Yes Mike (and Richard too),

There is no question that Flarm is a great tool for soaring. The issue here is should we use full range and information during contests.

Are we willing to change the sport so much and at what price? I have flown two nationals with Flarm and it was interesting. But, I personally feel it changes the sport too much in the full mode. It will spark an arms race of additional information and software analysis.

It allows easy leaching and changes the tactical flying style. You can see what gliders up to nearly ten miles away are doing.

At the nationals level I feel we should have Flarm in stealth mode. This provides the safety it was developed for, but allows pilots to focus on their own decision making and not on what pilots two to three miles away are doing.

I look forward to all the information that Flarm and new software will provide in flight, just also want to preserve the essence of competition soaring which is pilot against pilot.

Tim