Inexpensive portable IGC data recorders

SeeYou Recorder is a free iPhone app that works with OLC. I'm not sure if it can be used for badge flights. The only down side is that it doesn't have an engine monitor, so it can't be used with motorgliders.

List of approved flight recorders; at the bottom, links to all their webpages.
http://www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/igc_approved_frs.pdf

At 11:53 08 March 2018, Dan Daly wrote:
SeeYou Recorder is a free iPhone app that works with OLC. I'm not
sure
if it can be used for badge flights. The only down side is that it
doesn't
have an engine monitor, so it can't be used with motorgliders.

List of approved flight recorders; at the bottom, links to all their
webpages.
http://www.ukiws.demon.co.uk/GFAC/igc_approved_frs.pdf


Position Recorders are Approved on a Country basis (not by IGC). For US the
only Position Recorders approved a

FlyWithCE Flight Recorder FR300 -
https://www.fai.org/sites/default/fi...al_ssa_v3a.pdf

FlyWithCE Flight Recorder - As far as I am aware, this unit is not longer
manufactured.

So in US, the only alternative to a fully fledged IGC Recorder is the
FlyWithCE Flight Recorder FR300 (which isn't a Flight Recorder, but a
Position Recorder).

All this information is available from https://www.fai.org/igc-documents

FlyWithCE Flight Recorder - As far as I am aware, this unit is not
longe
manufactured.

So in US, the only alternative to a fully fledged IGC Recorder is th
FlyWithCE Flight Recorder FR300 (which isn't a Flight Recorder, but
Position Recorder).

All this information is available from https://www.fai.org/igc-
documents


FR300 - recorders are still for sale on the manufactures website. They
are very simple to use, just turn it on. Charging is via any USB port, I
have tried to flatten the battery on one, but mine runs for 12+ hours
before needing changing.

http://www.flywithce.com/

At 15:18 08 March 2018, David Lowe wrote:

FlyWithCE Flight Recorder - As far as I am aware, this unit is not
longe
manufactured.

So in US, the only alternative to a fully fledged IGC Recorder is th
FlyWithCE Flight Recorder FR300 (which isn't a Flight Recorder, but
Position Recorder).

All this information is available from https://www.fai.org/igc-
documents


FR300 - recorders are still for sale on the manufactures website. They
are very simple to use, just turn it on. Charging is via any USB port, I

have tried to flatten the battery on one, but mine runs for 12+ hours
before needing changing.

I never said the FR300 had seased production, just the earlier model.

http://www.flywithce.com/

At 11:53 08 March 2018, Dan Daly wrote:
SeeYou Recorder is a free iPhone app that works with OLC.

Not free for Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.naviter.seeyou&hl=en
"Please note: This is NOT a free App. You need a current SeeYou
Subscription in order to use all features of this softwa
http://www.naviter.com/important-upgrade-information/

Without the subscription you can try most of the features but you are
limited in how many flights you can open:
. Without SeeYou Cloud account you can only view the demo.igc
. With SeeYou Cloud account but without current SeeYou Subscripotion
you may upload and view 7 of your own flights"

On Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7:30:07 AM UTC-6, Pieter Oosthuizen wrote:
At 11:53 08 March 2018, Dan Daly wrote:
SeeYou Recorder is a free iPhone app that works with OLC.

Not free for Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.naviter.seeyou&hl=en
"Please note: This is NOT a free App. You need a current SeeYou
Subscription in order to use all features of this softwa
http://www.naviter.com/important-upgrade-information/

Without the subscription you can try most of the features but you are
limited in how many flights you can open:
Without SeeYou Cloud account you can only view the demo.igc
With SeeYou Cloud account but without current SeeYou Subscripotion
you may upload and view 7 of your own flights"

You are talking about See You Mobile, not See You Recorder. See You recorder is only a flight recorder. It doesn't let you look at your flight traces at all. It is a free app.

You are talking about See You Mobile, not See You Recorder. See You
recorder is only a flight recorder. It doesn't let you look at your
flight
traces at all. It is a free app.

Thanks, missed that.

The FR300 might be just what my club is looking for. Does anyone have any firsthand experience with them?

Mark

I'm particularly puzzled by this statement on the FlyWithCE website: "Internet connection is required to generate secure IGC files."

- why would an internet connection be needed to secure the file? Seems like a contradiction in terms.

- does the logging device itself connect to the internet, or just the supplied software?

- if the latter, can the flight logs be extracted without that specific software?

Personally I wouldn't accept a recorder that does not generate stand-alone files in its memory that can be transferred to any computer as from any USB memory stick.

If I'm reading the manual correctly (and I admit to just skimming it), it would appear the internet connection is only necessary to generate a secure file. You can download the file from the device and it's stored locally, but by connecting the FlywithCE server it then generates a secure file for OLC flights (and I presume, Silver and Gold badges). You don't have to connect to download the file and the device itself doesn't connect to the internet.