OLC 2011

On Oct 18, 9:38*pm, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Oct 18, 5:00*pm, dhaluza wrote:

Been asleep for the last week, Doug?

There are two threads on this already.

Mike

I guess I missed it. Hard to keep track of everything with the signal
to noise ratio here ;-)

I saw the article on the changes in Aerokurier, but my German is not
that good. I asked for an English summary before the season started,
but I didn't get one. So I had to claim a few flights on my own to
some first hand experience.

Unfortunately, the OLC team does not consult with us before making the
rule changes, so we are always behind the curve.

For the remote site problem, keep in mind that you can claim through
the OLC PDA interface on many mobile devices. If you have a SD logger,
and a mico SD card in an SD adapter, you can just take the micro SD
card from your logger to your phone to make a claim as long as you
have cell coverage, a web browser, and a data plan.

As far as the remote tow problem, I'm not sure how that rule came
about, and if we can get it suspended before the OLC League season
starts. I'll push for that.

Doug

On Oct 19, 3:32*pm, dhaluza wrote:
For the remote site problem, keep in mind that you can claim through
the OLC PDA interface on many mobile devices. If you have a SD logger,
and a mico SD card in an SD adapter, you can just take the micro SD
card from your logger to your phone to make a claim as long as you
have cell coverage, a web browser, and a data plan.

It's often hard enough to get a voice connection in huge portions of
the western US, let alone a reliable data link.

So, if one takes a long tow of more than 15km from airport A and
releases within 15km of airport B, can the flight then be claimed as
launching from B?

What if the glider and towplane do a touch & go at airport B? Yes,
I've done T&G on tow.

-Tom

Am 20.10.2010 05:54, 5Z wrote:
On Oct 19, 3:32 pm, wrote:
For the remote site problem, keep in mind that you can claim through
the OLC PDA interface on many mobile devices. If you have a SD logger,
and a mico SD card in an SD adapter, you can just take the micro SD
card from your logger to your phone to make a claim as long as you
have cell coverage, a web browser, and a data plan.

It's often hard enough to get a voice connection in huge portions of
the western US, let alone a reliable data link.

So, if one takes a long tow of more than 15km from airport A and
releases within 15km of airport B, can the flight then be claimed as
launching from B?

No, that will not be covered by the rule.


What if the glider and towplane do a touch& go at airport B? Yes,
I've done T&G on tow.


Yes, that will be counted as take-off from airport B.

--
Peter Scholz
ASW24 JE