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WinPilot ADV & PRO 9.0b Flarm
WinPilot 9.0b Flarm
FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is. Richard www.craggyaero.com |
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WinPilot ADV & PRO 9.0b Flarm
Hi Richard
the official Winpilot website is still winpilot.com? Because I can't find 9.0b version... thanks Rocco Caruso Aero Gazette www.gazette.aero |
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WinPilot ADV & PRO 9.0b Flarm
On Feb 4, 4:30 pm, wrote:
Hi Richard the official Winpilot website is still winpilot.com? Because I can't find 9.0b version... thanks Rocco Caruso Aero Gazettewww.gazette.aero http://winpilot.com/Beta.asp |
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WinPilot ADV & PRO 9.0b Flarm
Richard wrote:
WinPilot 9.0b Flarm FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is. Richard www.craggyaero.com Don't the rules prohibit any thermal detection system that has a range beyond the wingtip of the glider?? Seems like any system that provides location and climb rate is violating the INTENT of the rule. I completely agree that proximity detection is a benefit to safety, but I'll bet that unless the software programmers elect to limit the data that could be used to a competitive advantage on their own that we'll ultimately see new rules come into play that will force that requirement. |
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Hi,
I think we will see a lot of software and hardware in the near future that will allow us to see the climb rates of gliders in our area. The rules committee will have to figure out how to deal with that. I don't see how they can tell a pilot not to use their favorite soaring software or their FLARM (or similar device). Telling them not to use their FLARM would be like asking for a lawsuit should they get into an accident. I don't think any contest manager would ever do that. Also, it could be argued that seeing climb rates of nearby gliders is a safety enhancement because it can help you avoid a landout - given than landout is less safe then landing at an airport. It will be very interesting to see how this develops. Check out the image on my SeeYou page of the new FLARM radar. I think it is really cool! But I'm a techno-nerd... http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/seeyou.htm Certainly this is not much of an issue in the USA at this time because very few gliders are using FLARM here. But in a year or 2 we may have low cost ADS-B units that will offer the same functionality in SeeYou and other software. Like all new technologies I'm sure that some pilots will embrace it and others will not want themselves or others to use it. But I'm pretty certain that it is going to happen. I think it will increase the level of safety and fun. Good Soaring, Paul Remde "Gary Emerson" wrote in message ... Richard wrote: WinPilot 9.0b Flarm FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is. Richard www.craggyaero.com Don't the rules prohibit any thermal detection system that has a range beyond the wingtip of the glider?? Seems like any system that provides location and climb rate is violating the INTENT of the rule. I completely agree that proximity detection is a benefit to safety, but I'll bet that unless the software programmers elect to limit the data that could be used to a competitive advantage on their own that we'll ultimately see new rules come into play that will force that requirement. |
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WinPilot ADV & PRO 9.0b Flarm
Paul makes sense.
