Apart from WR claims, I would be quite interested in
some progress and discussion on allowing COTS GPS
to validate Silver and perhaps Gold badge flights.

At least allowing a COTS GPS to be used in conjunction with
a barograph for Silver distance flights (like an
out and return).

Anything to make the Silver Badge easier to
validate would really help encourage pilots to transition
to X-C, in my opinion.

I know a LOT of pilots who have done Silver distance, but
not officially, due to the silly equipment requirements.
If we can get away from the "calibration"
garbage and grant some validity (even with a large margin of
error) to GPS altitudes, I think a fourfold reduction
in GPS price would really help this area.

Just because we "have" outdated rocket science doesn't mean we
need to "use" outdated rocket science. Pressure altitude
was useful because that was all they had. These days
it is an antique, a quaint reminder of a primitive time...

In article ,
Jancsika wrote:

I agree with you, I just added this short clarification.
Actually I would be happy even with the COTS solution...

/Janos

Andrew Warbrick wrote:
That's my understanding too. However, it does not mean
that a determined cheat couldn't, in theory, compromise
the security of their own logger and secure a world
record.

I think the point I was trying to make is that the
system isn't bulletproof, I don't consider my Colibri
to be much more secure than a Cambridge model 10, and
if I was a Cambridge logger owner I'd be cheesed off.


After all, these guys were the 'early adopters' who
got the whole secure logger system kickstarted and
paid more for the privilege. Without these 'early adopters'
we'd still be smoking barographs and losing claims
when the photo developers cut the negative.

At 13:00 18 March 2005, Jancsika wrote:

As I know every unit has it's own unique key (at least
should). So if
you manage to open a logger box without clearing the
key, you can create
fake logs only for that unit.

/Janos









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