At 18:03 06 August 2015, John Carlyle wrote:
Could someone please clarify - if a PowerFlarm is in Stealth mode, does
tha=
t affect the display of PCAS and ADS-B information? If it does=
, then to my mind there's no sense in using Stealth mode at all, ever.=20

Assuming Stealth affects Flarm signal display, I think we need to co=
nsider why people would want Stealth used in contests. I think there are
t=
hree basic types of pilots at contests - those that are hyper
competitive,
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those that are trying to learn competition flying, and those that are
just
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out for fun. It's clear that hyper competitive pilots will probably
always
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want Stealth, so they don't give up any advantage. Those that are trying
to=
learn competition flying will most likely want Stealth used, so they=
get a better idea of what's going on around them in real time so as to
lea=
rn/improve faster. Those out for fun would probably also want Stealth=
, but most likely only for situational awareness.=20

It's the learning pilots that I think are causing the angst in this
thread.=
Perhaps a good compromise would be to allow Stealth only in Regional
conte=
sts, or perhaps only in Sports class? =20

-John, Q3

In my experience competition pilots are optimists. They tend to think that
they will gain more competitive advantage from situational awareness than
they give away. In competition when stealth is optional most comp pilots go
'open'

Jim