Contest rules are about maintaining a level playing field and managing safety not judging the merits of new technology. It may make sense to go slow with rule changes until it's available to everyone and the relative benefits and liabilities are better known - but that probably won't take too long. I agree, it will be interesting to watch how it develops. Bill D "Paul Remde" wrote in message news:2J_pj.16823$9j6.1063@attbi_s22... Hi, I think we will see a lot of software and hardware in the near future that will allow us to see the climb rates of gliders in our area. The rules committee will have to figure out how to deal with that. I don't see how they can tell a pilot not to use their favorite soaring software or their FLARM (or similar device). Telling them not to use their FLARM would be like asking for a lawsuit should they get into an accident. I don't think any contest manager would ever do that. Also, it could be argued that seeing climb rates of nearby gliders is a safety enhancement because it can help you avoid a landout - given than landout is less safe then landing at an airport. It will be very interesting to see how this develops. Check out the image on my SeeYou page of the new FLARM radar. I think it is really cool! But I'm a techno-nerd... http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/seeyou.htm Certainly this is not much of an issue in the USA at this time because very few gliders are using FLARM here. But in a year or 2 we may have low cost ADS-B units that will offer the same functionality in SeeYou and other software. Like all new technologies I'm sure that some pilots will embrace it and others will not want themselves or others to use it. But I'm pretty certain that it is going to happen. I think it will increase the level of safety and fun. Good Soaring, Paul Remde "Gary Emerson" wrote in message ... Richard wrote: WinPilot 9.0b Flarm FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is. Richard www.craggyaero.com Don't the rules prohibit any thermal detection system that has a range beyond the wingtip of the glider?? Seems like any system that provides location and climb rate is violating the INTENT of the rule. I completely agree that proximity detection is a benefit to safety, but I'll bet that unless the software programmers elect to limit the data that could be used to a competitive advantage on their own that we'll ultimately see new rules come into play that will force that requirement. |
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Paul,
I'd be very interested to hear more about these ADS-B units. Do you have some solid facts and how much are you allowed to tell us? cheers, Edward At 14:54 05 February 2008, Paul Remde wrote: Hi, I think we will see a lot of software and hardware in the near future that will allow us to see the climb rates of gliders in our area. The rules committee will have to figure out how to deal with that. I don't see how they can tell a pilot not to use their favorite soaring software or their FLARM (or similar device). Telling them not to use their FLARM would be like asking for a lawsuit should they get into an accident. I don't think any contest manager would ever do that. Also, it could be argued that seeing climb rates of nearby gliders is a safety enhancement because it can help you avoid a landout - given than landout is less safe then landing at an airport. It will be very interesting to see how this develops. Check out the image on my SeeYou page of the new FLARM radar. I think it is really cool! But I'm a techno-nerd... http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/seeyou.htm Certainly this is not much of an issue in the USA at this time because very few gliders are using FLARM here. But in a year or 2 we may have low cost ADS-B units that will offer the same functionality in SeeYou and other software. Like all new technologies I'm sure that some pilots will embrace it and others will not want themselves or others to use it. But I'm pretty certain that it is going to happen. I think it will increase the level of safety and fun. Good Soaring, Paul Remde 'Gary Emerson' wrote in message t... Richard wrote: WinPilot 9.0b Flarm FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is. Richard www.craggyaero.com Don't the rules prohibit any thermal detection system that has a range beyond the wingtip of the glider?? Seems like any system that provides location and climb rate is violating the INTENT of the rule. I completely agree that proximity detection is a benefit to safety, but I'll bet that unless the software programmers elect to limit the data that could be used to a competitive advantage on their own that we'll ultimately see new rules come into play that will force that requirement. |
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Hi Edward,
