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British glider midair
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:03:21 AM UTC-6, Mike C wrote:
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:39:26 AM UTC-6, Jim White wrote: > At 02:29 24 July 2012, Frank Whiteley wrote: > > > >complete video promised later, caution, queen's english being spoken > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNYXoKzbPl8 > > > Reveals more about the state of our eductaion system, than the accident! Some of the most sophisticated cursing I have heard. LOL, kids! The young, cursing prats talking about the glider crash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT2Fs...1&feature=plcp |
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British glider midair
On Jul 25, 11:14*am, Darryl Ramm wrote:
And if I was religious I'd thank God G made it out OK. Darryl Having with at a "flarm mandatory" club for over 4 years, my view is that flarm is of little use where there are a significant number of gliders in a gaggle (ie contest/regatta situation) as the alarms are set of very frequently, but there is not the time to identify whether the cause is the glider you can see or someone else. All you can really do is ignore the alarms and keep your head well and truly out of the cockpit. From the video, the situation at Cambridge appears show a large number of gliders, reasonably low on a blue day have found a number of cores which are pretty close together. Flarm is great out on track to make you aware of traffic in the area. John |
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British glider midair
At 18:51 25 July 2012, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:03:21 AM UTC-6, Mike C wrote: On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:39:26 AM UTC-6, Jim White wrote: At 02:29 24 July 2012, Frank Whiteley wrote: complete video promised later, caution, queen's english being spoken http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNYXoKzbPl8 Reveals more about the state of our eductaion system, than the accident! Some of the most sophisticated cursing I have heard. LOL, kids! The young, cursing prats talking about the glider crash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT2Fs...1&feature=plcp I see they boast of speaking to the press and providing their video. I a wonder if they thought to offer it to the AAIB? |
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British glider midair
Flarm themselves have made the same point since the
beginning. See their PP presentation from 2005: http://www.flarm.com/files/basic_presentation_en.ppt At 22:22 25 July 2012, John Trezise wrote: On Jul 25, 11:14=A0am, Darryl Ramm wrote: And if I was religious I'd thank God G made it out OK. Darryl Having with at a "flarm mandatory" club for over 4 years, my view is that flarm is of little use where there are a significant number of gliders in a gaggle (ie contest/regatta situation) as the alarms are set of very frequently, but there is not the time to identify whether the cause is the glider you can see or someone else. All you can really do is ignore the alarms and keep your head well and truly out of the cockpit. From the video, the situation at Cambridge appears show a large number of gliders, reasonably low on a blue day have found a number of cores which are pretty close together. Flarm is great out on track to make you aware of traffic in the area. John |
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British glider midair
The new PowerFLARM has a redesigned RF circuit with higher transmit power and a more sensitive receiver.
In addition the RF circuit is duplicated, allowing (but not requiring) the use of two FLARM antennas. First shipments were to the US (to finally get them going with collision avoidance technology), launch for the rest of the gliding world is in progress (slowly). |
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British glider midair
On Jul 26, 3:33*am, John Galloway wrote:
Flarm themselves have made the same point since the beginning. *See their PP presentation from 2005: http://www.flarm.com/files/basic_presentation_en.ppt At 22:22 25 July 2012, John Trezise wrote: On Jul 25, 11:14=A0am, Darryl Ramm *wrote: And if I was religious I'd thank God G made it out OK. Darryl Having with at a "flarm mandatory" club for over 4 years, my view is that flarm is of little use where there are a significant number of gliders in a gaggle (ie contest/regatta situation) as the alarms are set of very frequently, but there is not the time to identify whether the cause is the glider you can see or someone else. John Slide numbers that seem to relate to gaggling; 12, 17 I might be wrong but I don't see that the FLARM PPT mentions anything if their device is good, bad or indifferent during gaggling. Did I miss something? - John |
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British glider midair
At 13:34 26 July 2012, JohnDeRosa wrote:
On Jul 26, 3:33=A0am, John Galloway wrote: Flarm themselves have made the same point since the beginning. =A0See their PP presentation from 2005: http://www.flarm.com/files/basic_presentation_en.ppt At 22:22 25 July 2012, John Trezise wrote: On Jul 25, 11:14=3DA0am, Darryl Ramm =A0wrote: And if I was religious I'd thank God G made it out OK. Darryl Having with at a "flarm mandatory" club for over 4 years, my view is that flarm is of little use where there are a significant number of gliders in a gaggle (ie contest/regatta situation) as the alarms are set of very frequently, but there is not the time to identify whether the cause is the glider you can see or someone else. John Slide numbers that seem to relate to gaggling; 12, 17 I might be wrong but I don't see that the FLARM PPT mentions anything if their device is good, bad or indifferent during gaggling. Did I miss something? - John The diagrams in Slide 12, "Situation in Gliding", indicate the scenarios in which Flarm was predicted to give improvement on See and Avoid and the one that it can't - i.e. "identical circling". John G. |
