New gear

Driver for Compeo+/6030GPS

The newest instruments from Brauniger and Flytec have a USB interface, and needs a driver to work in Windows/MacOS. I’m running Windows 7 both at home and on my laptop, and had some problems finding the right driver.
If you have problems connecting to your instrument in Windows 7 you might want to try this driver [...]

My new glider arrived

I finally got my new Litespeed RS 3.5 on Friday. It has the new type of inlaid smoke sail (not so smoke anymore, more light gray) that Gerolf was testing in Bassano, and all carbon options. It’s white/White/Fluo Orange, and has the Litespeed RS logo so I can tell it apart from my old RS [...]

New glider ordered

New glider ordered

So I just ordered a new hangglider, the new Moyes Malibu. I bought it to see if I like to have two gliders, the Malibu is just for pure fun flying when I do not need the performance of the Litespeed RS. If I do not fly it much I can always sell it without [...]

RC Dragonfly

This looks like a cool toy, and the name sounds right too. Check out the videos of the model flying.

Another cool robot is the Pleio, I first read about it Wired. Here’s a video, it reacts to touch and sounds. Inventive stuff.

Litespeed RS4 impressions, Bogong Cup task 1

I’ve really needed the 20 + hours to get friendly with the glider, mostly due to me being out of flying shape. The glider looks and feels quite different from my last S4, the sail has a lot more double surface, the frame and span is larger. I’ve only done some minor adjustments to it [...]

The new Skyline Zero Drag range launched

The new Skyline Zero Drag range launched

Skyline’s range of HG harnesses have been thouroghly upgraded and updated, check out Skyline’s website for all info on the new range and options.
The top model Zero Drag FR is the most advanced and best made harness on the market. Lots of kick ass features, like long and flat pack chutes along the side with [...]

IT news

There’s been some updates to the various software we use for flying relates stuff, I’ve reinstalled my computer and discovered new versions of software as I was reinstalling.
Brauniger have released 2.19a for the Compeo, should fix the “going silent in lift” bug.
Stein have made a new version of GPSDump that fixes a few problems with [...]

Easter and more

Sorry for the lack of updates, the Italian GSM networks still suck, so I could not connect to the internet easily. I’ve talked to Lolita at Tilly’s, and volunteered to help her set up a wireless internet zone in the hotel next year, that will make it much easier to get on the net.
This Easter [...]

Garmin GPSMAP 60CS

Ohh… Ahhh.. Yes baby! This thing is even better than I thought. I found a data field on the map screen that is “glide ratio to next TP” ! YEAH! GO GARMIN! This is my new favourite toy, (Until my Litespeed S arrives at least). The map screen is customizable, and all data field can [...]

New 3D maps for CompeGPS

CompeGPS is my program of choice for displaying and working with GPS tracklogs. It’s also the program we use for scoring competitions with GPS. The developers have been very active adding new features and format support to the progam, it supports a lot of different map formats.
The latest version 5.3 have a plug-in to support [...]