Position Recorders allowed the US for Silver badges?

On Sep 11, 8:58*am, Papa3 wrote:
Leaving aside the issue of creating a valid task: * There is as of now only one GPS Position Recorder approved by the SSA for Badge attempts, and that is FlyWithCE. * I know that we posted this information last year, but I too can't find it on the SSA Website, sorry. * We'll get that fixed. * As others have mentioned, you still need to carry a "traditional" Barograph recording pressure-based readings. * As it stands, there have been no claims using this method in the US to date and very few in several other active gliding countries, largely due to the complexities introduced in having to manage two separate devices. *

Please email me or reach out to Rollin Hasness, "The Badge Dude" ) for official clarifications on Badge and Record issues. *

Erik Mann (P3)
Chair, SSA Badge and Record Committee

Erik,

I did submit a state record claim last fall using a barograph/
FlywithCE. most of our club badge work this season has been in pursuit
of gold badges and diamond goal.

A question I would like to see settled, important for those who fly
beneath controlled airspace (CAS), is how to ensure that the CAS has
not been entered. (In the UK at least, this is treated as a reason to
not grant claims.)

If the base of CAS is defined by flight level, GPS altitude does not
establish whether or not CAS was violated unless some elaborate
computations are done, AIUI. Baro is needed.

If CAS is defined by height or altitude, GPS may suffice.

As our moving map software is using height/altitude data for glide
angle to goal etc., can it mislead people to think that they are clear
of CAS when on fact just up inside it?

If the logger is the source of the GPS engine for the moving map, this
seems to me to be an issue.

I was recently in a comp where one pilot on successive days was
penalised for just slightly going up into CAS. He did not mean to. I
suspect that the FL/Altitude difference may have played a part.

Chris N.