On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 8:41:17 AM UTC-7, JS wrote:
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 8:16:48 AM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 9:04:28 PM UTC-7, K m wrote:
Readers,
Was wondering what pilots are doing for Flarm displays. Ive used an LXNav Flarm View for years but with the upgrades to SYM it seems a dedicated screen is redundant. I am in the process of off season maintenance and will probably ditch the Flarm View display unless I can figure out what it does that See You Mobile does not.
Don't want to turn this into an argument about how safety and modern technology makes for bad pilots. Ive noticed many people running SYM opt to not install a separate display. Whats the logic behind this.
Thanks

I have a Power Flarm and no dedicated display. Any warnings are called out in loud, clear voice warnings by the Butterfly Vario, and also shown on iGlide. Traffic that is not a collision threat is always shown on the iGlide screen. I don't see what a dedicated display would add. I would worry a bit if the only warnings were voice warnings from a tiny little PDA speaker.. The voice warnings are the best part of the system.

Jon, does the Butterfly give you Mode C transponder warnings?
Last I heard it didn't, because Mode C is history in Europe.
I've tried it, but never saw any Mode C warnings so disconnected a while ago.
Jim
Using LX FlarmView57 and ClearNav 2 for displays, much as others have commented.
I like the CN audible warnings, try not to look at any display.

I don't believe it does give an audible warning. They appear on the vario radar screen as a received signal if you have it viewable. I don' think I have seen a Mode C target on iGlide. The warnings from the Vario are "Glider, 12 o'clock, high" for Flarm target or "Aircraft, 3 o'clock, low" for ADS-B target. On iGlide they will show as a red triangle radiating out the direction of the threat. Not sure you can extend that to Mode C - "Aircraft, somewhere in vicinity, unknown altitude and distance?" is kind of vague. Mode C is pretty dodgy as a collision avoidance tool.