Mike I don't think that was entirely fair. Personally I don't see the continuing development of this product to broaden its use as limitations or 'expensive work arounds' becoming apparent.
Certainly I wouldn't like to see any sort of innovation in aviation safety (flarm or otherwise) limited to what was originally promoted. Hardly the way to move forward. Jo -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Borgelt Sent: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: E: [Aus-soaring] Flarm in commuter aircraft 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 phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 Int'l + 61 429 355784 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com _______________________________________________ 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
