Just because IFR may not be permitted in your country, does not mean it
is not permitted elsewhere.

However, there are moves afoot to facilitate the recording the AH or T&S
state in the .igc file. So that should keep everyone happy ;=

Tim Newport-Peace * * * * * * * * * * *

"Indecision is the Key to Flexibility."


Just for clarity, the approach of carrying an artificial horizon
enabled instrument, but relying on igc file verification to see it is
turned off, will not work in US contests. US rules say you can't have
the AH in the glider and functional, period.

Why? Pilots carry multiple recorders. So now you have to check all the
files every day, and the scorer needs to know how many you have. Any
broken log now must mean the presumption the AH was on, so zero points
for the day, despite backup logs, and many unhappy pilots. Scorers,
CDs, and our patient software writer Guy Byars have enough to do to
run contests well and monitor basic file security without this extra
step. This isn't the worlds, this is a 20 glider regional with a
volunteer CD and scorer. We have enough, and entirely valid,
complaints about complexity of rules and procedures. We're barely
getting file security checks to work in the field. This would be a
very complex system in practice, with lots of bugs and little
payoff.

If you have an LX, leave the AH module at home for US contests.

John Cochrane