A friend's IGC file has a LOT of time gaps and OLC only gave him a couple points today. Looking at the file, I see a "F" record associated with each gap. According to IGC reference, this indicates a satellite change. Is the receiver having issues? I'
ll have him confirm the antenna is OK tomorrow.

Here's the flight: https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=9213232

Any thoughts?

Tom

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On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:02:37 -0700 (PDT), 5Z wrote:

A friend's IGC file has a LOT of time gaps and OLC only gave him a
couple points today. Looking at the file, I see a "F" record associated
with each gap. According to IGC reference, this indicates a satellite change. Is the receiver having issues? I'll have him confirm the
antenna is OK tomorrow.

Here's the flight: https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?

dsId=9213232

Any thoughts?

Have him check the cabling between antenna and GPS logger for damage and
loose or damaged connectors.


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Gregorie | gregorie dot org

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On 24/09/2022 12:36, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:02:37 -0700 (PDT), 5Z wrote:

A friend's IGC file has a LOT of time gaps and OLC only gave him a
couple points today. Looking at the file, I see a "F" record associated
with each gap. According to IGC reference, this indicates a satellite
change. Is the receiver having issues? I'll have him confirm the
antenna is OK tomorrow.

Here's the flight:
https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?

dsId=9213232

Any thoughts?

Have him check the cabling between antenna and GPS logger for damage and loose or damaged connectors.

Do the Pressure Altitudes record during the 'gaps'? If tot, it might be
a transient Power failure. Do the F-record appear before or after the
'gaps'?

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On Saturday, 24 September 2022 at 06:43:41 UTC-6, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:

On 24/09/2022 12:36, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:02:37 -0700 (PDT), 5Z wrote:

A friend's IGC file has a LOT of time gaps and OLC only gave him a
couple points today. Looking at the file, I see a "F" record associated
with each gap. According to IGC reference, this indicates a satellite
change. Is the receiver having issues? I'll have him confirm the
antenna is OK tomorrow.

Here's the flight:
https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?

dsId=9213232

Any thoughts?

Have him check the cabling between antenna and GPS logger for damage and loose or damaged connectors.

Do the Pressure Altitudes record during the 'gaps'? If tot, it might be
a transient Power failure. Do the F-record appear before or after the
'gaps'?