Good question. Some people think it makes sense to bring FLARM to the USA. It is a great product and more than 9000 are in use around the world. However, many feel that FLARM will never gain acceptance in the USA because ADS-B devices may be available soon which would make the FLARM devices obsolete - at least in the USA. There are currently no products available for us that use ADS-B receivers and transmitters - unless you count the large and heavy $9000 unit from Garmin. Some feel they will never exist in small, low cost packages. However, an organization called Mitre (U.S. government funded I think) created a small device that is an ADS-B transmitter for very low cost. They don't plan to build the units, they plan to hand off or license the design to manufacturers. I think the unit was designed for use in remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft flying in US airspace. Someone from Mitre will be giving an overview at the meeting at the SSA Convention (see below for details). However, there are many hurdles. The Mitre box is a transmitter only - not a receiver - at least at this time. We need a unit that both transmits and receives. I think FLARM's approach with a very simple user interface is fantastic and I am encouraging manufacturers to built units like the FLARM but using ADS-B. (Technically speaking FLARM is an ADS-B device, but it doesn't match USA ADS-B design.) FLARM may even built an ADS-B version - I really don't know. One reason for the meeting at the SSA Convention is to bring together people from Mitre and companies that may be interested in building units in the short term. Urs Rothacher from FLARM will be at the meeting as will Jason Clemens - the creator of the Zaon MRX. Another purpose of the meeting is to bring technology minded glider pilots up to speed on the potential for these devices. Another purpose is to have a crowd of glider pilots at the meeting to encourage manufacturers to build these units. Another potential hurdle is that the FAA may require that the units use aviation certified GPS units and that the unit be certificated (I'm not sure of the terminology) which would cost - a LOT. Our hope is that we can get something FLARM like (low cost, simple, small, low power drain) out into the hands of thousands of glider pilots and power plane pilots quickly - hoping that the FAA will then accept them as a tremendous safety enhancer. Very few people will buy $9000 units but many would buy $800 to $1500 units - I think. Of course, the lower the cost the better. If we are talking about equipping tens of thousands of general aviation planes then we may be able to get the cost down into the range of the Zaon MRX at about $500 - which would be even better. My dream is that is 1 to 2 years from now many glider pilots will be voluntarily using low cost ADS-B transmitter/receiver units. They will show nearby traffic where you are AND they will allow you to see nearby traffic - not only traffic that has an ADS-B transmitter. If you are near a radar controlled airport with ADS-B transmitting you would also see all traffic that has a transponder because they broadcast that information to ADS-B receivers - cool! Then we can start promoting the benefits to general aviation and ultra-light pilots through AOPA magazine and Sport Aviation (EAA) magazine, etc. so that eventually small planes will start using the technology voluntarily. To be honest - I sincerely hope that the FAA mandates it in 10 years so I can see ALL traffic. I imagine I'm in the minority on that wish. I hate mandates, but I love improved safety and it will only work for us if everyone embraces it. I think that is extremely exciting. Every report I've heard from FLARM and Zaon MRX users is that there is much more traffic out there than they realized and they like being warned about it. I want to know where other traffic is! I want every other airplane to know where my glider is! The icing on the cake is that I may be able to see on the moving map on my PDA or flight computer nearby traffic and even their current climb rates. Of course, we don't want everyone flying around with their heads down in the cockpit - so we will need to be careful about how it is implemented. I believe that ADS-B has greater range than FLARM so we may be able to see gliders in thermals 10 miles ahead of us. I think that would be wonderful. If you think this is interesting I encourage you to join us for the "FLARM / ADS-B in the USA - A Meeting of Minds" meeting on Wednesday, February 13th in the Albuquerque Convention Center. It would make a better impression on future manufacturers if we get a big turnout of interested glider pilots. Good Soaring, Paul Remde "Edward Lockhart" wrote in message ... Paul, I'd be very interested to hear more about these ADS-B units. Do you have some solid facts and how much are you allowed to tell us? cheers, Edward At 14:54 05 February 2008, Paul Remde wrote: Hi, I think we will see a lot of software and hardware in the near future that will allow us to see the climb rates of gliders in our area. The rules committee will have to figure out how to deal with that. I don't see how they can tell a pilot not to use their favorite soaring software or their FLARM (or similar device). Telling them not to use their FLARM would be like asking for a lawsuit should they get into an accident. I don't think any contest manager would ever do that. Also, it could be argued that seeing climb rates of nearby gliders is a safety enhancement because it can help you avoid a landout - given than landout is less safe then landing at an airport. It will be very