On Nov 1, 7:13*pm, Andy wrote:
On Oct 31, 12:44*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:



It *has* to record (cockpit ambient) pressure altitude to be an IGC
approved recorder, and it also has to record the GPS altitude as well
(if it has a GPS fix).

I thought new flight recorders were allowed, even required, to be
connected to a static port. *This eliminates the differences between
the logger and the altimeter due to speed changes. *Not sure when the
requirement changed but it has been discussed here before.

So the real question is will the blind PowerFLARM have a static
connection.

Andy

Andy

Opps you are right (my C302 bias showing) thanks for catching that -
the current IGC standards allow either. I'm not aware if any of the
other more recent flight recorder implementations do this - the C302
static port is not used for its flight recorder.

Personally I'm happy having cockpit ambient but it would be nice for a
PowerFLARM brick to come with a port suitable to connect with a static
line (even if that might not pass FAA muster...). You don't need to
connect it if you don't want to.

And so the original question's answer is yes still yes it has one but
the question has changed.

Urs....?

Darryl