Colibri II query

On Oct 17, 6:20*pm, waremark wrote:
but I find handling micro SD cards too fiddly.

Waremark - Can you detail why you comment that MicroSD cards are too
fiddly? I use one in my Oudie and, while they are pretty small for
large hands to handle (don't drop one in tall grass!), they are
robust. I then use an MicroSD to SD adapter (cheap on eBay and other
sources) to allow it to be used in my laptops SD slot. You can also
purchase inexpensive USB readers which handle all types of cards,
including MicroSD. Thanks, John.

On Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:38:05 PM UTC+1, JohnDeRosa wrote:
On Oct 17, 6:20*pm, waremark wrote:

but I find handling micro SD cards too fiddly.



Waremark - Can you detail why you comment that MicroSD cards are too

fiddly? I use one in my Oudie and, while they are pretty small for

large hands to handle (don't drop one in tall grass!), they are

robust. I then use an MicroSD to SD adapter (cheap on eBay and other

sources) to allow it to be used in my laptops SD slot. You can also

purchase inexpensive USB readers which handle all types of cards,

including MicroSD. Thanks, John.

Thanks for all the input which has been helpful.

I have a micro SD card and the associated adaptor which makes it possible to plug it into my laptop. However, I find it extremely fiddly, and it is far easier to plug the Oudie straight into the laptop using a USB cable. Obviously my fingers are clumsier than yours! I find it odd to have designed the Colibri II so that it cannot be downloaded direct to either a PDA or a PC..

Of the three loggers which have internal backup rechargeable batteries, the UK prices before discounts are Colibri II £528, Nano £470, and EW Microrecorder £330. The EW has a full size SD card and communicates with either a PDA or with a laptop. Its downsides are that it doesn't have the extra info of the Colibri, or the Bluetooth of the Nano, and that the included GPS antenna is external. But I have been using one quite happily as the backup logger in my existing glider, and it looks like the best for my requirements as well as the cheapest solution as the backup logger for my new glider.

On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:04:15 -0700, waremark wrote:

Of the three loggers which have internal backup rechargeable batteries,
the UK prices before discounts are Colibri II £528, Nano £470, and EW
Microrecorder £330. The EW has a full size SD card and communicates with
either a PDA or with a laptop. Its downsides are that it doesn't have
the extra info of the Colibri, or the Bluetooth of the Nano, and that
the included GPS antenna is external. But I have been using one quite
happily as the backup logger in my existing glider, and it looks like
the best for my requirements as well as the cheapest solution as the
backup logger for my new glider.

Yep. I've been using an EW model D and was very happy with it until that
pair of selfish *******s got it outlawed by faking a 500 km flight in an
ASK-13. I'm just about to replace it with an EW Microrecorder.

FWIW I have a Red Box FLARM with SD card option installed. So, I had been
planning to add the IGC signing firmware module because that would be by
far the cheapest way to get an ICG-approved logger. However, there is a
disadvantage to that plan: the necessity of taking the Red Box out of my
panel to get it calibrated if/when I get another Gold or Diamond leg.
This tips the scale toward the Microrecorder for me, even though logs
from LK8000 are accepted for the BGA Ladder, which means I could continue
to fly and put in good flights while the Red Box was away for
calibration. Of course, ymmv ....


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