On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 9:49:09 AM UTC-7, Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot) wrote:
Sounds like submitting a "bug fix" to your MFR.
While they can think of lots of things, sometimes users bring up a worthwhile suggestion/fix.

Taken from a "beta boy" (field service) for a company. Service tried out things, we made suggestions to the programmer, sometimes we had to "prove a need", but he was great to work with.

YMMV.......

Yes please.

Turning off and on safety equipment is yet another distraction, and yet another thing to forget to do, and PowerFLARM should actually be very useful on tow. If the towplane is not PowerFLARM equipped then that towplane pilot is not getting warned about FLARM equipped gliders in the area, and so you want the glider pilot who does have PowerFLARM to be on the radio if needed to warn the towplane. Does the towplane have ADS-B In? If not then the PowerFLARM in the glider is also standing guard against 1090ES Out equipped GA aircraft the tow pilot may not see. Remember that triple fatality Cirrus and Towplane/glider middair in the Denver area? It is getting more and more likely now that a similar GA aircraft will have 1090ES Out. Turning off safety equipment is a last resort, lets start by checking first if there is something that could be setup better here, or if not then help FLARM reduce the problem.

If if has not been already can the OP here please submit a report to your PowerFLARM dealer and they can make sure that gets to FLARM support. Include in that all the relevant information you can, including: A clear description of exactly how/what/when the glider pilot sees an alarm (like in the original post above). An IGC log file from the PowerFLARM. The PowerFLARM config file from the glider. What local transponder if any is in the glider. Details of the transponder and ADS-B Out in the towplane (find all it's ADS-B out settings, esp. aircraft type, ICAO address etc.) and/or include a FAA ADS-B report for the towplane from here... https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx. There are configuration things listed there that FLARM may want to know. (I'm assuming this is in the USA..).