On Feb 10, 7:23 pm, Marc Ramsey wrote:
BB wrote:
Do you seriously think that the dangers of someone cheating on his
logs for the great glory of winning a sports class regionals is worth
making every beginnner in the country pony up $1000 for a IGC blessed
logger? Do you really think making that a requirement is important
for the success of the sport?

I'm offering a product not making a recommendation. 8^)

Seriously, though here are the existing regional rules:

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6.7.3 Flight recorder requirements
Flight recorders used for flight documentation must:
* Be a standard production model produced in quantity by a reputable
manufacturer.
* Record position fixes consisting of time, latitude, longitude and
altitude.
* Provide horizontal position referenced to the WGS-84 geographic datum.
* Be capable of an interval between fixes of 15 seconds or less.
* If used in a motorized sailplane, provide a means of determining when
the power unit was used (unless a separate means is provided).
* If used as primary flight documentation for a score that will count
towards U.S. Team selection, be of a make and model that has received
IGC approval as Secure.
* If implemented as software that runs on a computer readily
programmable by the user (such as a PDA or handheld computer), be
IGC-approved as Secure.
===

As far as I'm concerned, they allowed plenty of flexibility in the
various contests I helped score, I'm not sure why someone felt they
needed to be changed. In particular, the requirement for a "standard
production model produced in quantity by a reputable manufacturer"
allowed for handheld GPS units, SN-10s, etc., without requiring IGC
approved flight recorders.

I believe allowing PDA software is a serious mistake, and I'm awfully
tempted to invest the day or two it takes to implement "Dial-a-Speed",
and offer it for free on my website, just so everyone on the Rules
Committee is clear on the Pandora's box they've opened...

Marc

Marc

Good to see you are finally willing to release some of your PDA
software toys you've been flying with.

Some suggestions for additional features...

"Daylight savings" - helps address those pesky daylight problems. I
know a couple of other local pilots who'd like this feature as well.

"SUA Avoid" - you did not mean to be there - so let the software deal
with it. An intelligent algorithm should be able to work out if you
actually in fact went under, over or around the SUA, or maybe even
though it at a more appropriate (inactive) time.

Darryl

(I know being off-season is getting to us all).