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British glider midair
On Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:32:41 AM UTC-7, John Galloway wrote:
At 13:34 26 July 2012, JohnDeRosa wrote: >On Jul 26, 3:33=A0am, John Galloway wrote: >> Flarm themselves have made the same point since the >> beginning. =A0See their PP presentation from 2005: >> >> http://www.flarm.com/files/basic_presentation_en.ppt >> >> At 22:22 25 July 2012, John Trezise wrote: >> >> >On Jul 25, 11:14=3DA0am, Darryl Ramm =A0wrote: >> >> And if I was religious I'd thank God G made it out OK. >> >> >> Darryl >> >> >Having with at a "flarm mandatory" club for over 4 years, >> my view is >> >that flarm is of little use where there are a significant >> number of >> >gliders in a gaggle (ie contest/regatta situation) as the >> alarms are >> >set of very frequently, but there is not the time to >> identify whether >> >the cause is the glider you can see or someone else. >> >> >John > >Slide numbers that seem to relate to gaggling; 12, 17 > >I might be wrong but I don't see that the FLARM PPT mentions anything >if their device is good, bad or indifferent during gaggling. > >Did I miss something? > >- John > The diagrams in Slide 12, "Situation in Gliding", indicate the scenarios in which Flarm was predicted to give improvement on See and Avoid and the one that it can't - i.e. "identical circling". John G. As I think "Flarm" (Urs?) is already trying to say in this thread. This may well change with use of the second flarm antenna in PowerFLARM -- if it is mounted to the rear/underside of the glider. We'll need to see how many owners do that with PowerFLARM and how it works out in practice. My personal worst scare in a thermal was a clueless pilot entering the thermal in the opposite direction, coming straight at me while I was busy with a few other gliders above and below me, something I expect flarm would have totally alerted me to before I saw him. OTOH there are probably lots of times I was aware of other gliders thermalling close by in the same direction and never saw them. We all need to remember that saying: perfection is the enemy of good. We don't need to be seeking perfection, but no argument that understanding practical limitations is important. Darryl |
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At 19:49 26 July 2012, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:32:41 AM UTC-7, John Galloway wrote: At 13:34 26 July 2012, JohnDeRosa wrote: On Jul 26, 3:33=3DA0am, John Galloway wrote: Flarm themselves have made the same point since the beginning. =3DA0See their PP presentation from 2005: http://www.flarm.com/files/basic_presentation_en.ppt At 22:22 25 July 2012, John Trezise wrote: On Jul 25, 11:14=3D3DA0am, Darryl Ramm =3DA0wrote: And if I was religious I'd thank God G made it out= =20 OK. Darryl Having with at a "flarm mandatory" club for over 4= =20 years, my view is that flarm is of little use where there are a significant number of gliders in a gaggle (ie contest/regatta situation) as=20 the alarms are set of very frequently, but there is not the time to identify whether the cause is the glider you can see or someone else. John Slide numbers that seem to relate to gaggling; 12, 17 I might be wrong but I don't see that the FLARM PPT=20 mentions anything if their device is good, bad or indifferent during gaggling. Did I miss something? - John =20 The diagrams in Slide 12, "Situation in Gliding", indicate=20 the scenarios in which Flarm was predicted to give=20 improvement on See and Avoid and the one that it can't -=20 i.e. "identical circling". =20 John G. As I think "Flarm" (Urs?) is already trying to say in this thread. This may= well change with use of the second flarm antenna in PowerFLARM -- if it is= mounted to the rear/underside of the glider. We'll need to see how many ow= ners do that with PowerFLARM and how it works out in practice. My personal worst scare in a thermal was a clueless pilot entering the ther= mal in the opposite direction, coming straight at me while I was busy with = a few other gliders above and below me, something I expect flarm would have= totally alerted me to before I saw him. OTOH there are probably lots of ti= mes I was aware of other gliders thermalling close by in the same direction= and never saw them. We all need to remember that saying: perfection is the enemy of good. We do= n't need to be seeking perfection, but no argument that understanding pract= ical limitations is important. Darryl To clarify, Darryl, I am a strong proponent of Flarm and co- wrote the Scottish Gliding Union trial report on Flarm in 2007. It has long been known, for the exactly the reasons that John Trezise pointed out, that when there are several gliders in close proximity in thermal gaggle then the pilot is not easily able to interpret which glider is "flarming" him when a collison alert sounds. This isn't to do with poor Flarm reception etc. Partly it is due to the fact that the (unavoidable) Flarm altitude buffer is greater than the height separation that pilots will happily accept in a gaggle. Partly it is due to the fact that Flarm is calculating a collision alert up to around half a circle ahead - impossible for a pilot to do with several other gliders in a close gaggle. We did various trial collision scenarios for our report. With only 2 trial gliders in a thermal sometimes an alert would sound and I would wonder why as there was no obvious imminent collision risk. If no corrective action was taken it would become apparent that Flarm was in fact right and the extended circular paths would intercept (within the Flarm software criteria) eventually. In the UK most pilots I speak to regard Flarm alerts in a gaggle as a general reminder to keep the head swivelling inside and outside the circle - especially looking for gliders that may be joining the gaggle. A few pilots regard these alerts as "false alarms", which is unfortunate. John Galloway |
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