Today, April 26th 2013, we have released a complementary module (plug-in) to be installed and used together LK version 4.0A . This plugin is required by some online competitions for paragliders, such like FAI/CIVL WXC,  XCBrasil, XC UK, and generally most of competitions that require compatibility with FAI/CIVL WXC.

The plugin is not required for OLC, XContest and many other competitions.

Pilots can get the plugin package from the Download section.

We are pleased to announce that FAI/CIVL WXC is accepting flight logs from LK!

The tracklogs will be accepted only if the new plugin for LKRECORD_PNA.LK8 is installed. This plugin will be released shortly, by the end of march.

We wish to thank John Stevenson ! Thanks John!

We are pleased to announce that UK XCL is "happy to accept tracklogs from LK8000", thanks to the help of all good people up there, and namely Richard Bungay !

The tracklogs will be accepted only if the new plugin for LKRECORD_PNA.LK8 is installed. This plugin will be released shortly.

Durval Henke has announced today that a solution to allow flight downloads (and probably also waypoint uploads) to PNA units running LK8000 is under development, in co-operation with the LK development team.

This solution will allow Competition Scorers to connect to a PNA just like they do with a dedicated custom unit (Flymaster, Garmin, Flytec, Digifly , etc.) with GpsDump, and thus allowing valid flight download from any LK PNA.

The solution will autonomously authenticate and validate flight logs, with no need of special plug-ins.

This is going to be valid for live competitions, not for online contests.

Thanks to an incredibly fast and professional help from mr Durval Henke, the XCBrasil service is now accepting the flight logs generated by LK.

The validation scheme requires pilots to install a "plug-in" inside the _Logger folder of LK8000.

This plugin will be available in a few days in the download section. Without this plugin, flight logs are not valid for XCBrasil.

We had been working on the plugin solution for some months, and after release of new 4.0 version the development was completed. When we contacted mr. Henke we got feedback in 1 hour, and immediately got the validation scheme accepted.

We all thank Durval for the fantastic support, and for the good things he is carrying on for the flight community.

The online contest dhv-xc.de is now accepting LK logfiles for the competition.

Special thanks to Peter Wild !

The language pack update is available updating Brasilian and adding Vietnamese language.

The new LK8000 v4.0 has been released on february 24th 2013.

This version took 12 months of development, and 18 beta releases tested by an average of 350 pilots around the world.

The new manual is already available for download.

Excellent news for all pilots!

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The english translation of V3.0 handbook is now ready for download in the manual section.

It is with the greatest pleasure that we can announce that the effort by Frank Pennauer (Canada) and Ernst D. Kilnkenberg (Germany) is now over. Ernst (who is the original author of the manual in german) helped with Frank for this big work: around 300 pages, full of pictures, and clear explanations.

The handbook is more than a simple description of the software: it deals with considerations about flight computer, user interface, safety, and generally how and why a gps can help in flight.

Get familiar with 3.0 tips and tricks, while we are working for the next 4.0 version, with amazing new features and an always better documentation. Thanks to Frank Pennauer, and of course thanks to Ernst!