Hi all, Just a reminder that FLARM is based on a closed, proprietary standard. Unlike other widely-used collision avoidance systems, no-one can make a compatible unit without FLARM's blessing.
Cheers, Al On 05/07/2012, DMcD <[email protected]> wrote: >>>Personally, I foresee a future where we will all have some form of >>> compulsory collision avoidance system. I think that it is unavoidable >>> (pardon the joke). > > All this is true. > > There is an interesting article about UAVs in the current issue of > Flight Safety. It has a fairly strong promotional tone and prefers to > talk about them as something like remotely piloted vehicles rather > than unmanned (if you can call a pimply teenager a remote pilot). > > I don't think that there is any doubt that these things are going to > be very popular and reading between the lines, the it seems likely > that bush operations for mining, surveying, bush fires, stock control > etc. will be very early adopters of UAVs because they are not over > populated areas. So the things will be operating on our turf. > > In all the discussions in Flight Safety etc, there is barely a mention > of anything other than needing to have systems to see and avoid > anything other than RPT or full GA aircraft. There's no discussion of > recreational aircraft, let alone things like hang gliders, > paragliders, parachutists and model fliers who all together probably > outnumber GA aircraft by a significant margin. > > Like Flarm, any of these electronic anti-collision systems are fine if > everyone has them but while a large percentage of airspace users are > not fitted with any form of radio, let alone something more > sophisticated, it's a bit pointless. > > In any case, if the Flight Safety article is correct, it won't be GA > air traffic which is forcing the issue, it will be UAVs. > > D > _______________________________________________ > 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
