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Originally Posted by comput1";p="50916
Thanks a million guys. I feel much better about buying it now. It IS a fair whack of money when it's not being charged to a business for 'work' purposes, and I really didn't want to risk it and end up having something that was unsuitable for the general idea...
I will only be using it for light aircraft speeds, normally around 120kt or up to 150MPH, I don't really think that the aircraft will be dramatically off track in the space of one second.. and I would not be foolish to think that I could pop a GPS into a cessna or warrior and think I had a glass cockpit jet!
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For what it's worth, I tracked my GPS on a motorbike at ~110MPH (on a private road, of course!
with no problems. If I could find a big enough private road I could always take it up to 150MPH if you like!
(Obviously, my N560 was in my pocket at the time)
One word of caution - the internal antenna of the N560 is not the greatest - If you're buying it for GPS in a plane then I would recommend you also buy the FSC external antenna (I think it’s around £35). It is an active aerial (antenna plus amplifier, powered via the connection to the N560), so it is more powerful than just an extra bit of wire hanging out the back of the PDA.
Also, if your plane has thermally coated windows, you may toil to get a good GPS signal.
On another note, I am extremely pleased with my N560 – my only grumbles are MS related, which makes no odds which Windows based PDA you buy…
Don’t forget to order a nice big SD Card – 2GB minimum but I’d recommend 4GB (extra space for movies! J
Let us know how you get on.
Regards,
Andy B.
ps Neil - you're right! Clove does work fien on Windows - looks like Linux doesn't like it though...
