Putting aside the PED regulations of individual countries, the end result is that a PED device that does not transmit has no material effect on a glider operating in VFR conditions. Most mobile phones now have a flight mode disabling such transmissions. This topic has little to do with the development of XCSoar. Most observed effects of PED devices such as Playstation or similar only pose a risk to IFR aircraft with susceptible navigational equipment onboard, typically disengaging autopilots or interfering with other instrument landing aids which have a sometimes unpredictable effect, so the regulators have imposed an unnecessary blanket ban on all aircraft. Quote.......
"Operator/pilot determinations. The operator and/or the pilot in command can make a determination as to the effect a particular PED has on navigation, communicationand flight management systems of the aircraft in which it may to be used or operated. If it is safe and practicable to do so, pilots may be able to verify the source of PED interferenceby observing if an interference event can be repeated by switching the PED on and off, orby moving the PED to a different location in the aircraft. In doing so a pilot would have toconsider whether a PED would interfere under changed circumstances, eg. PEDinterference might only be experienced if a service signal was low.” Unquote... Karaka (Glider pilot and airline pilot) -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Xcsoar-user-Digest%2C-Vol-63%2C-Issue-5-tp32317634p32339223.html Sent from the xcsoar-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