interesting to see how this develops. Check out the image on my SeeYou page of the new FLARM radar. I think it is really cool! But I'm a techno-nerd... http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/seeyou.htm Certainly this is not much of an issue in the USA at this time because very few gliders are using FLARM here. But in a year or 2 we may have low cost ADS-B units that will offer the same functionality in SeeYou and other software. Like all new technologies I'm sure that some pilots will embrace it and others will not want themselves or others to use it. But I'm pretty certain that it is going to happen. I think it will increase the level of safety and fun. Good Soaring, Paul Remde 'Gary Emerson' wrote in message et... Richard wrote: WinPilot 9.0b Flarm FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is. Richard www.craggyaero.com Don't the rules prohibit any thermal detection system that has a range beyond the wingtip of the glider?? Seems like any system that provides location and climb rate is violating the INTENT of the rule. I completely agree that proximity detection is a benefit to safety, but I'll bet that unless the software programmers elect to limit the data that could be used to a competitive advantage on their own that we'll ultimately see new rules come into play that will force that requirement. |
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ADS-B in Gliders in the USA
I just realized that my reply had a subject that didn't match the message so
I'm re-posting with a more appropriate subject. Paul Remde "Paul Remde" wrote in message news:C12qj.17036$9j6.2310@attbi_s22... Hi Edward, Good question. Some people think it makes sense to bring FLARM to the USA. It is a great product and more than 9000 are in use around the world. However, many feel that FLARM will never gain acceptance in the USA because ADS-B devices may be available soon which would make the FLARM devices obsolete - at least in the USA. There are currently no products available for us that use ADS-B receivers and transmitters - unless you count the large and heavy $9000 unit from Garmin. Some feel they will never exist in small, low cost packages. However, an organization called Mitre (U.S. government funded I think) created a small device that is an ADS-B transmitter for very low cost. They don't plan to build the units, they plan to hand off or license the design to manufacturers. I think the unit was designed for use in remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft flying in US airspace. Someone from Mitre will be giving an overview at the meeting at the SSA Convention (see below for details). However, there are many hurdles. The Mitre box is a transmitter only - not a receiver - at least at this time. We need a unit that both transmits and receives. I think FLARM's approach with a very simple user interface is fantastic and I am encouraging manufacturers to built units like the FLARM but using ADS-B. (Technically speaking FLARM is an ADS-B device, but it doesn't match USA ADS-B design.) FLARM may even built an ADS-B version - I really don't know. One reason for the meeting at the SSA Convention is to bring together people from Mitre and companies that may be interested in building units in the short term. Urs Rothacher from FLARM will be at the meeting as will Jason Clemens - the creator of the Zaon MRX. Another purpose of the meeting is to bring technology minded glider pilots up to speed on the potential for these devices. Another purpose is to have a crowd of glider pilots at the meeting to encourage manufacturers to build these units. Another potential hurdle is that the FAA may require that the units use aviation certified GPS units and that the unit be certificated (I'm not sure of the terminology) which would cost - a LOT. Our hope is that we can get something FLARM like (low cost, simple, small, low power drain) out into the hands of thousands of glider pilots and power plane pilots quickly - hoping that the FAA will then accept them as a tremendous safety enhancer. Very few people will buy $9000 units but many would buy $800 to $1500 units - I think. Of course, the lower the cost the better. If we are talking about equipping tens of thousands of general aviation planes then we may be able to get the cost down into the range of the Zaon MRX at about $500 - which would be even better. My dream is that is 1 to 2 years from now many glider pilots will be voluntarily using low cost ADS-B transmitter/receiver units. They will show nearby traffic where you are AND they will allow you to see nearby traffic - not only traffic that has an ADS-B transmitter. If you are near a radar controlled airport with ADS-B transmitting you would also see all traffic that has a transponder because they broadcast that information to ADS-B receivers - cool! Then we can start promoting the benefits to general aviation and ultra-light pilots through AOPA magazine and Sport Aviation (EAA) magazine, etc. so that eventually small planes will start using the technology voluntarily. To be honest - I sincerely hope that the FAA mandates it in 10 years so I can see ALL traffic. I imagine I'm in the minority on that wish. I hate mandates, but I love