PowerFLARM leeching comments

On Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:52:55 PM UTC-4, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:30:05 PM UTC-4, Don Johnstone wrote:

... I was very uncomfortable with the concept of instructing

pilots to lessen the efficiency of an anti-colision assistance device.



Stealth mode in no way lessens the efficacy of FLARM anti-collision.

It gives you warnings when there is a collision hazard regardless.



Hope that is clear,

Best Regards, Dave

Dave,

it is clear, and while your statement is probably technically accurate, it isn't entirely correct. Any mode that reduces the pilot's situational awareness also degrades safety to some extent. Stealth mode by definition does exactly that. The OC fatality scenario is a case where stealth mode might not provide enough warning to assess the situation and take appropriate action, whereas the 'full' mode probably would. Just my $0.02

Frank (TA)