50th type of Flight Recorder gains IGC-approval.

The Colibri II GNSS Flight Recorder manufactured LX Navigation
(www.lxnavigation.si) has gained IGC-approval with effect from 20
November 2011 for "all flights". For IGC-approval levels, see para
1.1.4 of Annex B to the Sporting Code for gliding.

This brings the number of IGC-approved Flight Recorders to 50 types,
from 19 different manufacturers.

The IGC-approval document will be available on the FAI/IGC web page:
http://www.fai.org/gnss-recording-de...ight-recorders
This may not be for some time because the FAI/IGC web pages are being
re-organised. Meanwhile the document is available from
or from the GFAC Chairman at the email address
below.

IGC-approval follows test and evaluation by the IGC GNSS Flight
Recorder Approval Committee (GFAC) in accordance with Annex B to the
Sporting Code for gliding and the Technical Specification for IGC-
approved GNSS Flight Recorders. The Technical Specification is
available through the igc-approved-flight-recorders web site above and
the Sporting Code for gliding through www.fai.org/igc-documents

A PDF file with a table of all existing IGC-approval documents is on
the igc-approved-flight-recorders web site above. Due to the re-
organisation of the FAI web pages, this document is out-of-date but it
is hoped that the latest version will be available shortly. This
document contains:
(1) a table of all types of IGC-approved Flight Recorders, in
alphabetical order of manufacturer name
(2) a table of Flight Recorder Manufacturers, in alphabetical order of
manufacturer name
(3) a list of all IGC-approval activity from 1996 to the present day
(4) a history of IGC GNSS Flight Recording

Finally, in view of the difficulties encountered this year with the
FAI/IGC web site, to provide an independent source of data on IGC-
approved Flight Recorders, a GFAC web site is being developed,
probably to be based on the GFAC Chairman's internet provider.

--
Ian Strachan
Chairman, IGC GNSS Flight Recorder Approval Committee

Ian Strachan wrote:
The Colibri II GNSS Flight Recorder manufactured LX Navigation
(www.lxnavigation.si) has gained IGC-approval with effect from 20
November 2011 for "all flights". For IGC-approval levels, see para
1.1.4 of Annex B to the Sporting Code for gliding.

Does the Colibri II share the never-going-to-be-fixed firmware bug
with the Colibri I, that deletes the electronic seal when garbled data
is received on the data port? I broke three Colibris already, due to
flaky cables and wrong baud rate.

Max