On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 4:51:14 PM UTC-8, waremark wrote:
On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 11:48:43 PM UTC, ursus wrote:

I just did a test on PowerFLARM as a logger:



Set it outside, powered up and waited. Nothing happened for hours. All surrounding trees are still standing.



Those darn FLARM folks have really overpromised! Or maybe I need to change configuration settings? Or handicraft my own antenna? Or read the manual?







I suspect it will need a hard- and software update; maybe if someone can point FLARM to an autonomous chainsaw with serial interface (ideally IGC specification) they could finally deliver what has been promised:



FLARM as a logger.







Timber!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL7n5mEmXJo







Now, if it could only make coffee...



Most loggers don't start recording an IGC file until you start to move above a certain speed. What did you expect your PF to do in those circumstances?



And did they promise it would be a logger? When I recently bought a PF Core (European version) I did not receive any such promise.

The PowerFLARM is packaged and marketed differently in different geographies. This is not the first time for this confusion to pop up, folks have to look at the appropriate information.

In Europe: http://www.butterfly-avionics.com/in...kte/powerflarm

In the USA: http://powerflarm.us and http://www.gliderpilot.org/FLARM

Other places, I have no idea, but check with your importer/reseller.

The units for sale in the USA have been marketed as expecting to have future IGC flight recorder approval. Contact your resellers or Butterfly Avionics for information on the units you purchase in Europe. My recollection is that IGC approval was not promised for baseline European units.

Darryl