On Jan 8, 8:46*pm, chris wrote:

Kirk,
My understanding is that if stealth mode is off then a pilot can see
the climb rate of other flarm equipped gliders in the area: *

So maybe I turn my stealth mode on to prevent
others from getting my data but that won't stop other pilots from team
flying via flarm.

Chris

That's the whole point: I you are worried someone will leech (got it
right this time!) your thermal off FLARM, then you select Stealth mode
and no one gets your climb info - and you don't get anyone else's
climb info. But you ALL still get collision warning.

So if all the hotshots are worried about team flying and leeching by
newbies - all it takes is for them to get together in the bar before
the race and agree on selecting Stealth mode. If anyone cheats and
doesn't stealth-up, he still won't see anything unless others also
cheat - and anyone with a Flarm could momentarily deselect Stealth
mode and possibly catch the cheaters.

Sure, people could team fly if they agreed ahead of time - but
remember the flarm logger records the mode, so the probability of
getting caught is pretty high - because anyone can at any time see
that you are not in Stealth mode!

Guys, you are overthinking this issue. At the ranges Flarm will show
other gliders, you either are going to already see it cranking and
banking in a boomer, or by the time you get there the bubble is
gone....

Everyone just take a deep breath, relax, and let's go out and have
fun.

Kirk
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