Friend of mine just landed his fine airplane gear up.
How about all you single chip microcomputer programmers out there
build a gear up landing alarm.

If the RPM is below 4000 and during the last three
15 seconds consecutive periods the altitude has steadily decreased
and the gear is still up turn on the alarm.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

Try Anywhere Map, the GPS moving map system sold by Controlvision.  Not
only is it an excellent GPS system, but it has a Personal Digital
Copilot that can remind you to switch fuel tanks at preselected time
intervals, check your fuel pump at 1000'AGL, check for landing gear down
at 600'AGL, advise you when to begin a decent to your destination, warn
of obstacles ahead, provide a spiral dive warning, and warn you to turn
on oxygen at 12,000 MSL.  All of these reminders can be toggled on or
off to suit your circumstances.


John Steere

That sounds like it. Runs on a note book computer as I recall.
If I were putting in any glass cockpit in an experimental airplane
I would be sure it was stock Intel compatible hardware so I could
run any interchangeable MM software.  Just take the note book computer
apart and mount the LCD screen in the instrument panel. Essentially
what Blue Mountain does. There are a zillion low cost moving
map program out there both for airplanes and cars. Fry's
sells software and a plug in GPS receiver for less than
$200. One of my favorites is Free Flight. A 3D moving map
synthetic vision so you can fly through fog shrouded canyons if
you are VERY brave :)


Here is some that was available in the late 90's. I think it
was the first 3D MM. The guy that wrote it was  Baker. He was way
ahead of his time. Jorj Baker

The companies address was Free Flight Inc. 975 North Michillinda Ave.
Pasadena CA 91001 (818) 791 0400 jorj@earthlink.net
http://www.free-flt.com

Free Flight depicts the terrain you are flying over in 3D color.
Consequently it can predict controlled flight into terrain in real
time.


Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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