I haven’t written one of these in a while, so here goes..
Since the last GSR, I’ve done one flight on the winch, and three solo aerotow flights. The Last solo flight was interesting beause I erroniously left the break off too late, too low. Ended up having to land on the cross strip. Embarrasing.
Totals: 27h29 (5h32 solo) over 90 (20) flights.
Today I had two winch launches, full control over the whole launch. The first one I got a little excited in the transition, and pulled up to quickly. The second one was better, but the initial climb was too flat.
I managed to get the PDA to talk to the club’s Volkslogger. It seemed to require 4800b, not the 19200b that the OzFlarm requires.
Totals: 26h34 (4h44 solo) over 86 (17) flights.
I’ve got a little project going at the moment to get a PDA working with the gliders.
I’ve got See You Mobile running on a borrowed Acer n30. The first attempt at connecting it to the volkslogger didn’t work (I was using a slimline gender-bender). The second attempt with a home-made null modem cable worked, connected to the on-board OzFlarm
I have to devise a way of having the PDA operational in flight, where it won’t come up and hit me in the scone! I was thinking of some straps and excessive use of velcro.