Do you really waste time looking at and interpreting the display first -
before you look out ahead?

At 18:32 18 November 2014, Sean Fidler wrote:
UH,
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I agree, FLARM warning speech synthesis is exactly how warnings
should be
c=
ommunicated to the pilots. The idea of a display is fundementally
flawed.
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The process of 1) hear warning, 2) glance in to the display, 3)
interpret
t=
he warning then 4) look out and 5) find the traffic and 6) avoid the
traffi=
c (if necessary) is a 3+ second process at best. A quick clear audible
war=
ning (Traffic 1 o'clock, level) might save a second or more. I'm
surprised=
speech synthesis of FLARM WARNINGS are not highlighted more
distinctly in
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the product descriptions. I was honestly unaware of it. To be frank
and
h=
onest, I can't think of a more important function in the glider
(especially=
while flying with other a good number of other gliders and towplanes,
etc)=
than very fast and very accurate FLARM collision warnings. All the
other
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"stuff" in our gliders are just nice to have when compared to FLARM.

But this means replacing my SN-10. Maybe I can get Dave Nadler to
add
spee=
ch synthesis FLARM warnings to the SN-10 ;-)! Just kidding Dave!

Thanks again all.

Sean

On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:54:31 AM UTC-5,

wrote=
:
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 8:59:18 AM UTC-5, Sean Fidler
wrote:
I have a PowerFlarm Brick which connects to the SN10, then the
SN10
sen=
ds NMEA to the Oudie. This all works very nicely but I don't like the
way
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the Oudie displays close in Flarm warnings (essentially it doesn't). I
sim=
ply see the Flarm targets on the map view. The Oudie does not jump
to a
Fl=
arm collision screen when a warning is announced. I prefer the
simple
warn=
ing interface of the Flarm displays (balls at the "o'clocks"). Perhaps I
h=
ave the Oudie set up incorrectly? Maybe I can get Dave Nadler to add
a
Fla=
rm warning page to the SN10 ;-)? The FlarmView works well (ball at
o'clock=
s warning view) although I would personally prefer to have a display
that
i=
s neatly and cleanly installed in the open 57mm slot. Perhaps you
have a
g=
ood point on the right placement being on the top of the panel. That
would=
also give me room for something else. It would be easy to place an L
brac=
ket on the top of the panel to mount it. Thanks.
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I like ClearNav's "traffic 2 o'clock high" audio output. No look down
at
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alarm, interpret, then look. Just listen and look. You aren't looking
down
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to figure it out just when you need to find the target.=20
I don't know how many other have this, but to me, this is the way it
shou=
ld work.
FWIW
UH