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You should look into a roll chart. It’s a small device typically mounted to a handlebar of a motorcycle that contains directions. As you reach each waypoint, y
by whartung 3y ago
You should look into a roll chart. It’s a small device typically mounted to a handlebar of a motorcycle that contains directions.
As you reach each waypoint, you turn a knob and roll the next waypoint into the window. It should work just great with your receipt printer and your not limited to the length of the A pillar in your plane.
- carloslagoa 3y agoI was about to buy a plane with a longer a pillar --- darn it! I guess roll chart makes more sense indeed. I know them from the Rally Dakar, I think up to recently they used them, I think they are super cool; great shout :) I'd wanna grab a friend w/ a 3D printer to make one because I kind of like the flexibility of sellotape at the moment, especially the roll chart mount into the airframe
- tennisflyi 3y agoRoll charts and the kneeboard are good to know about now!
- cameronh90 3y agoI've ridden a motorbike for 15 years and this is the first I've heard of roll charts! Prior to phones, I would just scrawl my notes onto a sheet of A5 and tape it to the top of the tank. It didn't work well when it was raining.
- kotaKat 3y agoI'm just starting out onto a motorbike and this is a stupidly brilliant idea, and I do have a 2.5" IBM receipt printer...
- klinquist 3y agoIt's most common in the dual sport community. I ride dual sport rides here on the west coast that still provide roll charts as their primary routing.
- tyingq 3y agoI don't know if "Enduro" is still a thing, but roll charts were everywhere with that. Ones like these... https://www.john-stichnoth.com/sitebuilder/images/RollChartStopwatch-373x244.jpg https://www.john-stichnoth.com/sitebuilder/images/RollChartS...
- carloslagoa 3y agoYeah, those are the ones I meant!! I think they were recently taken away from the Dakar and replaced with screens
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- DavidPeiffer 3y agoI like any excuse to mention the Jones Live Map. Back in the day it hooked up to a car odometer and when the arrow pointed to a direction, you'd take it. It works well as long as you never miss a direction, then it gets off. It'd be horrible with the variability in land speed from the same engine speed, but maybe that'd be part of the "fun" trying it for an airplane. https://www.sealcoveautomuseum.org/collection-test/jones-live-map/ https://www.sealcoveautomuseum.org/collection-test/jones-liv...
- carloslagoa 3y agoi had no idea this existed -- amazing
- DavidPeiffer 3y agoIf you're ever in Maine, I highly recommend the museum. I'm not the biggest car guy, but it was neat seeing everything they had.