Holy Moly but this thread grew legs!  I've replied to Steve off list as 
he's a US guy, but just for the record, Section 6.7 of the US comp rules 
cover this.  The only place we allow software based logging  for scoring 
purposes is in US Sports Class Regionals.  Software is approved on case 
by case basis and XCSoar is approved.  In certain other cases, a log 
from XCSoar may be acceptable as a backup in case of a primary logger 
failure (and in certain other cases, it absolutely isn't).  Read the 
rules for your comp and class, please.

That said, my experience -- mostly watching others curse in this case -- 
is that using a software logger is vastly more likely to lead to 
problems than use of a dedicated flight recorder.  A US guy just 
starting out on a budget might want to use XCS for the first comp season 
provided he's had a chance to develop confidence in and facility with 
XCS.  But bear in mind that XCS 6 is still pretty new!

I was pretty close to buying an LX Nano for backup purposes (my primary 
is C-302), but then PowerFlarm announced that they were incorporating an 
igc (through diamonds) logger and as I've been on the PF wait list since 
last July I thought I was taken care of for 2011 season.  Well, maybe by 
the *end* of the 2011 season....

-Evan Ludeman / T8

On 3/28/2011 5:56 PM, Steve Freeman wrote:
> I am considering flying in my first US regional contest this summer. I have a 
> GPS-NAV in the glider but it is complicated to put in tasks etc. Will igc 
> files from XCSoar running on my ipaq with a bluetooth Garmin GPS be 
> acceptable in an SSA regional contest?
>

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