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Old September 18th 10, 03:41 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Paul Remde
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Default soaring video with Flarm in use

Hi,

To me the stealth and competition modes are a bad idea. They reduce the
effectiveness of the alerts.

As a sometimes contest manager, I would never mandate anything that would
reduce safety.

Paul Remde

"Jonathon May" wrote in message
...
Green is proximity red alarm.Stealth is compulsory in rated comps to
reduce
leeching.There has been a lot of discusion in the uk about degrading the
signal for comps,but there seems little choice because you can see
everyone elses speed and rate of climb on the pda if they are not in
stealth mode.


At 21:26 17 September 2010, PCool wrote:
Green??
I dont think so, the only green leds on flarms are those blinking for gps


transmission, power etc.
All informations are red, either fixed or blinking.
I dont think they were in "stealth" mode, it is tricky to use it and -


then - your PDA won't receive traffic informations.
Moreover, stealth mode is bypassable using an alternative "compatible"


device, on the market, so it is not a choice.


"hans" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
It looks like the pilot has put his FLARM in stealth mode. In this mode


only situations in which an impact is expected within the next 18

seconds
are annunciated as proximity warnings (alerts). The stealth mode is

used

by some pilots to make their position data and lift and sink

information

unavailable to other pilots, if this information is not necessary for
proximity warning.

The display used in this gilder annunciates proximity warnings

(alerts)
in
red, mere proximity information would be displayed in green.


Am 17.09.2010 21:51, schrieb db_sonic:
On Sep 16, 10:44 am, Brad wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRX1...ayer_embedded#!

the guy shooting the video has a Flarm on top of his panel, in some

of
the scenes you can see the display lighting up and see the target
sailplanes. I thought this was pretty cool to see Flarm in action.

Brad

Is it just me? I am surprised the Flarm doesnt light up more.
Its like the pilot looks right and sees the other glider before the
Flarm lights up.
And that other guy is close!