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Old November 25th 15, 08:46 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Is FLARM helpful?

Am Dienstag, 24. November 2015 23:59:45 UTC+1 schrieb Ramy:
One thing to point out is that James is likely referring to the European Flarm while most of us referring to Powerflarm which I understand is superior especially in the user interface side (butterfly display etc) and as such I believe better visually distinguishing between alerts and collision alarm.

Ramy


I have about 1600 hours flying with the European Flarm in the French and Swiss Alps, and I have had more than one occasion where the Flarm warning solved a very hairy situation. I also have had many false alarms, but I can live with that - I'd always take a false positive over a false negative.
On the technical side, I take good care that my antenna coverage is acceptable in any direction (which requires more than one antenna on a carbon fuselage).

Bert
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