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OLC, ENL, Start of soaring flight
I'd like to hear from people who submit logs to OLC using a recorder
that has no ENL (Engine Noise Level) capability and produces a log with no ENL data. Does OLC automatically determine the start of soaring flight, or do you always have to set it manually? If OLC does it automatically, how often does it get tow release point correct (close enough that you don't have to revise the time to get credit for full flight distance)? Reason for the question is that I fly a pure glider and quite often my tow release is many miles in error as my ENL is high due to open nose vent. (CAI 302, ASW28) thanks Andy |
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OLC, ENL, Start of soaring flight
On Jul 30, 7:31*am, Andy wrote:
I'd like to hear from people who submit logs to OLC using a recorder that has no *ENL (Engine Noise Level) capability and produces a log with no ENL data. Does OLC automatically determine the start of soaring flight, or do you always have to set it manually? If OLC does it automatically, how often does it get tow release point correct (close enough that you don't have to revise the time to get credit for full flight distance)? Reason for the question is that I fly a pure glider and quite often my tow release is many miles in error as my ENL is high due to open nose vent. (CAI 302, ASW28) thanks Andy Andy, To prevent the ENL error make sure the "pure glider" checkbox is marked so it will ignore the noise. The checkbox is available when submitting from SeeYou but I believe also in the OLC direct claim. However the latest version of SeeYou has a bug which results in credit from take off to landing, as if the soaring flight started right after takeoff. Unfortunately they haven't fixed it yet so I suspect many olc flights are scored wrongly, unless the start time was corrected manually. A better option is to submit directly to OLC, which usually doing good job on identifying the release based on either drop at altitude or tight circle, which works well most of the time, unless you release in wave or ridge lift. Ramy |
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OLC, ENL, Start of soaring flight
On Jul 30, 12:39*pm, Ramy wrote:
To prevent the ENL error make sure the "pure glider" checkbox is marked so it will ignore the noise. It would be intuitive to assume that were true but I don't think it is. I believe I have pure glider checked but I cannot verify that without making a new claim. I asked OLC to ignor ENL for pure gliders and was advised that the way to ensure ENL was ignored was to disable it in my logger. I know of no way to do that with a 302 and I don't want to anyway. Andy |
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