This is the "principle of interoperability" that is driving all the Mode S proposed requirements for many countries - which are slowly coming to the realisation that there are lots of aircraft with people in them that cannot support a transponder indefinitely because of limited electrical capacity.
Glider pilots throughout the world are leading this fight - all kinds of gliders, plus balloons and some of the lighter ultralights. Wombat (currently in Spain: 35 deg C yesterday and a sky full of good-looking Cu with a very high base. Unfortunately >I am not able to take advantage of it as I am on a bus tour that does not allow me to go gliding for a day.) ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] UAVs Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:02:46 +1000 > Wayne , > > UAV's aren't that interesting. The control/nav/autopilot > systems are essentially off the shelf, the > airframes/power systems are standard model aircraft to > full size aero engineeering. Nothing all that exciting. > Even the sensors are mostly existing technology. > > > One of the big barriers to more widespread use is the > inability to routinely operate outside controlled > airspace as they cannot at present see other traffic. > There's a fair bit of work going on on this. The up side > is that there may eventually be traffic warning systems > that don't depend on co-operative targets(ones equipped > with some sort of beacon). > > Mike > > > > At 10:23 PM 16/06/2009, you wrote: > >I hate UAVs, don't get me started. > >If we have one, they need one, right? > >If they have one and we fight, it will shoot everything > that looks like >ours, right? > >That means us glider folks, too -right? > > > >Wayne Carter > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Aus-soaring mailing list > >[email protected] > >To check or change subscription details, visit: > >http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soarin > g > > Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring > instruments since 1978 phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 > fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 > cellphone Int'l + 61 428 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
