Meeting to discuss FLARM in the USA

5Z wrote:
On Oct 25, 1:57 pm, "Mike Schumann" mike-nos...@traditions-
nospam.com wrote:
We don't need FLARM. What we need is a low cost version of ADS-B that is
affordable for glider pilots.

I agree.

But... I doubt ADS-B will have the smarts to provide intelligent
warnings and ignore false alerts due to the close proximity we fly in.

Actually, the ADS-B specification says nothing about how collisions are
detected, it just provides a standardized means of periodically
broadcasting aircraft type (e.g. glider), altitude, position, and
velocity vector. An uncertified glider specific UAT receiver and threat
display could be developed. Or, a future version of SeeYou Mobile or
WinPilot could perhaps license the FLARM algorithm, and apply it to the
data stream received from a dumb UAT device...

Marc