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PowerFlarm offers new Version, PowerFlarm Fusion Includes Manynewstandard Features!
On 11/19/20 3:39 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Dan Marotta wrote on 11/19/2020 2:13 PM: On 11/19/20 11:21 AM, Eric Greenwell wrote: Moshe Braner wrote on 11/19/2020 9:31 AM: On 11/19/2020 11:12 AM, Dan Marotta wrote: On 11/18/20 4:41 PM, Richard Pfiffner wrote: According to Flarm the New Fusion transmits and receives on both A and B Flarm Antennas. http://www.craggyaero.com/fusion.htm Richard www.craggyaero.com That looks to me like you can buy a license to activate the "B" antenna. Â*Â*Isn't that like buying a license to active the passenger side seat belt in a car?Â* Or the rear brakes? Maybe if you pay extra they'll sell you the feature where it keeps on working after the firmware "expires"?Â* (As long as the data packets are still compatible.) Dan: We have no choice about seat belts and brakes, which are mandated by law. Do you want to go there with PowerFlarm? :^( Dan: Buying a license for an optional feature (also known as "buying an optional feature") is like buying the "primo" optional interior for your new car, except you can do it anytime, even years after the purchase, unlike that fancy interior. Would you rather they included everything that is now optional, and charged you for it, instead letting you pay for only what you need? Moshe: They give me the updates FREE anytime I want one. I'm not going to whine about the 10 minutes it takes me to read the update instructions and load it into the glider. The present system seems like a good compromise: all units are no more than 1 year behind in capability, at no $ cost, and very little time and effort. As pilots, we are required to "update" our gliders every year with an inspection, to "update" the pilot every two years with a flight review, to keep our charts and database current yearly or less, to "update" our parachute every 180 days - I think we should expect a pilot to also handle updating Flarm! Eric, A lot is made of such features as IGC recording.Â* But, since my glider happens to have an engine, the IGC recording is useless unless I buy a license for it.Â* The firmware has all been written and is installed and, with a few characters inserted during the "installation", it will function. Fortunately, I knew that going in and did not need an ENL license.Â* My ClearNav and ClearNav vario each perform the engine noise recording function and at zero extra cost.Â* Now I suppose ClearNav could disable the function, lower their price by $50 and then charge $50 to enable the function but I think that would just **** people off. My guess is they chose to license it for exactly the reason you state: most pilot will have varios, loggers, or flight computers already doing the IGC logging. By disabling the Flarm IGC logging and charging less, they expect to get more people to buy their unit. That seems like a good deal - "you only pay for what you need". That's an odd form of capitalism. Giving more than expected increases market share historically. Oh, wait! There ain't no competition... Frankly, I don't care about the IGC license as I have other avenues. Audio is handled by my ClearNav, so no problem there. The second antenna, however, is a safety item and should be included. The license was already installed in my unit when I bought it. BTW, I would have paid for that one, but would grumble about it. -- Dan 5J |
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