FLARM.....for good, or evil??

Of course I have, in comps on numerous occasions. I'm assuming you
haven't.

At 15:21 26 October 2010, John Smith wrote:
Mark Dickson wrote:
When in a large gaggle Flarm is next to useless, more of a
distraction;
that's why it has a 5 minute mute function. In the big gaggle ignore
Flarm and keep your eyes scanning outside.

Let me guess: You haven't ever flown with FLARM yet, have you?

Mark Dickson wrote:
Of course I have, in comps on numerous occasions. I'm assuming you
haven't.

At 15:21 26 October 2010, John Smith wrote:
Mark Dickson wrote:
When in a large gaggle Flarm is next to useless, more of a
distraction;
that's why it has a 5 minute mute function. In the big gaggle ignore
Flarm and keep your eyes scanning outside.

Let me guess: You haven't ever flown with FLARM yet, have you?

I like those top-posts. They make followin a discussion so much more
interesting. Anyway:

Of course FLARM is useless in a gaggle. The very fact that you care to
mention this made me believe that you haven't flown with one. And of
course scanning outside ist the primary strategy for see and avoid, in a
gaggle or not, even with FLARM installed.

However, I don't understand why FLARM should be distracting in a gaggle.
In a gaggle, mine is quiet unless a new glider joins. Or have you set
yours to announce all traffic instead of only the conflicting? You know
that you can change this mode by the push of a button?

You are obviously just a wind up merchant. As that can not be
done at the touch of a button, not with the red box flarm I use any
way. (Good U turn by the way).
In a gaggle, mine is quiet unless a new glider joins. Or have you
set
yours to announce all traffic instead of only the conflicting? You
know
that you can change this mode by the push of a button?

My mistake, I was thinking of stealth mode. I don't bother
changing modes as the alarm only sounds with collision risk, for
that matter I don't bother with muting either.

At 22:11 26 October 2010, Mark Dickson wrote:
You are obviously just a wind up merchant. As that can not be
done at the touch of a button, not with the red box flarm I use
any
way. (Good U turn by the way).
In a gaggle, mine is quiet unless a new glider joins. Or have you
set
yours to announce all traffic instead of only the conflicting? You
know
that you can change this mode by the push of a button?

On Oct 26, 3:11*pm, Mark Dickson wrote:
You are obviously just a wind up merchant. *As that can not be
done at the touch of a button, not with the red box flarm I use any
way. *(Good U turn by the way).

In a gaggle, mine is quiet unless a new glider joins. Or have you
set
yours to announce all traffic instead of only the conflicting? You
know
that you can change this mode by the push of a button?

I don't see how he is being a wind up merchant trying to ask a pretty
reasonable question. But AFAIK the Mode button on the external display
only switches between warning and nearest mode. And if the
distractions are sounds (not just blinking LEDs) then that's a threat
and so playing with the mode switch won't help as all threats cause
audibe alarms for both warning and nearest mode. But you can change
the Flarm into Competition mode in the ConfigurationAdvancedRadio
Settings section of the Flarm Tool PC software. If you are flying in
large gaggles and being bugged by excess alerts have you checked you
are running in Competition Mode or tired that and found it does not
help you?

I am happy to be corrected on any of this.

Darryl