Just pull the little red handle!

On 9/1/2010 8:48 AM, Surfer! wrote:


"Ramy" wrote in message
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I believe
the biggest glider to glider risk is during XC or contests flights, in
which the majority of pilots owns glass ships and likely can afford
it. Those who obviously can't should get some slack and perhaps use
the radio more often for position reports. But those who fly 100K
ships should have hard time explaining why they don't use Flarm.
My gut feeling is that 90% of pilots who are at risk can efford it,
which sould be sufficient to significantly reduce the risk.

Ramy

We spend what we can afford on our gliders. For most of us (including
me) there is previous little left over for much else - I certainly
cannot afford to upgrade from a £16k ship to a £26k one, or even a
£20k one.

Additionally, in Europe there are also the EASA hoops that would have
to be jumped and that is neither simple or cheap.

A Flarm is less than £1k, isn't it? And what are the EASA hoops you'd
have to jump through to put a small, self-contained box on top of your
instrument panel?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (netto to net to email me)

- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation Mar/2004" Much of what you need to know tinyurl.com/yfs7tnz

"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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On 9/1/2010 8:48 AM, Surfer! wrote:
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A Flarm is less than £1k, isn't it? And what are the EASA hoops you'd have
to jump through to put a small, self-contained box on top of your
instrument panel?

Sorry misread the post I replied to and thought he was saying we should all
have a ballistic thingie. However I do know people for whom a Flarm would
be hard to afford, and I'd also comment that the type that sites on top of
the instrument panel isn't a good choice if the coaming it sits on gets
ejected with the canopy. To my mind a Red Box style would be better for
those gliders as it won't involve any wiring between the canopy etc. and the
rest of the glider.

On Sep 2, 3:49*am, "Surfer!" wrote:
"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message

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On 9/1/2010 8:48 AM, Surfer! wrote:
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A Flarm is less than £1k, isn't it? And what are the EASA hoops you'd have
to jump through to put a small, self-contained box on top of your
instrument panel?

Sorry misread the post I replied to and thought he was saying we should all
have a ballistic thingie. *However I do know people for whom a Flarm would
be hard to afford, and I'd also comment that the type that sites on top of
the instrument panel isn't a good choice if the coaming it sits on gets
ejected with the canopy. *To my mind a Red Box style would be better for
those gliders as it won't involve any wiring between the canopy etc. and the
rest of the glider.

The wiring issue can be easily resolved by adding a "weak link" of
some sort, such as a simple connector which will disconnect easily
when the canopy ejects.

Ramy