Cambridge 302 needle stops moving intermittently

On the last two flights, the needle on my 302 stopped moving. Cycling
the power didn't bring the needle to life, but the everything else
continued to work: audio, slow/fast arrows, averager, MC setting, GPS.

The first flight, it began moving again after a half hour or so; on the
second flight, it didn't start working again until I tried it again
about an hour after I landed.

Is there fix for this besides sending it back to Cambridge?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

If you don't want to use the flight recorder, you could open it up and
reseat the inter-board connectors (using contact cleaner sparingly). Strip
and reassembly is not difficult with care.

If you want to use the flight recorder for any claim/competition then
opening kills the electronic seal, so it needs to go to the factory (or
approved repair agent outside the US) anyway after fixing.

At 04:22 23 October 2011, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On the last two flights, the needle on my 302 stopped moving. Cycling
the power didn't bring the needle to life, but the everything else
continued to work: audio, slow/fast arrows, averager, MC setting, GPS.

The first flight, it began moving again after a half hour or so; on the
second flight, it didn't start working again until I tried it again
about an hour after I landed.

Is there fix for this besides sending it back to Cambridge?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

On Oct 23, 10:36*am, Peter Purdie wrote:
If you don't want to use the flight recorder, you could open it up and
reseat the inter-board connectors (using contact cleaner sparingly). *Strip
and reassembly is not difficult with care.

If you want to use the flight recorder for any claim/competition then
opening kills the electronic seal, so it needs to go to the factory (or
approved repair agent outside the US) anyway after fixing.

At 04:22 23 October 2011, Eric Greenwell wrote:







On the last two flights, the needle on my 302 stopped moving. Cycling
the power didn't bring the needle to life, but the everything else
continued to work: audio, slow/fast arrows, averager, MC setting, GPS.

The first flight, it began moving again after a half hour or so; on the
second flight, it didn't start working again until I tried it again
about an hour after I landed.

Is there fix for this besides sending it back to Cambridge?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

some older models had a problem with the indicater coming loose or
falling off,
again requiring an opening of unit to reclue the needle on its axle
and of course a reseal by approved dealer or factory.

On Oct 23, 12:07*pm, Mottley wrote:
On Oct 23, 10:36*am, Peter Purdie wrote:





If you don't want to use the flight recorder, you could open it up and
reseat the inter-board connectors (using contact cleaner sparingly). *Strip
and reassembly is not difficult with care.

If you want to use the flight recorder for any claim/competition then
opening kills the electronic seal, so it needs to go to the factory (or
approved repair agent outside the US) anyway after fixing.

At 04:22 23 October 2011, Eric Greenwell wrote:

On the last two flights, the needle on my 302 stopped moving. Cycling
the power didn't bring the needle to life, but the everything else
continued to work: audio, slow/fast arrows, averager, MC setting, GPS.

The first flight, it began moving again after a half hour or so; on the
second flight, it didn't start working again until I tried it again
about an hour after I landed.

Is there fix for this besides sending it back to Cambridge?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

some older models had a problem with the indicater coming loose or
falling off,
again requiring an opening of unit to reclue the needle on its axle
and of course a reseal by approved dealer or factory.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Since we talking 302 problems, mine started to loose GPS signal
intermittently. I suspect it is not the the GPS antenna since today
the signal did not came back until I restarted the 302.
Any suggestions?

Ramy

Hi Ramy,

I recommend verifying that the antenna is firmly attached to the back of the
302 - not just finger tight.

It may be that a new antenna would fix the problem. Or perhaps the GPS
engine needs replacement. I recommend sending it to Cambridge for repair.

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"Ramy" wrote in message
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On Oct 23, 12:07 pm, Mottley wrote:
On Oct 23, 10:36 am, Peter Purdie wrote:





If you don't want to use the flight recorder, you could open it up and
reseat the inter-board connectors (using contact cleaner sparingly).
Strip
and reassembly is not difficult with care.

If you want to use the flight recorder for any claim/competition then
opening kills the electronic seal, so it needs to go to the factory (or
approved repair agent outside the US) anyway after fixing.

At 04:22 23 October 2011, Eric Greenwell wrote:

On the last two flights, the needle on my 302 stopped moving. Cycling
the power didn't bring the needle to life, but the everything else
continued to work: audio, slow/fast arrows, averager, MC setting, GPS.

The first flight, it began moving again after a half hour or so; on the
second flight, it didn't start working again until I tried it again
about an hour after I landed.

Is there fix for this besides sending it back to Cambridge?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)

some older models had a problem with the indicater coming loose or
falling off,
again requiring an opening of unit to reclue the needle on its axle
and of course a reseal by approved dealer or factory.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Since we talking 302 problems, mine started to loose GPS signal
intermittently. I suspect it is not the the GPS antenna since today
the signal did not came back until I restarted the 302.
Any suggestions?

Ramy