Hello:
I realise there is no data in N. America yet, (put on a Jamaican
accent: "soon come, man!") but has anyone developed a logger which
uses FLARM data to generate a tow sheet for club or commercial glider
operations? One tech I knew was working on this a few years ago before
family considerations pulled him away from flying. The club operation
where this idea was proposed operates FLARM mandatory.
The idea was based on a PDA connected to the FLARM in the towplane,
which logs the proximity of another FLARM and it's ID. When the
proximity is greater than the length of the rope, the glider is off
tow. GPS altitude will be recorded, along with the time from the start
of the tow, like many flight computers log glider flight time using
GPS. At the end of the day, the PDA can be placed in a cradle, the SD
card removed, or use bluetooth or Wifi to upload data to the office
computer.
Thanks in advance,
Jim