Hi Kirk,

I recently heard of the BGA decision to disallow the use of the Oudie's
internal GPS for their contests. I don't know why exactly.

It is my understanding that it is only related to using the Oudie's internal
GPS.

The Oudie has never been and probably never will be approved by the IGC -
because it is a PNA.

It is strange because I have sold dozens or perhaps even hundreds of Oudies
to customers that are using the internal GPS and very happy with it. I've
flown with the Oudie when using its internal GPS and I was happy with it.

I have sent a note to Andrej at Naviter for clarificiation of the issue and
the potential to get it resolved in the long run.

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
Serving the soaring community
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com
1-952-445-9033


"kirk.stant" wrote in message
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Paul, any comment on the "rumor" that the Oudie internal GPS has a problem
inflight?

"Due to GPS positioning fix errors generated by the Oudie internal GPS
engine, making it fall outside the required specification for approval as in
IGC position recorder, the recent BGA approval for use as a position
recorder (January 2012) has unfortunately been cancelled with immediate
effect". http://www.gliding.co.uk/bgainfo/competitions/news.htm

As long as it isn't a problem on external GPS it's more of an annoyance for
me, but still one hopes it would be fixed, if true.


Kirk
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