I downloaded the IGC file, here is a small snippet

ACNI243FLIGHT:1
HFDTE230922
HFFXA005
HFPLTPILOT:Chuck Pinney
HFCM2CREW:
HFGTYGLIDERTYPE:Ventus.2
HFGIDGLIDERID:IC
HFDTM100GPSDATUM:WGS84
HFRFWFIRMWAREVERSION:1.4
HFRHWHARDWAREVERSION:1.0
HFFTYFRTYPE:ClearNav Instr., ClearNav II
HFGPS:UBLOX,NEO-6G,16Ch,50000
HFPRSPRESSALTSENSOR:Intersema,MS5540C,20000
HFCIDCOMPETITIONID:IC
I033638FXA3941ENL4244GSP
C020622193754000000000100
C0000000N00000000ETAKEOFF
C0100000N00100000W Nothing
C0100000N00100000W Nothing
C0000000N00000000ELANDING
B2021133225721N11123182WA0063500598000065000 B2021143225721N11123182WA0063500598000065000 B2021153225721N11123182WA0063500598000073000 B2021153225721N11123182WA0063500598000066000 B2021163225721N11123182WA0063500598000066000 B2021163225721N11123182WA0063500598000063000 B2021173225721N11123182WA0063500598000063001 B2021183225721N11123182WA0063500598000065000 B2021193225721N11123182WA0063500598000080000 B2021203225721N11123182WA0063500598000080000 B2021213225721N11123182WA0063500598000068000 B2021213225721N11123182WA0063500598000068000 B2021223225721N11123182WA0063500598000068000 B2021233225721N11123182WA0063500598000078000 B2021233225721N11123182WA0063500598000076000 B2021243225721N11123183WA0063500598000076003 B2021253225721N11123184WA0063500598000085010 B2021263225721N11123187WA0063500598000093019 B2021263225721N11123187WA0063500598000093019 B2021273225721N11123191WA0063500598000093027 B2021283225721N11123197WA0063500598000098033 B2021293225720N11123203WA0063600598000106041 B2021293225720N11123203WA0063600598000131041 B2021303225719N11123211WA0063600598000131048 B2021313225719N11123220WA0063700599000159054
LCNI202131EVT:ENDBASELINE
LCNI202126EVT:TAKEOFF
F20214601081021222325273132133
B2021463225704N11123463WA0064500604000170123 B2021503225698N11123554WA0064800607000178133 B2021543225693N11123647WA0065800622000157129 B2021583225690N11123738WA0066800636000138128 B2022023225684N11123828WA0068400660001117125 B2022263225452N11124255WA0076500744000099129 B2022303225385N11124299WA0078000761000101128 B2022543224953N11124410WA0087500861001098128
F202258011021222325273132133
B2022583224899N11124349WA0088900874001099126 B2023023224865N11124270WA0090000884001101125 B2023063224862N11124181WA0090600892001101127 B2023103224882N11124094WA0091600903001107127 B2023143224918N11124017WA0093100921001099120 B2023183224961N11123949WA0095000938001095121 B2023223225009N11123882WA0095600945001099124 B2023263225059N11123818WA0096800957000107123 B2023463225270N11123457WA0100801000001107133 B2023503225290N11123365WA0101201002001106136 B2023583225300N11123175WA0103301027001113132
F202402010810212225273132133
B2024023225305N11123082WA0104901045001118129 B2024063225307N11122989WA0106101059001108132 B2024103225307N11122896WA0107301072001110134 B2024543225047N11122406WA0118501198001068093
F20250501081021222325273132133
B2025103225132N11122232WA0120701219001075099 B2025143225076N11122210WA0120901223001077100 B2026103225214N11122377WA0128201299001093094 B2026143225263N11122342WA0127301291001110100 B2026183225289N11122277WA0126301281001093107 B2026223225286N11122199WA0125301272001082115 B2026263225246N11122132WA0125301275001070118 B2026303225183N11122092WA0126101286001054121 B2026343225117N11122099WA0127601305001051103
F202637010810212225273132133
F20274001081021222325273132133
F202907010810212225273132133
B2029503225045N11121932WA0161401658001064100 B2029543225089N11121885WA0162101664001063106 B2029583225070N11121817WA0162501668001069107 B2030023225012N11121817WA0162201663001078104 B2030063225011N11121884WA0162201666001073104
F20301001081021222325273132133
B2030103225066N11121886WA0163301679001065101 B2030143225076N11121816WA0163301674001067114 B2030183225017N11121778WA0162601671001078115 B2030223224962N11121810WA0163601687001072097 B2030303224979N11121924WA0165801706001065095 B2031063224989N11121970WA0169301741001071100 B2031143225082N11121878WA0168301733001089119
F2031170108102122252732133
F203219010810212223253132133
B2032383224716N11121952WA0168901742000091122
F20332001081021222325273132133
F203423011021222325273132133
