Jason, I suspect it was the combination of 2G turns in the gaggles plus not doing the flying that was the problem. Not doing the flying when I'm in a two seater is one of the worst things I can do. Perhaps that's another of those little things that got passed along in the genes... Fortunately colour blindness passes on from the mother's side so you have avoided that one.
Allan Armistead ph (02) 6249 6470, fax (02) 6249 6555, mobile 0413 013 911 PO Box 908, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia "When once you have tasted flight, you will always walk with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you always will be." Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason and Jemima Armistead Sent: Friday, 25 November 2005 18:17 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] FLARM @ KEEPIT Derek, Nigel and Dad Eventually I'm sure that someone will come up with a system that mounts right on your glasses and gives a warning signal straight to your eyes, or generates some sort of virtual heads-up display overlayed on your view of the world. In the meantime, LEDs are now available in white, blue, red, green and orange. So perhaps a non-standard colour set is suitable for those who are colourblind red and green ? I only observed the FLARM units briefly, and maybe if multi-colour LEDs are used this is still a problem if you needed to mount 2 or more LEDs where only one multicolour one is used in a "normal" FLARM display. As for my $0.02 worth, although I spent 5 hours wishing I could die instead of puking over and over again while riding in the back of the DG-1000 (not sure if it was dehydration, something that I ate, or perhaps not being used to continued 2G turns in gaggles while swivelling my head to watch all the other traffic ?), I think that a FLARM repeater display in the back of a two seater would be useful so that the workload could be shared amongst both pilots. Jason At 03:45 PM 25/11/2005, you wrote: >Content-class: urn:content-classes:message >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C5F17B.0685231D" > >2 days: By the end of the flight the next day the power led was flashing , >but the unit still registered other gliders. > >Nigel, I think the unit would be improved immensely by the addition of a >LCD display instead of the LEDs (and a glareshield ), plus a voice option >instead of the alarm (traffic 12 high ) >Derek >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RF >Developments Pty Ltd >Sent: Friday, 25 November 2005 3:04 PM >To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' >Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] FLARM @ KEEPIT > >Derek, > >How long did those AA batteries last? > >Nigel > > > > > > >Nigel Andrews >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Ruddock >Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 12:41 PM >To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. >Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] FLARM @ KEEPIT >The general impression I got was that they worked very well. >In no way can they be regarded as a substitute for a good lookout, and >this point was made very clear at the briefings. >I personally never had an alarm whilst thermalling, although I understand >some pilots did. > >I had 2 alarms during the course of the contest: in both cases I had not >seen the approaching glider first: >our paths were not collision courses and avoiding action was not required. >I was, however, pleased that the presence of the other glider was drawn to >my attention before I had noticed it. This alone convinced me of the value >of the FLARM. > >Quite frankly I rarely looked at it, so I found it definitely NOT to be a >distraction in the cockpit. > >There are some minor issues regarding the design: the unit needs a glare >shield, and perhaps a different display, as the threats are displayed on >red or green LEDs, and thus present problems to colour blind pilots. I >believe there are also some minor problems to be sorted out with the software > >All in all, I believe that the trial was very successful > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Kidd >Sent: Friday, 25 November 2005 1:17 PM >To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. >Subject: [Aus-soaring] FLARM @ KEEPIT > >1 Would anyone care to offer any feedback on how the Flarm trial went >at Keepit? > > Did anyone find them useful? > >2 Gee it's been comparatively quiet on this forum lately. Doesn't >anyone have anything controversial to say? > >_______________________________________________ >Aus-soaring mailing list >[email protected] >To check or change subscription details, visit: >http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
