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PowerFlarm v3.40
While I agree with what you said about the fun of knowing where your buddies
are, you missed my point that it's ATC and other aircraft that can't see the Flarm-only glider. Sure he (might be able to) see them, but they can't see him. I also had to draw the line at mounting a device that can only either block my panel or my outside view. Sometimes more is not necessarily better but I know opinions vary on what to have. Finally at the risk of starting a flame war, I would not install a device that I consider to be still in beta test. XCSoar releases beta software but they identify it as such and ask experienced users to "gorilla test" it and identify problems. From the level of complaints I've read regarding Flarm firmware updates, missed targets, suppression, antennae, displays, etc., I believe it's still a beta product. Sure it does great things, but it would not yet receive a TSO. Happy testing! "kirk.stant" wrote in message ... On Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:14:46 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote: Listen up, Guys: GA, military, and airlines are NOT using Flarm. Oh, and we have at least one guy at Moriarty who has a Flarm but not a transponder. So he and the half dozen or so Flarm equipped gliders can avoid each other but he's cruising along blissfully unaware that ATC can't see him, nor can the airliners or military flights that buzz in and out of ABQ daily. Blissfully unaware? Well, since GA, military, and airliners are pretty much all using either Mode A/C, Mode S, or ADS-B, that PFlarm-only guy is probably fully aware of the location of any potentially threatening traffic in his vicinity - even that VFR doctor in the Bonanza squawking 1200 and not talking to anybody... And he is also aware of where all his gliding buddies are - and that's a lot of fun, too! - even the clueless new guy who it trying to run into him under his nice Cu in the middle of nowhere. So while I agree that if you routinely mix in with high-speed airline traffic (common out West, not as common in most of midwest or east) a transponder is a smart thing, I think that a PFlarm is even more of a good thing. Both is best. Try it - you might like it. Seriously. Cheers, Kirk |
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