B2035023224253N11123697WA0162301667000088106 B2035063224279N11123626WA0161001652001095115 B2035103224247N11123561WA0160601647001082107 B2035143224185N11123548WA0160001642000087108 B2035183224120N11123565WA0159601638000084112 B2035223224060N11123599WA0159901642000087111
F203526010810212223273132133
B2035263224006N11123647WA0160201645000079114 B2035303223962N11123709WA0160801654000071113 B2035343223935N11123781WA0161801661000093110 B2035383223939N11123856WA0162501671001077104 B2035423223981N11123902WA0163901683001072096 B2035463224035N11123890WA0164401686001076096 B2035503224055N11123826WA0164201683001090102 B2035543224017N11123772WA0164001682001087104 B2035583223956N11123780WA0163901683001087104 B2036023223914N11123833WA0164101685001087103
F20362801081021222325273132133
B2036423223828N11124594WA0161601657000100136 B2036463223808N11124688WA0161001653000078135 B2036503223794N11124780WA0160901654000061130 B2036543223780N11124871WA0160901651000088130
F203809010810222325273132133
B2038383223570N11127536WA0139801428001073158
F2039130810212223273132133
F20401601081021222325273132133
F20411801031021222325273132133
B2041183223190N11129023WA0149701531000044106 B2042143222410N11129674WA0150401540001041109 B2042183222354N11129641WA0151601549001043107
F2042230103081021222325273132133
B2042263222320N11129498WA0151901549001090110 B2042303222370N11129457WA0151901550001101103 B2043063222280N11129814WA0154501582001048095 B2043103222259N11129751WA0155001585001050098 B2043143222251N11129680WA0155501594001038102
F20432401030810212223253132133
B2043383222292N11129297WA0154301573001100107 B2043423222357N11129304WA0152901559001073114 B2043463222420N11129340WA0151701550000095118 B2044103222503N11129802WA0151501550000062117 B2044143222438N11129819WA0152301558001057115
F20442801030821222325273132133
B2044383222560N11129650WA0154901585001065101 B2044423222559N11129716WA0155401593001068092 B2044463222529N11129773WA0155501591000088099 B2045223222410N11129769WA0158201616001064107 B2045263222349N11129740WA0158101619001073109
F20453001030810212223252732133
B2045303222304N11129689WA0158801628001058101 B2045343222276N11129628WA0159801638000062097 B2045383222263N11129562WA0160801649000048094 B2045423222275N11129500WA0161801660001051089 B2045503222367N11129450WA0162501668000066086 B2045543222418N11129467WA0162201659000076096 B2045583222471N11129506WA0161201655000092105
F2046320103081021222325273132133
B2046383222470N11129512WA0164701691001100100 B2046423222512N11129559WA0165201699001088094 B2046503222542N11129678WA0166101704001087090
F204735010308102122232532133
B2047383222010N11129376WA0166001701001124101 B2047423222037N11129312WA0165601697001126102 B2047463222083N11129266WA0165501698001123097 B2047543222186N11129272WA0164501684001102103 B2047583222232N11129322WA0164301690001090102 B2048023222269N11129377WA0165001698001096096 B2048343222209N11129525WA0169001732001067104
F20483801030810212223253132133
B2048383222190N11129461WA0169501740001076095 B2048463222285N11129459WA0169601745001080100 B2048543222226N11129531WA0171001747001061109 B2049143222331N11129301WA0172901776001105089 B2049183222376N11129329WA0172701772001102085 B2049223222396N11129388WA0171201755001090098 B2049263222392N11129462WA0170301752001082107 B2049303222377N11129537WA0170301753001088108 B2049383222302N11129649WA0171101760001079104
F204956010308102122253132133
B2050183221785N11129360WA0172001768001061107 B2050223221721N11129361WA0171901766001086107
F20505901030810212223253132133
B2051023221054N11129221WA0171901772001052110 B2051343221088N11128817WA0174501795001047114 B2051423221164N11128918WA0175801806001078099 B2051463221168N11128993WA0174901796001079109 B2051503221157N11129064WA0175101806001080096
F205200010310212223253132133
B2052223220757N11129210WA0175001795001111112 B2052263220725N11129139WA0173801783001116114 B2052303220710N11129062WA0173001774001082109 B2052543220803N11128647WA0171101756001123104
F20530201030810212223253132133
B2053023220894N11128549WA0170401748000115105 B2053063220955N11128546WA0170601754000082099 B2053103221010N11128573WA0171201760001061097 B2053343220892N11128733WA0171801768001079112 B2053383220848N11128675WA0172001768001098111
F205419010810212223253132133

