On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 9:31:19 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 5:29:44 PM UTC-7, Darryl Ramm wrote:
And please STFU on the main radio frequencies, there is nothing more annoying than leaders and
followers continuously jamming up common frequencies, work out how you are going to communicate
at a sane level. Sure FLARM can help, but I think its far from needed especially one on one in relatively
non-busy areas.

Anybody used FRS with VOX for something like this?

For example:
https://smile.amazon.com/Midland-GXT...8&keywords=frs

5Z

Another really good tool for beginner xc pilots is a 50 kilometer triangle with the home field at the center.
The Kansas Soaring Assc. has one of these at Sunflower. It is a great idea in that the three legs are close to equal in distance, for the middle of each leg the home field is reassuringly close, and 50 k is a reasonable triangle distance without being a total Gimmie. Increased difficulty can easily be added by multiple laps of the course. also once a pilot is comfortable with the local 50k triangle, scaling up to longer tasks is less intimidating than a straight out departure with the home field disappearing behind you!

Scott