Random Thought

On Mar 29, 3:08*pm, Steve Leonard wrote:
I suspect many have gotten a notice from OLC saying "Your partnership
is about to end." *Wonder if they might be more willing to work to
accept standard .cai files from Cambridge Model 10/20/25 loggers if
they heard from enough of us with a standard reply such as:

"My support for OLC has ended because your support of my logger has
ended. *My support of you will resume when your support of me
resumes."

Yes, I know. *We have all been through the discussions about files,
standard formats, acceptable means of blah blah blah. *Money talks.
If OLC looses too much support (and I know they are losing some), but
has it dangled back in front of them, maybe there would be motivation
for what on the surface appears to be a relatively easy thing to check
for and accept. *I know they have very sharp people working for them.
I can't imagine it would take them too long to figure out how to
accept and validate a standard .cai file for their scoring purposes.

Your random thoughts?

Steve
ZS

I'm with you guys 100%. It's absolutely ridiculous, and a testament
to soaring existing as a "1%" sport, that my $100 android phone with
free software can submit an acceptable file, yet my model 20 isn't
approved (though it was a few months ago, whats up with that?) and to
get an acceptable gps logger, I have to pay a minimum of $500.
Believe it or not, some of us are on a budget. I'll sooner draw lines
on a map to show my route than drop even more money just so I can post
my flight on OLC. I wonder how many guys out there use Cambridge
stuff? It was a staple in soaring avionics for so long, it's got to
be a decent percentage.

Jordan
ASW20 "E"

On Mar 30, 6:28*pm, Jordan Pollock wrote:
On Mar 29, 3:08*pm, Steve Leonard wrote:





I suspect many have gotten a notice from OLC saying "Your partnership
is about to end." *Wonder if they might be more willing to work to
accept standard .cai files from Cambridge Model 10/20/25 loggers if
they heard from enough of us with a standard reply such as:

"My support for OLC has ended because your support of my logger has
ended. *My support of you will resume when your support of me
resumes."

Yes, I know. *We have all been through the discussions about files,
standard formats, acceptable means of blah blah blah. *Money talks.
If OLC looses too much support (and I know they are losing some), but
has it dangled back in front of them, maybe there would be motivation
for what on the surface appears to be a relatively easy thing to check
for and accept. *I know they have very sharp people working for them.
I can't imagine it would take them too long to figure out how to
accept and validate a standard .cai file for their scoring purposes.

Your random thoughts?

Steve
ZS

I'm with you guys 100%. *It's absolutely ridiculous, and a testament
to soaring existing as a "1%" sport, that my $100 android phone with
free software can submit an acceptable file, yet my model 20 isn't
approved (though it was a few months ago, whats up with that?) and to
get an acceptable gps logger, I have to pay a minimum of $500.
Believe it or not, some of us are on a budget. *I'll sooner draw lines
on a map to show my route than drop even more money just so I can post
my flight on OLC. *I wonder how many guys out there use Cambridge
stuff? *It was a staple in soaring avionics for so long, it's got to
be a decent percentage.

Jordan
ASW20 "E"

One other thing to add, looks like the FlywithCE navigator could be a
nice replacement logger for contests. Price is right. Maybe the SSA
will add it to the approved list.

On Friday, March 30, 2012 7:00:36 PM UTC-5, Jordan Pollock wrote:
On Mar 30, 6:28*pm, Jordan Pollock wrote:
On Mar 29, 3:08*pm, Steve Leonard wrote:





I suspect many have gotten a notice from OLC saying "Your partnership
is about to end." *Wonder if they might be more willing to work to
accept standard .cai files from Cambridge Model 10/20/25 loggers if
they heard from enough of us with a standard reply such as:

"My support for OLC has ended because your support of my logger has
ended. *My support of you will resume when your support of me
resumes."

Yes, I know. *We have all been through the discussions about files,
standard formats, acceptable means of blah blah blah. *Money talks.
If OLC looses too much support (and I know they are losing some), but
has it dangled back in front of them, maybe there would be motivation
for what on the surface appears to be a relatively easy thing to check
for and accept. *I know they have very sharp people working for them.
I can't imagine it would take them too long to figure out how to
accept and validate a standard .cai file for their scoring purposes.

Your random thoughts?

Steve
ZS

I'm with you guys 100%. *It's absolutely ridiculous, and a testament
to soaring existing as a "1%" sport, that my $100 android phone with
free software can submit an acceptable file, yet my model 20 isn't
approved (though it was a few months ago, whats up with that?) and to
get an acceptable gps logger, I have to pay a minimum of $500.
Believe it or not, some of us are on a budget. *I'll sooner draw lines
on a map to show my route than drop even more money just so I can post
my flight on OLC. *I wonder how many guys out there use Cambridge
stuff? *It was a staple in soaring avionics for so long, it's got to
be a decent percentage.

Jordan
ASW20 "E"

One other thing to add, looks like the FlywithCE navigator could be a
nice replacement logger for contests. Price is right. Maybe the SSA
will add it to the approved list.

It will be after 10/21/2012 the FAI voted to accept GPS altitude so the position recorders will work,just waiting for the rules to be published.
Fred
Libelle 201

On Mar 30, 6:28*pm, Jordan Pollock wrote:

I wonder how many guys out there use Cambridge
stuff? *It was a staple in soaring avionics for so long, it's got to
be a decent percentage.

Jordan
ASW20 "E"- Hide quoted text -

Let me change this just a bit and ask the question.

How many of you have and use Cambridge Model 10/20/25 loggers, and
use to support OLC with a yearly dontaion, but no longer will?

I am not looking to create another venting at OLC, but that is what I
suspect this looks like. I would like an honest reporting of how many
people were supporting OLC but no longer will because they can't get a
score for their flights recorded with their logger.

I will be the first to vote, and will vote twice, as I was dontaing
for my Dad to have a Smiley. How about you? Lost interest in
supporting OLC when they stopped supporting your logger that is good
enough for lots of things that require greater file security than is
required for posting flights on a website for others to view?

OLC says that they have been asking Cambridge to "pony up and get with
the program" for some years. And so, I suspect, has the igc. Not
doubting this one bit. But if you would stop and think about it, that
is roughly the equivalent of asking Microsoft to keep providing fixes
for issues with Windows 98. Microsoft's answer: Why not buy Windows
7? It is so much better than 98. Cambridge's answer: We sell a very
nice Model 302 that will do all that and more.

I am going to continue logging my flights to OLC. Two main reasons.
One, so my friends can see the flights I am making. Two, so people
can see that you can go soaring in the flat lands, and it doesn't have
to be done at Uvalde. I would like to see a contest come back to my
home field, and if people see that we can have pretty good soaring,
they might be more interested in coming here to fly. But, my
financial support to OLC is gone unless they restore ability to be
scored with a legacy Cambridge Logger.

Steve Leonard
Owner of a whole boatload of legacy Cambridge products