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On 24/09/2022 16:03, Ron Gleason wrote:

On Saturday, 24 September 2022 at 06:43:41 UTC-6, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:

On 24/09/2022 12:36, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:02:37 -0700 (PDT), 5Z wrote:

A friend's IGC file has a LOT of time gaps and OLC only gave him a
couple points today. Looking at the file, I see a "F" record associated >>>> with each gap. According to IGC reference, this indicates a satellite
change. Is the receiver having issues? I'll have him confirm the
antenna is OK tomorrow.

Here's the flight:
https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?

dsId=9213232

Any thoughts?

Have him check the cabling between antenna and GPS logger for damage and >>> loose or damaged connectors.

Do the Pressure Altitudes record during the 'gaps'? If tot, it might be
a transient Power failure. Do the F-record appear before or after the
'gaps'?

I downloaded the IGC file, here is a small snippet

SNIP>

Interesting. If the antenna was the problem, the IGC file should show
Pressure Altitude fixes. It Doesn't. It should also show zero GPS
altitude during the gap. It doesn't do that either.

My best guess is that the Flight Recorder firmware is being
re-initialised for some reason.

The likely culprit is a power glitch, although I recall one problem many
years ago where it was caused whenever the radio transmitted, and the
current drawn when transmitting may have had the same effect.

If I am right, attention to the supply cables may resolve it. Is this a
new installation?

Can you try with the recorder on a different battery from the radio?

Tim.

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On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:03:03 -0700 (PDT), Ron Gleason wrote:

On Saturday, 24 September 2022 at 06:43:41 UTC-6, Tim Newport-Peace
wrote:

On 24/09/2022 12:36, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:02:37 -0700 (PDT), 5Z wrote:

A friend's IGC file has a LOT of time gaps and OLC only gave him a
couple points today. Looking at the file, I see a "F" record
associated with each gap. According to IGC reference, this indicates
a satellite change. Is the receiver having issues? I'll have him
confirm the antenna is OK tomorrow.

Here's the flight:
https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?

dsId=9213232

Any thoughts?

Have him check the cabling between antenna and GPS logger for damage
and loose or damaged connectors.

Do the Pressure Altitudes record during the 'gaps'? If tot, it might be
a transient Power failure. Do the F-record appear before or after the
'gaps'?

I downloaded the IGC file, here is a small snippet

Thanks for posting the following snippet. I loaded it into GPLIGC, which displays your snippet successfully, but it has contains six pairs of
identical B records and displays something like thus:

- a take-off and climb from 2000ft to around 5500ft
(say 10-12 minutes on tow)
- a missing segment of 5 minutes
- about 5 minutes gliding
- a missing segment of 6 or 7 minutes
- a rather lumpy climb of about 10-12 minutes

Its easy to spot other oddities too
(see below for annotated faults):

ACNI243FLIGHT:1 HFDTE230922 HFFXA005 HFPLTPILOT:Chuck Pinney HFCM2CREW: HFGTYGLIDERTYPE:Ventus.2 HFGIDGLIDERID:IC HFDTM100GPSDATUM:WGS84 HFRFWFIRMWAREVERSION:1.4 HFRHWHARDWAREVERSION:1.0 HFFTYFRTYPE:ClearNav Instr., ClearNav II HFGPS:UBLOX,NEO-6G,16Ch,50000 HFPRSPRESSALTSENSOR:Intersema,MS5540C,20000 HFCIDCOMPETITIONID:IC I033638FXA3941ENL4244GSP C020622193754000000000100
C0000000N00000000ETAKEOFF C0100000N00100000W Nothing C0100000N00100000W Nothing C0000000N00000000ELANDING B2021133225721N11123182WA0063500598000065000 B2021143225721N11123182WA0063500598000065000

B2021153225721N11123182WA0063500598000073000 B2021153225721N11123182WA0063500598000066000

^^ two B records with the same timestamp

B2021163225721N11123182WA0063500598000066000 B2021163225721N11123182WA0063500598000063000

^^ ditto

B2021173225721N11123182WA0063500598000063001 B2021183225721N11123182WA0063500598000065000 B2021193225721N11123182WA0063500598000080000 B2021203225721N11123182WA0063500598000080000 B2021213225721N11123182WA0063500598000068000 B2021213225721N11123182WA0063500598000068000

^^^ ditto

B2021223225721N11123182WA0063500598000068000 B2021233225721N11123182WA0063500598000078000 B2021233225721N11123182WA0063500598000076000

^^^ditto

B2021243225721N11123183WA0063500598000076003 B2021253225721N11123184WA0063500598000085010 B2021263225721N11123187WA0063500598000093019 B2021263225721N11123187WA0063500598000093019

