Colibri II – Flight recorder and navigation instrument Page 19
Flight Recorder Management
The flight recorder doesn’t need any special care as it works nearly automatically without pilot
assistance. All the pilot should do is to adapt the logger settings, see the Setup page / Logger menu item.
Start and Stop of flight recording
The unit will start recording immediately after start conditions are met. Start conditions are based on
ground speed and altitude change, so even if the GPS status is bad during takeoff, the unit will start
recording.
It is recommended to switch the unit on a few minutes before takeoff. This will ensure a straight base
line of baro trace (IGC regulation). Running time before takeoff will not reduce memory space of the
flight recorder, due to circular recording before takeoff.
After landing the unit will close the flight after approximately 10 minutes at standstill, so it is
recommended to keep the unit under power and GPS OK until the Calculating Security message appears
on the display. To determine if the flight recorder has closed the flight, move the button to the left or
right. If the Logbook appears, the recording has finished, if the statistic page appears, the recorder is
still active.
Flight evaluation
To check the flight data integrity use the IGC shell program. IGC shell is an IGC freeware program
specially designed to verify the flight record integrity. Use the latest LXN.dll file to validate Colibri II
flights.
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