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Old July 31st 12, 12:15 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
son_of_flubber
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Default second and third wave of PowerFlarm adoption?

On Friday, July 27, 2012 7:11:46 PM UTC-4, Blue Whale wrote:
A large number of club gliders are......."not glass." After reading

for many months about the issues faced by glass ships with antenna

placement...has anyone tried Power Flarm in our metal fleet of

Blaniks, Pilati, and Schweizers?



Scott


Does anyone have experience with an externally mounted antenna(s) for PowerFlarm?

Would L/D degradation from an external mounted PowerFlarm antenna be less of a concern on a lower performance ship?