^^^ditto

B2021273225721N11123191WA0063500598000093027 B2021283225721N11123197WA0063500598000098033 B2021293225720N11123203WA0063600598000106041 B2021293225720N11123203WA0063600598000131041

^^^ditto

B2021303225719N11123211WA0063600598000131048 B2021313225719N11123220WA0063700599000159054 LCNI202131EVT:ENDBASELINE LCNI202126EVT:TAKEOFF F20214601081021222325273132133 B2021463225704N11123463WA0064500604000170123 B2021503225698N11123554WA0064800607000178133

^^^ 4 second gap

B2021543225693N11123647WA0065800622000157129 B2021583225690N11123738WA0066800636000138128

^^^ 4 second gap

B2022023225684N11123828WA0068400660001117125 B2022263225452N11124255WA0076500744000099129

^^^ 24 second gap

B2022303225385N11124299WA0078000761000101128 B2022543224953N11124410WA0087500861001098128
F202258011021222325273132133
B2022583224899N11124349WA0088900874001099126 B2023023224865N11124270WA0090000884001101125 B2023063224862N11124181WA0090600892001101127 B2023103224882N11124094WA0091600903001107127 B2023143224918N11124017WA0093100921001099120 B2023183224961N11123949WA0095000938001095121 B2023223225009N11123882WA0095600945001099124 B2023263225059N11123818WA0096800957000107123 B2023463225270N11123457WA0100801000001107133 B2023503225290N11123365WA0101201002001106136 B2023583225300N11123175WA0103301027001113132
F202402010810212225273132133
B2024023225305N11123082WA0104901045001118129 B2024063225307N11122989WA0106101059001108132 B2024103225307N11122896WA0107301072001110134 B2024543225047N11122406WA0118501198001068093
F20250501081021222325273132133
B2025103225132N11122232WA0120701219001075099 B2025143225076N11122210WA0120901223001077100 B2026103225214N11122377WA0128201299001093094 B2026143225263N11122342WA0127301291001110100 B2026183225289N11122277WA0126301281001093107 B2026223225286N11122199WA0125301272001082115 B2026263225246N11122132WA0125301275001070118 B2026303225183N11122092WA0126101286001054121 B2026343225117N11122099WA0127601305001051103
F202637010810212225273132133
F20274001081021222325273132133
F202907010810212225273132133

^^^ three satellite constellation changes in 2.5 minutes

I give up here, but you get the picture:

The B records are mostly at 4 second intervals except then they aren't,
which to me points at (possibly) a dodgy power supply or intermittent
power connection though a bad system clock in the flight recorder would
seem more likely: I'd expect power intermittent enough to cause this sort
of clock instability in modern(ish) electronics would also be causing the
whole instrument to reboot from time to time..

B2029503225045N11121932WA0161401658001064100 B2029543225089N11121885WA0162101664001063106 B2029583225070N11121817WA0162501668001069107 B2030023225012N11121817WA0162201663001078104 B2030063225011N11121884WA0162201666001073104
F20301001081021222325273132133
B2030103225066N11121886WA0163301679001065101 B2030143225076N11121816WA0163301674001067114 B2030183225017N11121778WA0162601671001078115 B2030223224962N11121810WA0163601687001072097 B2030303224979N11121924WA0165801706001065095 B2031063224989N11121970WA0169301741001071100 B2031143225082N11121878WA0168301733001089119
F2031170108102122252732133
F203219010810212223253132133
B2032383224716N11121952WA0168901742000091122
F20332001081021222325273132133
F203423011021222325273132133

^^^ 4 satellite constellation changes in just over 3 minutes?
with only one B record in all that time??


Arrrgh! If that was my kit in this order I'd:
1) check the battery(s) (inspect, fully charge, measure capacity
and discard of holding less than 80% of new capacity

I have the sort of charger used by radio model fliers for
their flight batteries, These can charge and measure the
capacity of Lead-acid (SLA), NiCD, NiMH and possibly LiPO,
battery types. I check my glider SLAs once a year and
discard when capacity falls below 80% (they usually last
2-3 years.

