Experience with Flarm at the Region 11 regional

The portable is the gateway drug to the displays like the LXNav Flarmview that give you more info.


On Thursday, June 27, 2013 3:41:34 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
On Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:45:25 PM UTC-5, Morgan wrote:

Having contributed to the rental program to make units available, it's unfortunate to hear that people aren't taking advantage of it. Rex and Williams Soaring have gone to great lengths to make the rental program cheap and simple, there really isn't a good reason to go to a contest without a flarm.











On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:46:37 AM UTC-7, Steve Koerner wrote:



At the day 1 pilots meeting of the currently ongoing Hobbs Nationals the CD asked for a show of hands of pilots that do not have PowerFlarm. Seven pilots raised their hand out of about 60 in attendance. On the one hand, I suppose that indicates good adoption, but how those seven pilots could rationalize not buying or renting a unit is truly beyond my comprehension.



i'm pretty sure at least 3 have rented for the upcoming Low Performance contest. The rental program is a great "gateway" to the PowerFLARM world. Just like any highly addictive drug, the first hit is (nearly) free.



-2 time PowerFLARM Renter, now Portable owner

Having competed at the Hobbs Regional (in conjunction with the 40-odd competitors in the two Nationals classes), I'm now a solid FLARM believer. I'm very appreciative to Williams Soaring for providing the rental option. Every close target warning paid off with either being on-guard, or visually acquiring the nearby glider. It was very essential in the large gaggles in the start cylinders and returning to Hobbs for finishes. Plus one day we had a very prominent cloud street running northeast over Hobbs and the FLARM was quite busy alerting me to traffic running up and down the "freeway".