Colibri II thinks I have an engine

On Sunday, July 1, 2012 1:53:03 PM UTC-7, akiley wrote:
I just did my 5 hour glide for silver/gold duration. My Colibri II's IGC file, as reported in SeeYou PC, shows the correct Takeoff time, Begin soaring time, Landing time, Duration, but then claims a Soaring End time 2 hours 42 minutes into the flight which was actually 5 hours 15 minutes total. It then claims an Engine time of 00:02:08 which does not relate to anything.. Especially the fact that our Cirrus does not have an engine. The time on tow was 2 minutes, 27 seconds.

The IGC trace in SeeYou appears complete and uninterrupted when I zoom into the exact time that it claimed soaring ended.

Any ideas? This Colibri was new this year and it's the first flight of about 9 that shows a problem. I have it fairly well exposed to the sky just above the canopy frame by the vent window. I wonder if wind buffetting near the unit could triggered engine run. ... Aaron

Do you have a link to the IGC file?

When you look at the ENL data what do you see? Opening a vent (I note your "by the vent window..." comment), repositioning the flight recorder near a vent, putting down the gear etc. may all be enough to fool the ENL processing. Or maybe something else is going on here, should be kind of obvious by poking around in SeeYou (if not to you, at least to others, so give us a link to the file..).

Your OO should hopefully be able to note when the flight actually ended, note any discrepancies, here etc. and include that in the application submission.

Darryl