Re: Electronic horizon?

I've tried my Compaq Aero with GNII to see how well
I could stay straight and while it may be better than
nothing it sure isn't great. When set to the minimum
scale, between the short trailing track length and
the frequency, it is relatively slow to show banking
change.


At 16:48 09 September 2005, Eric Greenwell wrote:
>David Smith wrote:
>
>> If Bumper is correct and the Garmin 196 GPS driven
>> attitude display can be used for a emergency cloud
>> descent then presumably the turning glider on a Winpilot
>> screen will give the same information, or will it
>>????
>
>My experiments with GPS for turn indication showed
>success depends very
>much on the wind strength: below 20 knots, it's probably
>OK; above 30
>knots, it's definitely not.
>
>In strong winds, the heading changes displayed become
>very sensitive to
>turns when flying upwind, and very insensitive when
>flying downwind. The
>more wind, the worse it gets. This quite different
>from a gyro
>instrument, which has the same sensitivity regardless
>of the wind.
>Perhaps a pilot could practice and become adept at
>it, and maybe, maybe,
>in smooth air it's not a problem, even in strong winds.
>
>Since wind is a always feature of wave flying, I do
>not want to rely a
>GPS to save my *** during an encounter with clouds.
>I have a T&B that I
>practice with periodically, though I've never come
>close to entering a
>cloud. Other club members have, however.
>
>--
>Change 'netto' to 'net' to email me directly
>
>Eric Greenwell
>Washington State
>USA
>



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