PowerFLARM leeching comments

On Oct 28, 4:00*pm, Don Johnstone wrote:
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No, but I have flown with an LX800, not that this has anything to do with
it at all. I would rather take the advice of the makers of the instrument
and those who have been using FLARM for some time. Stealth mode is no
longer required here for competitions, the full mode can be used. FLARM are
very clear, "We do NOT recommend the use of stealth mode", which part of
that do you not understand. You ignore it at your peril or perhaps more
likely to the peril of others.

Just to be clear on this: I do have competition experience with the
equipment we're discussing.

Where I disagree with Flarm -- based on my experience -- is on the
utility of the "radar" display for collision avoidance. It's a net
negative based on the amount of head down time required to develop any
useful situational awareness from the display. Try it. You'll see.

Stealth mode affects *only* information displayed in "radar" mode --
information straight from Flarm. No effect at all in the anti-
collision warning mode. There seems to be a lot of nearly willful
misunderstanding on this issue.

-Evan Ludeman / T8