Revised IGC-approvals for some types of legacy recorder

Ian Strachan wrote:

At the last IGC Plenary meeting earlier in 2003, a new approval level for
GNSS flight recorders was agreed. This was for "all IGC badge and
distance diploma flights" and was in addition to the existing levels for
"all
flights" and "badge flights up to and including Diamonds". The latter is
used for types of recorder units that do not have their own GPS receiver
but rely on a separate GPS unit connected to the recorder by cable.

Let's admit that this third level was necessary... Now the problem is
that most people refer to "IGC approved" loggers, not mentionning
whether it is for "all IGC badge and distance diploma flights" or
"all flights" or "badge flights up to and including Diamonds" ... in
fact most glider pilots ignore that there are different level of IGC
approval !

May I suggest that there be somewhat shorter names such as "approved
level 1, 2 or 3" or "class A, B or C" ? Things would be clearer this way.

Now, what about World Championships ??? Are they less important that
world records ??? I don't think so. One could say that it is more
difficult to cheat in a Championship than for records, that's right, but
it is not impossible (and it already happened !), and the stake is
higher too.

You (GFAC) didn't say anything about which approval level would be
appropriate for World Championships, did you ? If I read the rules for
these Championships, it says (Annex A 5.4.a) : "All GNSS FR’s approved
by the IGC up to two months prior to the Opening Day shall be accepted."

Does it mean that all loggers SHALL be accepted, whatever their approval
level ???

Same question for national records or Championships, what type of
approved loggers would you recommand ? I understand that for these type
of performances NACs may have their own rules, and allow
non-IGC-approved loggers (which is not even permitted for a mere 50 km
silver D badge, but this is another debate...), but I think that IGC
should emit at least a recommendation.


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Denis
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