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is the cost to purchase one? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of RF Developments Pty Ltd Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2006 8:28 AM To: 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' Subject: [Aus-soaring] Gawler Ozflarm update Hi guys and
girls.
Just a quick update on some
things from our end regarding Gawler FLARM trial. All gliders are fitted , at
least they should be. Tugs were fitted. Several already had OzFLARMS and one had
the Swiss FLARM with remote display. So far the feedback I have is very
positive. A report will be filled in by each pilot regarding the trial so we
look forward to that. Following is a cut and paste from the site with Rob Moores
comments , note the reference to finding a glider! Anyway, Rob has some software
provided by John Wharington and maintained by Todd on site that allows them to
see finishing gliders using FLARM ( Software is XC soar ). I loaned them a base
version of OzFLARM, they made a high gain antenna and in conjunction with the
P.C based software I believe it all works well. The range is limited to 5km's in
software, we were too late in getting a 10km version to them but possibly will
have one for Benalla. Just a fun thing to have set up, future comps might like
to try this.
We will be at Benalla this
Sunday/Monday for those who have OzFLARMS and have any questions they might want
to ask or help in installing units. A total of 80 units have been sold with one
club, DDSC in Queensland leading the way with 19 plus gliders being
fitted!
Cheers
Nigel
P.S The GFA will be
publishing the official results from the trial when they become available, my
report is largely word of mouth.
Moore National Notes I apologies for the late notes we had a power failure late last night. As you have seen today was a scorcher not only in temperature but also in the speeds that the Performance class did with IT doing over 130 km/h. Gliders reached heights of over 11000’ and had rates of climbs reported at 10 kts and more. Tomorrows conditions will not be as good but we should have thermals to at least 8000’. The club meal tonight was great as usual and those of you who have been to Gawler Nationals in the past will understand the quality of food this small band of woman provide. We have trialed using the FLARM as a tracking device for gliders inbound to the finish and it works quite well. I am sure that it will be further refined for the Club Class Championships in a few weeks. Another interesting application for the FLARM is to assist Aero Tow retrieves John Hudson was out to get a glider from a field and 5 km from the field the FLARM alerted him to a glider below and ahead he looked down and there was his client. Sound bites are provided tonight from some of the pilots who had good flights today. Nigel Andrews RF Developments Pty Ltd "A Queensland Company devoted to Research and Development in aviation electronics" Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: (61) 7 54635670 Fax: (61) 7 54635695 **************DISCLAIMER************ The information contained in the above e-mail message or messages (which includes any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the addressee any form of disclosure, copying, modification, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on the information is unauthorised. If you received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your computer system network. |
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