PowerFlarm BRICK range issues - are we alone????

On Thursday, October 4, 2012 12:45:52 PM UTC-4, Evan Ludeman wrote:
On Oct 4, 12:25*pm, Andy wrote:

On Oct 3, 4:55*pm, wrote:



*PF (with a Butterfly rectangular display) did its thing and allowed

me to take evasive action (the other glider never saw me, or at least

never took evasive action).



How do explain that scenario? If you received a flarm warning for the

other glider then he must have been flarm equipped. *Are you

suggesting that his system didn't show you as a threat, or perhaps

that he chose to ignore the threat?



GY



A couple of possibilities suggest themselves: a) conflict pilot had TA

in view, judged no evasive action was necessary, b) conflict pilot

wasn't able to correctly interpret whatever warning was given. There

were a few guys flying with PF for the first time. Flarm display/

audio doesn't work out real well for 65 yo eyes and ears in some

cases. I heard words to the effect of "Are you $%^&ing KIDDING me?" a

number of times. Being of the bifocal generation now myself, I have

to agree: the power flarm displays aren't what they need to be. Some

of the less important characters on that screen I cannot read without

a magnifier while on the *ground* and my vision is corrected to 20/20

near and far.



T8
Even on the ground, true. While sitting in my cockpit, I can almost make out the little PCAS above/below numbers . . but I absolutely CANNOT tell if that dot before it is a + or a -. That is the first thing they need to make bigger for us 60+ year-olds.

-Jim