2) check the wiring and connectors for that flight carefully
for anything obvious like damaged cables and loose or dirty
connectors, correcting any faults, because thats cheap and
easy to do. Get a pocket multimeter if you don't have one.

3) if the first two steps didn't solve the problem, either get
the flight recorded services or replace it.


--

Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

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On 24/09/2022 18:34, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:03:03 -0700 (PDT), Ron Gleason wrote:

On Saturday, 24 September 2022 at 06:43:41 UTC-6, Tim Newport-Peace
wrote:

On 24/09/2022 12:36, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:02:37 -0700 (PDT), 5Z wrote:

A friend's IGC file has a LOT of time gaps and OLC only gave him a
couple points today. Looking at the file, I see a "F" record
associated with each gap. According to IGC reference, this indicates >>>>> a satellite change. Is the receiver having issues? I'll have him
confirm the antenna is OK tomorrow.

Here's the flight:
https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?

dsId=9213232

Any thoughts?

Have him check the cabling between antenna and GPS logger for damage
and loose or damaged connectors.

Do the Pressure Altitudes record during the 'gaps'? If tot, it might be
a transient Power failure. Do the F-record appear before or after the
'gaps'?

I downloaded the IGC file, here is a small snippet

Thanks for posting the following snippet. I loaded it into GPLIGC, which displays your snippet successfully, but it has contains six pairs of identical B records and displays something like thus:

- a take-off and climb from 2000ft to around 5500ft
(say 10-12 minutes on tow)
- a missing segment of 5 minutes
- about 5 minutes gliding
- a missing segment of 6 or 7 minutes
- a rather lumpy climb of about 10-12 minutes

Its easy to spot other oddities too
(see below for annotated faults):

ACNI243FLIGHT:1 HFDTE230922 HFFXA005 HFPLTPILOT:Chuck Pinney HFCM2CREW:
HFGTYGLIDERTYPE:Ventus.2 HFGIDGLIDERID:IC HFDTM100GPSDATUM:WGS84
HFRFWFIRMWAREVERSION:1.4 HFRHWHARDWAREVERSION:1.0 HFFTYFRTYPE:ClearNav
Instr., ClearNav II HFGPS:UBLOX,NEO-6G,16Ch,50000
HFPRSPRESSALTSENSOR:Intersema,MS5540C,20000 HFCIDCOMPETITIONID:IC
I033638FXA3941ENL4244GSP C020622193754000000000100
C0000000N00000000ETAKEOFF C0100000N00100000W Nothing C0100000N00100000W
Nothing C0000000N00000000ELANDING

The task declaration lines:
C020622193754000000000100
C0000000N00000000ETAKEOFF
C0100000N00100000W Nothing
C0100000N00100000W Nothing
C0000000N00000000ELANDING

is dated 2nd June 22 and suggests that no task has ever been declared on
this recorder, so probably a new instrument and a new installation,
which needs inspection.

B2021133225721N11123182WA0063500598000065000
B2021143225721N11123182WA0063500598000065000

B2021153225721N11123182WA0063500598000073000
B2021153225721N11123182WA0063500598000066000

^^ two B records with the same timestamp

Clearnav records at 1 second intervals (fixed), but downloads at the
interval selected (4 seconds). Recording at 1 second intervals can lead
to duplicate times (due to rounding?). This has been observed before on recorders from various manufacturers.

<snip>

Arrrgh! If that was my kit in this order I'd:
1) check the battery(s) (inspect, fully charge, measure capacity
and discard of holding less than 80% of new capacity

I have the sort of charger used by radio model fliers for
their flight batteries, These can charge and measure the
capacity of Lead-acid (SLA), NiCD, NiMH and possibly LiPO,
battery types. I check my glider SLAs once a year and
discard when capacity falls below 80% (they usually last
2-3 years.

2) check the wiring and connectors for that flight carefully
for anything obvious like damaged cables and loose or dirty
connectors, correcting any faults, because thats cheap and
easy to do. Get a pocket multimeter if you don't have one.

3) if the first two steps didn't solve the problem, either get
the flight recorded services or replace it.

I suspect that this is a new installation as above. It needs inspecting
by a competent person and trying having the radio on a separate battery.

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