Cheap GPS Loggers for FAI Badges - Status?

Dnia 5/25/04 8:56 PM, U¿ytkownik Todd Pattist napisa³:

Every
glider pilot needs 8 successful flights to reach 3 diamonds - and that's
all most pilots need certified logger for.
And those 8 flights may need 80 attempts, and all on the
same day as the owner of the certified FR wants to use it.
You're right, just exaggerating
In our club (over 50 active members, about 20 "active" gliders) we have
4 loggers (1 owned by the club, rest by members who are willing to lend
it to others). I don't remember any day when we "run out" of loggers
(but see note about Silvers below).

Methods of flight recording in all competitions below continental level
are up to organisers. These are the people who should be convinced to
"COTS" solutions.
Competitions are seen as a level beyond the 3 silver legs.
If a pilot has reached the competition level, we don't
really need to entice him to XC.
Many young pilots here reach competition level without enough funds to
buy own logger. They were using cameras and this had been giving huge
handicap to logger owners. That's main reason we introduced COTS in our
competitions.

That's great, and I applaud the Polish effort, but the badge
system is still closed without the approved $800 FR.
The main difference is, we still fly Silvers with cameras and
barographs. Nobody complains about that. In my opinion, using camera
during XC and preparing the baro are skills each pilot should have.
Maybe I'm a bit sentimental
I am also aware barographs is extinct species in many places. That makes
problem really serious.

However things may change if IGC bans cameras some day. AFAIK it has
been already discussed and it's inevitable

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