On Monday, January 7, 2013 12:23:44 PM UTC, Surge wrote:
An integrated pressure altitude sensor (barometer) is required for IGC approval and there is no mention of one being present which is a pity.



I can see it's usefulness in club gliders where a pilot needs a removable FLARM sensor for input into a gliding computer (PDA/PNA) without the bulk of a separate dedicated FLARM display.

What I'd really like is a portable LX8080 (FLARM + IGC approved logger + GPS + flight computer).

It explicitly states that it is an approved IGC flight recorder. I would say it must have an integral pressure sensor meeting the IGC requirements. If so, all that needs to be added to meet your spec is a PNA such as the Vertica v2/GliderGuider/Oudie 2 Lite running LK8000 or XC Soar.