cable pinout
During my wasted googleing time I did come across this site:
http://digifly.lukelemmen.net/
Which shows the pinout for the old Flyer model
read article ....Digifly Leonardo & PC cable
The computer cable:
1 female serial port plug, 1 2.5mm male stereo plug. Looking at the serial port plug from the soldering side, the wider side up, you connect the first top pin (counting from the right) to the base (ground), the third top pin to the middle and the forth one to the tip of the stereo plug. That's all.
GPS - Cartesio adapter for use with your GPS - computer...
1 female serial port plug, 1 2.5mm male stereo plug. Looking at the serial port plug from the soldering side, the wider side up, you connect the first top pin (counting from the right) to the base (ground), the third top pin to the middle and the forth one to the tip of the stereo plug. That's all.
GPS - Cartesio adapter for use with your GPS - computer...
What are your top three tricks to keep safe?
1. Bring my humility. Humility makes it ok to walk down, ok to sink out, ok to spend an hour fishing my wing out of a bush rather than scratching close to terrain for a long time in thermal conditions trying to climb back out....and especially, ok not to launch.
2. Keep the RCRs in mind. If you're not familiar with Robertson's Charts of Reliability, they are a strong tool for...
2. Keep the RCRs in mind. If you're not familiar with Robertson's Charts of Reliability, they are a strong tool for...
How To Avoid Cloud Suck by Steve Roti
(reprinted from Paragliding magazine, January 2001)
You're circling in a thermal thousands of feet under a cumulus cloud. Initially the lift is weak but as you get higher the lift gradually starts to get better. Then all of a sudden the lift gets too good and the cloud starts to look mighty close. What's going on?
This situation is generally referred to as "cloud...
You're circling in a thermal thousands of feet under a cumulus cloud. Initially the lift is weak but as you get higher the lift gradually starts to get better. Then all of a sudden the lift gets too good and the cloud starts to look mighty close. What's going on?
This situation is generally referred to as "cloud...
Really Big Collapses by Paul Klemond
I hate it when I hear stories of my friends losing control of their wings and either crashing or coming down under reserve parachute. This happened to several of my friends already this year, after they were hit with large collapses flying in strong thermal conditions in Mexico.
Lots of pilot wisdom is shared in the European magazines and elsewhere, but there’s not much...
Lots of pilot wisdom is shared in the European magazines and elsewhere, but there’s not much...
20 Risk Factors by Steve Roti
Here's my list of 20 risk factors in paragliding (in no particular order). Each factor adds some amount of risk to flying -- do you know why? Understanding the risks is the first step in learning to manage them.
- Obstacles in launch area or LZ
- Flying close to the ground
- Flying in crowded conditions
- Flying in clouds
- Showing off
-...
- Obstacles in launch area or LZ
- Flying close to the ground
- Flying in crowded conditions
- Flying in clouds
- Showing off
-...
Risk Management by Tim Pfeiffer
Have you ever heard someone say, "Paragliding isn't any more dangerous than driving." By the way some pilots drive on the way to launch this may be true, but on average it appears that pilots are three to six times more likely to die flying than driving. Putting this in perspective, riding a motorcycle is 16 times more likely to result in a fatality than driving. However, fatalities don't begin...
Building Confidence by Jaco Wolmarans
Tip # 1: Take a step back.
If you’re a competition and cross country pilot used to flying big air, don’t force yourself to fly strong conditions. Take a trip to the Garden Route and do some coastal flying. Try winching De Aar in winter. Fly before the day really switches on. Whatever you do, don’t beat yourself up. You’re not a sissy. People who break legs don’t start...
If you’re a competition and cross country pilot used to flying big air, don’t force yourself to fly strong conditions. Take a trip to the Garden Route and do some coastal flying. Try winching De Aar in winter. Fly before the day really switches on. Whatever you do, don’t beat yourself up. You’re not a sissy. People who break legs don’t start...
Managing Fear
Read the book "The Rock Warrior's Way" by Arno Ilgner. It is excellent.
Fear Control by jd
An accident (or incident) you lived or have witnessed, has left you with fears, which overwhelm your flying pleasure. Knowing that:
- People's capacity to visualize a risk is an important part of the attention they give to it. So if you can think of an incident in which a risk has come to fruition, you will exaggerate its likelihood.
- What availability does to you: It...
- People's capacity to visualize a risk is an important part of the attention they give to it. So if you can think of an incident in which a risk has come to fruition, you will exaggerate its likelihood.
- What availability does to you: It...
what is the rodbailey blog
this is an attempt to put some of the useful, published info & advice available on the web into some kind of organised, easily browse-able form.
initially for personal use, it may develop into a something deep enough to publish. We'll see.
so it's not a blog then.
no, just a convenient method for collecting date-stamped info.
what: a...
initially for personal use, it may develop into a something deep enough to publish. We'll see.
so it's not a blog then.
no, just a convenient method for collecting date-stamped info.
what: a...
