight....
Hi Paul. During our permanence in air, we are continually sat on the harness. That hangs down free in the air, with the exception of two carabiners. Connected...
Hello Michele, I have many years of experience with Paragliding, with many trips to the French Alps. I understand exactly what you mean. Because of my...
No I have not had any luck charging the GPS internal batteries or Palm yet, I'm just in the hooking it all up phase with newly acquired equipment. From what I...
Hi, At the risk of starting yet another controversy (Never done that before, huh Mark?), I would like to bring up what I think is a potentially confusing...
Had a look at this link: http://www.soaringpilot.org/dokuwiki/doku.php Realised it doesn't seem to say what version of Soaring Pilot it's for... And yes, I...
Hi Billy, We only update the on-line manual when we release a new version. When we finally release 3.5.0 (soon) the manual will be updated to include the new...
Good update Frank. This is now included in the Final Glide Page information. Paul ... the ... to ... the ... the "home" ... on ... R. ... over ... it ... task,...
Paul, Thanks - but I only meant the text as a suggestion, and I was hoping others would vet it for accuracy. However, I guess If I can fool you into thinking...
... is ... Does it do this for non-thermal flying? It would make finding weak wave so much easier... Sorry, my PDA managed to turn itself on and flatten the...
You can switch into "thermal" mode manually, using the Contacts key. Then you will see the coloured track zoomed in. Or, you can also choose to display this...
Afternoon all. Whilst reviewing a task using the moving map display and the current 0.5M scale map as a reference, I noticed that some local airspace was not...
Just a couple of points. There is an option on the SUA settings screen to always keep the SUA data visible is displayed on the map when in thermal mode. At...
Hi, I read this "Important note: the new VistaC and LegendC and all colored eTrex models do not have E type serial port like other eTrex models. Therefore...
Hi Paul, thanks for your response. Thanks also for the heads-up on the INCLUDE=NO statement. In the UK airspace v2007B file I'm using (dated 7th July 2007)...
Hi Tim, I downloaded and tried this file and get 848 items 4444 points with no errors. However, sometimes I do get 613 items and 2400 points (no errors). It is...
I did find a small problem in the code that fixed the problem of getting a different number of items depending on when you loaded the data. Now I consistently...
I use an etrex legend and it works fine. Actually the legend is overkill because the base etrex is all that is needed. But the legend and base etrex both...
The switch drawing is a bit misleading. It was done in PowerPoint, sorry;) In case on-task mode GPS Tx goes to PDA and EW Rx. (T switch UP) In declare mode GPS...
Paul, Thanks, you are absolutely right of course. For some reason it didn't take the terrain when I configured it. All sorted now, nothing to see here, move...
Hello Team, I have an aging HP iPaq hw6515 mobile messenger, running Pocket PC 2003 SE. The unit has a built-in GPS receiver, and runs TomTom Navigator...
... http://www.soaringpilot.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/soarpilot/map_display_set tings <snip> OK, reloaded it today (and found the plastic cover that will stop it ...