On Nov 20, 8:45*am, T8 wrote:
On Nov 20, 8:06*am, Papa3 wrote:





On Nov 18, 4:03*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:

Just a quick note:

If you wind up not liking the LX NANO (which I haven't had a chance to
play with yet), I've been VERY happy with my EW Micro Recorder units
over the last 2 years. *They've performed nearly flawlessly at several
contests and a big state-records flight this summer. *Super-simple
operation, with an SD card slot and a single on/off button. *You can
use the SD Card or a USB cable to plug into the unit and change
settings or download flight logs. *Runs off of internal batteries or
can be powered externally. *Easily removable from a glider, I mount
mine with velcro. *Slightly larger than a deck of cards, and
lightweight to boot. *Can drive a PDA (GPS NMEA output) and can accept
flight declarations from most of the PDA/flight computer programs out
there.

Good luck!

--Noel

While I originally liked the concept of the EW and bought one when it
came out, I've found mine to be a bit spotty in a couple of areas.
One is the task declaration using the SD Card. * There's some care
needed in making sure that the right sequence is followed at power-up
to ensure that the task is loaded from the SD Card (if present).
Combine that with the internal battery which seems to kick in even if
I have disconnected external power, and i've had a few misses that
way. *Same thing with shutting the unit off and ensuring I have the
log file on the SD Card at the end of the flight. * I seem to get it
wrong about half the time. *I should mention that I leave the unit
mounted in the glider and do not use any external device (PDA/Laptop)
to connect. *It's there purely as a "dumb" backup to my primary
logger.

I fully admit that I may just be a "better fool" than was envisaged
for an otherwise foolproof device. Wondering if others have had
similar concerns.

Erik Mann
P3

With a backup recorder in the glider, you are probably better off with
a paper declaration.

-Evan Ludeman / T8

Hi Evan,

You know me better than that :-)

While you're right that a paper declaration is sometimes safer, there
are a number of situations where where an electronic declaration is
needed. The problem I have with the EW is largely that I can't
always be sure that there is nothing in the declaration. For
instance, I have a null (blank) declaration on the SD card that should
overwrite what's on the EW. That should work... unless, I somehow
get the boot sequence wrong. Or, I've decided to change the task at
the last minute, and I want to make sure I'm "official" in that both
FRs have the same task. Or, I'm trying for a category of record that
requires an electronic declaration.

I guess my point is just that a reliable declaration process in an FR
is a pretty important thing IMO.