Marcel Duenner from Switzerland has provided the following to the Flarm
thread on The Glider Forum.
He is right ..... & I've asked him for some more information
.................................Regards Geoff
From MD QUOTE .....The strong take-up in Europe is not just promotional
talk - it's a fact.
One reason is: FLARM works very well!
The other main reason is certainly the high number of collisions happening
around here so the risk is conceived as such. I'm quite sure everyone in
central Europe, not only in the alps, has had close encounters. Some
noticed, some probably didn't. Even in regions with generally less dense
traffic I think FLARM is worth thinking of. Near airports you always have
several gliders and/or tugs close together. And you also hold comps there,
don't you?
One other thing: If everybody waits for everyone else to have one - it's
never going to happen. Get together and start by equipping as many gliders
as possible in your region, at your gliderport...... UNQUOTE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Boulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Aus-soaring] FLARM
Attached is an snapshot from Sailplane and Gliding on FLARM. The install
base is higher according to this.
/daveb
Graeme Cant wrote:
From: "Geoff Kidd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I haven't bought one (yet) as they are just nose ballast unless a
reasonable
proportion of others have them.
Bernard's point is correct. If there aren't a good number fitted they
will not help.
But I still say that the GFA should consider taking a leadership role to
progress this vital safety issue
Well, I think this is hardly "vital" since we're all happily going to
go back to flying without FLARM or ADSB or TCAS this weekend and next
and next month and in fact the whole next season after we've all
beaten our gums about this for a week or so - and the odds are that no
collision will take place becasue the sky in Oz is REALLY, REALLY BIG.
I'm also philosophically against it. Australian gliding has a long
record of relying on some official institution to make us do things
"for our own good". I don't like it much. If it's worth doing, it's
worth clubs and club members deciding to do it for themselves. Over
time, the major collision risk has to be in and near the
circuit/training areas of fairly busy clubs. DDSC, ASC, Bacchus Marsh
and so on. It might be a good starting point to see if any of those
clubs think it worth the cost of fitting their training fleets with
FLARM. If they do and it's seen as valuable, a lot of their private
owners will follow.
FLARM's website says it has sold 450 of them. The threat in the Alps
is so obvious that it seems no official encouragement was needed to
sell them and certainly no compulsion. The first buyers, I gather,
were simply groups of club members and clubs themselves fitting them
to their fleet.
... as indeed the NZ Association appears to be doing from John
Roake's email.
Hmmm. Maybe. Since all gliders in NZ already have transponders, I
think it's unlikely - but you never know.
Or a group of like minded pilots should just band together and go for
it ...
maybe on a package price if such a thing is available.
That's more like it. I'll be in it.
Graeme Cant
Geoff
----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Cant"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Aus-soaring] FLARM
>From: "Geoff Kidd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I made a short movie to show how the new FLARM display works :
http://depechy.free.fr/flarm/FLARM_Rennes_050527.wmv
Geoff
Geoff,
How much did your new FLARM uniit cost you and when are you taking
delivery?
Graeme Cant
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