OLC Requirements - USA

[Paul Remde]

Hi,

A friend asked me what the minimum requirement is for a flight recording for
use in the US national level and US club level OLC. I had thought that an
IGC approved logger is required, but my friend is convinced that a Garmin
GPS or similar could be used. I really haven't looked into it in the past
because I always fly with an IGC approved logger. What is the lowest cost
option?

The OLC page has the rules which I copied below which clearly state that IGC
approved loggers are required. But it also says that for some national OLCs
the requirements for Flight Recorders are relaxed. I can't seem to find
rules for the US. I thought I submitted a flight for a friend last year who
created a non-approved flight log using Glide Navigator II.

Thanks,

Paul Remde

(OLC-International and regional OLCs)
16.10.2004

GOALS
The goal of the 'aerokurier Online Contest' (OLC) is a timely scoring of
cross-country flights, free from the burden of flight declarations, to allow
an easy and up-to-date comparison of decentralised cross country flights.
The increase of the number of cross-country flights is another goal of the
OLC.

1. Documentation
IGC-approved GNSS Flight Recorders will be used exclusively for
documentation. Motor-gliders will document flight without propulsion by
recording of the Engine Noise Level (ENL). For some national OLCs the
requirements for the Flight Recorders are relaxed. These relaxations are
detailed after these rules.
Official observers are not required.

[Greg Arnold]

Any IGC file will work in the USA, though you will get a "red mark"
(which has no consequence). See:

http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp/2005/ausw_approved.php



Paul Remde wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A friend asked me what the minimum requirement is for a flight recording for
> use in the US national level and US club level OLC. I had thought that an
> IGC approved logger is required, but my friend is convinced that a Garmin
> GPS or similar could be used. I really haven't looked into it in the past
> because I always fly with an IGC approved logger. What is the lowest cost
> option?
>
> The OLC page has the rules which I copied below which clearly state that IGC
> approved loggers are required. But it also says that for some national OLCs
> the requirements for Flight Recorders are relaxed. I can't seem to find
> rules for the US. I thought I submitted a flight for a friend last year who
> created a non-approved flight log using Glide Navigator II.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Remde
>
> (OLC-International and regional OLCs)
> 16.10.2004
>
> GOALS
> The goal of the 'aerokurier Online Contest' (OLC) is a timely scoring of
> cross-country flights, free from the burden of flight declarations, to allow
> an easy and up-to-date comparison of decentralised cross country flights.
> The increase of the number of cross-country flights is another goal of the
> OLC.
>
> 1. Documentation
> IGC-approved GNSS Flight Recorders will be used exclusively for
> documentation. Motor-gliders will document flight without propulsion by
> recording of the Engine Noise Level (ENL). For some national OLCs the
> requirements for the Flight Recorders are relaxed. These relaxations are
> detailed after these rules.
> Official observers are not required.
>
>
>

[Paul Remde]

Hi Greg,

Thanks for the information. I received an e-mail from an OLC competitor who
said the downside to using a non-IGC approved logger is that the flight
won't get you any points in the International OLC competition (but you will
get points in the regional US and club level competition), and it will
generally be more of a pain to use in practice (he said it, not me).

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde

"Greg Arnold" > wrote in message
news:Jw4wd.63786$Af.38819@fed1read07...
> Any IGC file will work in the USA, though you will get a "red mark"
> (which has no consequence). See:
>
> http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp/2005/ausw_approved.php
>
>
>
> Paul Remde wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > A friend asked me what the minimum requirement is for a flight recording
for
> > use in the US national level and US club level OLC. I had thought that
an
> > IGC approved logger is required, but my friend is convinced that a
Garmin
> > GPS or similar could be used. I really haven't looked into it in the
past
> > because I always fly with an IGC approved logger. What is the lowest
cost
> > option?
> >
> > The OLC page has the rules which I copied below which clearly state that
IGC
> > approved loggers are required. But it also says that for some national
OLCs
> > the requirements for Flight Recorders are relaxed. I can't seem to find
> > rules for the US. I thought I submitted a flight for a friend last year
who
> > created a non-approved flight log using Glide Navigator II.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul Remde
> >
> > (OLC-International and regional OLCs)
> > 16.10.2004
> >
> > GOALS
> > The goal of the 'aerokurier Online Contest' (OLC) is a timely scoring of
> > cross-country flights, free from the burden of flight declarations, to
allow
> > an easy and up-to-date comparison of decentralised cross country
flights.
> > The increase of the number of cross-country flights is another goal of
the
> > OLC.
> >
> > 1. Documentation
> > IGC-approved GNSS Flight Recorders will be used exclusively for
> > documentation. Motor-gliders will document flight without propulsion by
> > recording of the Engine Noise Level (ENL). For some national OLCs the
> > requirements for the Flight Recorders are relaxed. These relaxations are
> > detailed after these rules.
> > Official observers are not required.
> >
> >
> >