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Old May 3rd 09, 12:56 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tim Mara[_2_]
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Default New flight recorder - flyWithCE Flight Recorder

An interesting device. I have two questions that are not covered on your
or the maker's web sites:

- can the logger be powered via its USB socket?


we've actually already gone over some of these questions and below is a
response from Uros at flyWithCE:

GPS has USB connector which can also be used as external power supply. You
can use any standard 12V to USB power supply, but I would advise that you
check for the efficiency and make sure that this power supply will not
interfere with other electronics devices. The thing is that good adapter
will be a switcher which has more than 80% efficiency and bad switched could
cause problems. This new device looks
interesting:http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=489424

- how does the logger present itself on a USB socket - as a
serial device, a mass storage device or something else?
IOW, can it be accessed as if its flash memory?
I'm asking because I don't run Windows and would prefer to avoid WINE.


I'll have to defer any questions regarding operating systems to Uros as well
since though I use a PC I run XP and couldn't answer technical PC questions
, Uros however does this also for a living.

tim

Please visit the Wings & Wheels website at www.wingsandwheels.com



"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 May 2009 10:22:34 -0400, Tim Mara wrote:

FlyWithCE's development and testing has gone on for well over the past
two years with a variety of GPS Data-logger devices to get to this
release but now these tiny recorders are now in stock here at Wings &
Wheels.







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