Hi Jeffrey,

Interesting idea, but I suspect that the Zaon units (great as they are) will
slowly fade away as new low cost ADS-B units come out over the next few
years. The ADS-B units will be much more accurate. The only question is
whether the FAA will allow low cost non-certified units to be used. Time
will tell. For now the Zaon units are great. I just wonder whether
companies will want to spend the time writing the code to support them.

The NK ClearNav already accepts input from FLARM units and displays the data
on the moving map. That will be a fantastic feature outside the USA. But
in the USA there are a lot more transponders than there are FLARM units, so
your idea does have merit.

Good Soaring,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com


"Jeffrey "PT" Smith" wrote in message
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I've been seeing some of the small Zaon traffic avoidance units
(http://www.zaon.aero) and they look pretty slick. The larger module
even will hook into many GPS displays. Knowing that such a product
will only come down in price and in size, can one of the larger, XRX,
units be plugged into any of the glider flight computers to have
traffic on top our existing moving maps? This might be something that
the Craggy/NK/etc. guys might what to consider.