FLARM tells you that there is another glider. It does not really
tell you where it is - you need to look and find it. Week ago I got
FLARM warning, without seeing the another plane.

LED strobe is not a bad idea. Compared to FLARM the cost is
very small, and installation easy. If you have LED strobe, all
other planes will see you, not only those with FLARM.

At 04:18 25 July 2012, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 7/24/2012 8:55 PM, Tom Claffey wrote:
LED strobe may be a good idea.
FLARM is good at the head on case.
Tom

It's my understanding that head-on collisions are very small
part of the
mid-air collisions; if so, the narrow beam strobe won't make
much
difference. Flarm finds the gliders coming from all sides, the
ones you
can't see before they hit you.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to
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- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS,
Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004"
Much of what
you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz