The frequency at which the 6030 records data is the Record Interval and can be set in Menu>Pilot settings>
Recording>Recording Interval. The default recording interval is ten seconds, which is appropriate for most types
of flying. The record interval can be set to a value between 1 and 60 seconds. A recording interval of 1 second
is useful for performance testing or aerobatic flights, whereas, a record interval greater than the default 10
seconds may be useful for extraordinarily long recordings. Because the 6030 records a tracklog point at the
moment the pilot crosses a cylinder boundary it is not necessary to use a short record interval as is the case
with consumer GPS units.
When the record interval is set to 1-second, at the conclusion of a flight, the 6030 will save the flight to the flight
memory with a 5-second record interval and will also save two IGC files (one at 5-sec. and one at 1-sec.) to the
SD card. Obviously an SD card must be installed for these two flights to be recorded. When selecting the 1-
second record interval in Menu>Pilot settings> Recording>Recording Interval the instrument will remind you that
the SD card must be installed. When saving a flight recorded at 1-sec. to the SD card, it will take about 85-
seconds to process each hour of record time. Please wait for IGC file name to be shown at the bottom of the
Flight Analysis page before pressing any keys.
If fulltime recording is selected, recording will continue until the On/Off key
is pressed for three seconds. When this is done the display will show
“really switch off?”, press the OK key to confirm the end of the recording
and begin the generation of the digital signature. After the digital signature
is generated the instrument will save the flight to the instrument flight
memory and the SD card. Do not press any keys until the process is
completed. Note: manual recording will not start if the 6030 is in the menu-
mode.
To view your stored flight records, highlight Flight Memory and Tracks in
the Main Setup Menu and press the OK key. The records are stored
according to date of the flight, shown in the left column, with the most
recent flight on top. The duration of the flight is also shown, in the right
column. On this page, individual flights can be deleted from the list by
pressing the F2 (Del. Flight) key. Individual flights in this list can be
manually saved to an SD card (assuming one has been loaded into the SD
card slot) by pressing the F1 (Copy to SD) key. Note: the SD card must be
formatted with FAT or FAT16. For more information regarding saving to the
SD card see section 9.9.
To view the details of a flight, use the "! keys to move through the list
and choose the desired flight with the OK key. The flight, with its benchmark figures is then displayed on the
Flight Analysis page. If necessary, the Digital Signature of the flight can be recalculated by pressing the F2 key
(see section Error! Reference source not found.). Pressing the F1 key will display the tracklog of the flight.
Important: The 6030 will store up to 100 flights in the Flight Memory menu. When the memory is full (more than
100 flights or the recording time has been exceeded) the 6030 will write a new flight recording over the oldest
flight in memory. To prevent the loss of data and possible firmware issues it is recommended that you routinely
save your flights to your computer (with FlyChart, GPSDump, etc.) and/or to an SD card. Once the flights have
been properly saved, the flight memory should be cleared in Menu>Clear/Initialize memory>Delete all flights.
This procedure ensures that your recorded flights are remotely saved and allows the 6030 to record new flights
with refreshed memory.
It is possible that the max values shown on the Flight Analysis page will not agree with the max values shown in
your flight evaluation software (e.g., FlyChart, SeeYou, CompeGPS, etc.). This is because the 6030 updates its
max values each second, whereas flight evaluation programs analyze the data contained in the .igc file, and it
is quite possible that the maximum value occurred between recording points. For example, if the 6030 recording
interval is set to 10 sec, and within a 10-second period an altitude change of 20 meters occurs, a climb rate of
2.0 m/sec is calculated by a flight evaluation program. However, within this 10-second period it is quite possible
that a momentary climb rate greater than 2 m/sec occurred. Due to the 6030’s 1-second update rate, the Flight
Analysis page would show the higher value. Flight Analysis page data is not transferred when flights are
downloaded to a PC.
Flights stored in the 6030 can be downloaded to flight verification programs to score a competition, prove a
record flight or participate in the OLC (On-Line Contest). The takeoff and landing points are contained in the
IGC file. The takeoff position is the GPS location where flight acceptance (as discussed above) occurred. The
landing position is the position where the instrument recognized the end of the flight according to the conditions
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