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Old March 29th 07, 07:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_2_]
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Default Near miss from space junk.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Oz Lander writes:

OK, so TCAS reads transponder codes. I thought it was like a radar.


TCAS I (the kind often used on small aircraft) reads Mode C replies
from other transponders and builds a picture of the airspace from
that, with moderate accuracy. TCAS II (the kind mandated on large
aircraft) also listens to other TCAS systems to build a much more
accurate picture of the airspace (if lots of other aircraft are
similarly equipped).


God you're clueless. you can't run into another computer unless you got
it straped to the hood of you 63 plymout valiant and hit your friend
with the same thing strapped to his rambler, wannavbe boi,


Bertie