Question for US Rules committee on AH capability within LX NAV computers?

Thank you Renny and jfitch. That is all very helpful information! I will ask the SSA directly. Maybe I'll ask them what class to enter while I'm at it: I could not find any information at all about class selection for a beginner on the SSA website.

And I do appreciate that many of the apps available that provide attitude info are not worth betting your health on. My concern is that all the instruments I'm considering have the option and don't appear to be "approved" by the SSA. As does the flight computer (XCSoar) I'm most comfortable with. That one is definitely a joke.

On Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 5:42:03 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Thank you Renny and jfitch. That is all very helpful information! I will ask the SSA directly. Maybe I'll ask them what class to enter while I'm at it: I could not find any information at all about class selection for a beginner on the SSA website.

And I do appreciate that many of the apps available that provide attitude info are not worth betting your health on. My concern is that all the instruments I'm considering have the option and don't appear to be "approved" by the SSA. As does the flight computer (XCSoar) I'm most comfortable with.. That one is definitely a joke.

Also, plenty of people flying in SSA contests using XCSoar.

This is not an official statement but it "may" be illegal although it is completely unenforceable and is entirely unenforced.

My original arguement (this thread) remains. I say that safety is an over-arching principle at all times.

The US RC saw things differently. They even went to the extent of calling up all the instrument manufacturers and requiring them to produce a "US contest mode." Nope, I'm not kidding. I still refer to it (US competition mode, aka AHRS disabled) as US RC suicide mode. This mode, of course, disables the safety purpose of AHRS, for a couple weeks, even if you have purchased it or own it. They even attacked XC Soar's tiny 1cm and useless AHRS box and had them produce a US contest version of XC Soar.

I say that if someone wants to cheat (cloud flying), let them. They will eventually be caught. And they will have to live with themselves.

I say that disabling potentially life saving safety equipment (see: powerFlarm stealth mode) is quite dangerous and is more likely to kill an innocent pilot who makes a mistake, rather than deter a pilot who wants to cheat using instruments restricted by rules which are entirely unenforced.

A guy crashed into downtown Reno a few years ago when he was sucked into wave clouds. I think AHRS is important stuff.

Finally, their "unwillingness" to answer your polite and simple question here is amusing and unsurprising. Don't feel alone. This is common place.

#goodoldboys