At 07:56 AM 31/01/2007, you wrote:
Short update on flarm in Australia
Mike, Flarm ( or Ozflarm) is being used in several G.A aircraft using the
external antenna we had designed, the c150 at Boonah was the first to trial
this and it works well. 2 ozflarms are currently being trialled in commuter
aircraft in New Zealand and 40 were recently trialed at Omarama at their
nationals and subsequently sold to all the pilots. The commuter aircraft
trialing the system operate into those areas as well so the data from this
will be interesting. Flarm and ourselves are working on a reliable system
for G.A that will offer a 5nm range. A combined Flarm/ADS-B system will be
demonstrated soon to airservices for future developments to aid ADS-B as it
is now recognized that a large number of gliders are fitted with Flarm.
Yeah but now we're talking external antennas and installations (read
expense) instead of a cheap simple system to go on top of the
glareshield. I hate to think what an installation with external
antenna(s?) in a pressurised commercial aircraft will cost.
This really isn't the same thing as was originally promoted.
I read the flarm website before most people in this country had even
heard of it and it was promoted as cheap, simple and effective with
high resistance to false alarms.
Now the limitations and work arounds involving more expense are
becoming apparent.
Mike
Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments
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