improved safety and it will only work for us if everyone embraces it. I think that is extremely exciting. Every report I've heard from FLARM and Zaon MRX users is that there is much more traffic out there than they realized and they like being warned about it. I want to know where other traffic is! I want every other airplane to know where my glider is! The icing on the cake is that I may be able to see on the moving map on my PDA or flight computer nearby traffic and even their current climb rates. Of course, we don't want everyone flying around with their heads down in the cockpit - so we will need to be careful about how it is implemented. I believe that ADS-B has greater range than FLARM so we may be able to see gliders in thermals 10 miles ahead of us. I think that would be wonderful. If you think this is interesting I encourage you to join us for the "FLARM / ADS-B in the USA - A Meeting of Minds" meeting on Wednesday, February 13th in the Albuquerque Convention Center. It would make a better impression on future manufacturers if we get a big turnout of interested glider pilots. Good Soaring, Paul Remde "Edward Lockhart" wrote in message ... Paul, I'd be very interested to hear more about these ADS-B units. Do you have some solid facts and how much are you allowed to tell us? cheers, Edward At 14:54 05 February 2008, Paul Remde wrote: Hi, I think we will see a lot of software and hardware in the near future that will allow us to see the climb rates of gliders in our area. The rules committee will have to figure out how to deal with that. I don't see how they can tell a pilot not to use their favorite soaring software or their FLARM (or similar device). Telling them not to use their FLARM would be like asking for a lawsuit should they get into an accident. I don't think any contest manager would ever do that. Also, it could be argued that seeing climb rates of nearby gliders is a safety enhancement because it can help you avoid a landout - given than landout is less safe then landing at an airport. It will be very interesting to see how this develops. Check out the image on my SeeYou page of the new FLARM radar. I think it is really cool! But I'm a techno-nerd... http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/seeyou.htm Certainly this is not much of an issue in the USA at this time because very few gliders are using FLARM here. But in a year or 2 we may have low cost ADS-B units that will offer the same functionality in SeeYou and other software. Like all new technologies I'm sure that some pilots will embrace it and others will not want themselves or others to use it. But I'm pretty certain that it is going to happen. I think it will increase the level of safety and fun. Good Soaring, Paul Remde 'Gary Emerson' wrote in message . net... Richard wrote: WinPilot 9.0b Flarm FLARM: Added ability to track several other gliders in the vicinity that also carry FLARM on board. WinPilot can now show wisually the position of the other gliders, their bearing, and also indicate weather or not they are climbing, and if so, what their current climb rate is. Richard www.craggyaero.com Don't the rules prohibit any thermal detection system that has a range beyond the wingtip of the glider?? Seems like any system that provides location and climb rate is violating the INTENT of the rule. I completely agree that proximity detection is a benefit to safety, but I'll bet that unless the software programmers elect to limit the data that could be used to a competitive advantage on their own that we'll ultimately see new rules come into play that will force that requirement. |
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ADS-B in Gliders in the USA
Paul Remde wrote:
My dream is that is 1 to 2 years from now many glider pilots will be voluntarily using low cost ADS-B transmitter/receiver units. They will show nearby traffic where you are AND they will allow you to see nearby traffic - not only traffic that has an ADS-B transmitter. If you are near a radar controlled airport with ADS-B transmitting you would also see all traffic that has a transponder because they broadcast that information to ADS-B receivers - cool! The situation is a bit more complicated than the dream, unfortunately. Two aircraft equipped with ADS-B transceivers of the same type (UAT or 1090ES) will detect each other when within proximity, right now, anywhere in the US. The ability to obtain traffic advisories for aircraft equipped with the other form of ADS-B, or using Mode C or S transponders, is dependent on the existence of a network of ground stations. These ground stations are already in place along the coast from New York down to Florida, in Alaska, and a few other random places. The contracts to complete the system were just awarded last fall, it will be 10+ years before all of the ground stations are in place. So, for the next few years, an ADS-B transceiver will be nothing more than an expensive underutilized FLARM-like device in most areas of the US. That said, if we don't start pushing for what we want, right now, we probably won't be happy with what we can get when the network is complete in 2020 or so... Marc |
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