Nigel, you inadvertantly already answered one of my questions on Ozflarm,
regarding compatability with the original. My second burning question is
availability. When can it be used by competition pilots? I am of the firm
opinion that the use of Flarm (as long as legal) has little to do with the
GFA or comp organisers but is an individual choice. I don't buy the argument
that all must have i to make it work either. If 2 of 50 competitors have it
installed (myself and one other) the risk of a midair is reduced by 4 %. I'm
prepared to start like that, hoping that non equipped gliders will sooner or
later be outcasts.
So - when can we have it?
Best regards - Rolf
snip
FLARM which is well progressed, which will have compatibility with SWISS
FLARM , and , ADS-B. ADS-B will require the addition of a receiver, which
we
are developing for the G.A market.
Cheers
Nigel
Nigel Andrews
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert
Hart
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring
in
Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] More information on Flarm
Peter and Mandy Temple wrote:
G'day all,
I've received further information on operation of the Flarm. All of the
improvements that I considered (and more) were already in the unit that I
flew with in France! See the report dated 6 September on
http://www.users.on.net/~mwilson/vinon2005/
<http://www.users.on.net/%7Emwilson/vinon2005/>
Many thanks for the info - very interesting. I look forward to hearing how
the trials go at Gawler.
With the reports we have been getting from Europe, it sounds as if FLARM is
a truly excellent device. There is only one issue I have with it: if the
gliding world in Oz adopts FLARM, how are we going to interface to the rest
of aviation (who will be using ADS-B).
>From what Migel Andrews has been saying, it is relatively easy to add
ADS-B
reception to FLARM. This will give the gliding world information about what
the rest of aviation is doing in the sky around them, but it won't give the
rest of aviation information about the gliders in the sky. Adding ADS-B
transmit is a problem in terms of power usage, but I can see another prolem
too. If gliders start xmitting ADS-B info (in addition to FLARM), it will
be
necessary to suppress the ADS-B info from other gliders to prevent alarms
going off all over the place in gaggles and such.
Having read the article posted here a week or so ago (written by someone in
GA I think - I can't find the article in the archive), I am not sure that
the rest of the aviation world is quite aware of the problems that ADS-B
has
for glider operations.
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Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+61 (0)438 385 533
Brisbane, Australia http://www.hart.wattle.id.au
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