On Oct 21, 7:35*pm, wrote:
On Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:52:55 PM UTC-4, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:30:05 PM UTC-4, Don Johnstone wrote:

... I was very uncomfortable with the concept of instructing

pilots to lessen the efficiency of an anti-colision assistance device..

Stealth mode in no way lessens the efficacy of FLARM anti-collision.

It gives you warnings when there is a collision hazard regardless.

Hope that is clear,

Best Regards, Dave

Dave,

it is clear, and while your statement is probably technically accurate, it isn't entirely correct. *Any mode that reduces the pilot's situational awareness also degrades safety to some extent. Stealth mode by definition does exactly that. *The OC fatality scenario is a case where stealth mode might not provide enough warning to assess the situation and take appropriate action, whereas the 'full' mode probably would. *Just my $0.02

Frank (TA)

See pg 19 of the PowerFlarm Dataport Specification for details about
how stealth mode works.

It's he http://tinyurl.com/8ne9cjx

Stealth mode does not change the anti-collision functionality of
PowerFlarm at all. You'll get the get the same 25 seconds warning,
which is plenty.

Evan Ludeman / T8