Seems like an excellent idea. If they could be made
to auto transmit position,say every 20 seconds, great!
Especially as you are only seeing whats in your area.
Great for pair flying and lead and follow.
Come on someone, have you tried this in the air?

Wish they were legal in the UK

Andy


At 04:36 02 May 2004, Martin Hellman wrote:
With all the talk about anti-collision devices, I've
been seriously
looking at the Garmin Rino family (110, 120 and 130).
These have been
mentioned a few times on RAS, but no one reported any
experience using
them. Anyone out there use them? If so, I'd be interested
in hearing
your experience and which model you think makes the
most sense and
why. (Given that I have a Garmin 196, I expect I'd
go with the 110 to
save money, but maybe I'm missing something.)

I realize Rino's would only be useful if the other
glider has one, but
that could have been the case in the recent midair
since both gliders
flew out of the same strip. Either everyone flying
there could be
encouraged to buy them ($150 for the 110) or the FBO
could rent them.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Martin