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Hi,
I applaud Dale for his efforts to get a rental fleet of FLARMs going. I'm sorry to hear that due to the decisions of the contest committee he has decided to completely abandon the idea. It would be wonderful to have rental units available so that people could try them before buying them. Or pay a reasonable rental fee for the one week of the year they need it the most. However, I must admit that I had my doubts that a rental system could work. I envisioned it requiring hundreds of hours per year of volunteer work to ship units, take in rental fees, receive units back, replace missing or damaged parts, make phone calls and send e-mails begging people to please return their rental unit soon, etc. While it would be extremely nice to have them, I wouldn't volunteer to do the job. As a soaring related business owner I imagine I would need to charge $495/week to make it profitable. I don't think too many pilots that are undecided about the usefulness of FLARM would pay that much. And that rate would assume that I didn't have to pay for the inventory - that people would donate units to the cause. But I should clarify that I'm not volunteering to do this. I'd much rather see people jump in and buy one and get to know it well before they come to a contest - and use it every time they fly at the home gliderport as well. But of course, I'm biased because I sell them. Best Regards, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. "DaleKramer" wrote in message ... Evan, Because I have acted on this report so quickly, there is nothing on the earth to scorch. I would never do that anyway. I have done the honorable thing and withdrawn when I feel that I can no longer support the direction that this has taken. I have been completely up front and open about my intentions and everything that has happened. The only thing withheld has been the specific terms of the tentative agreement with FLARM Technology at their request. Everything relevant to the program has been published and the next volunteer can easily proceed. I wish everyone the best but I choose not to participate. Dale |
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Paule,
I am aware that the scope of what I volunteered to do was enormous. I think the level of support that I received was partly because enough people knew that I would have been able to accomplish what I started if I had just received the RC support the way that I received popular support from the silent majority. Dale |
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Some of us will have multiple FLARM units for gliders and tow planes.
There will be times when I do not need my FLARM unit and will be willing to loan it to a pilot for a contest. A loaner list can be provided by the RC so a pilot without FLARM can make the contacts to procure a unit for a contest. Assuming FLARM meets expectations, most serious, safety-minded pilots will have one in the future. Seems simple. If I understand it correctly, we are telling our customers they would only need to have an extra display (butterfly?) to move the FLARM unit from one aircraft to another. Many glider pilots will want to move the FLARM from their glider to their power plane. Tom Knauff Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies |
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On Nov 18, 11:09*am, Tom wrote:
If I understand it correctly, we are telling our customers they would only need to have an extra display (butterfly?) to move the FLARM unit from one aircraft to another. Many glider pilots will want to move the FLARM from their glider to their power plane. Loaner units will be portable PowerFLARM, which includes a display. 2nd picture he http://www.gliderpilot.org/Flarm-WhatIsIt Best Regards, Dave |
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On Nov 18, 8:09*am, Tom wrote:
Some of us will have multiple FLARM units for gliders and tow planes. There will be times when I do not need my FLARM unit and will be willing to loan it to a pilot for a contest. A loaner list can be provided by the RC so a pilot without FLARM can make the contacts to procure a unit for a contest. Assuming FLARM meets expectations, most serious, safety-minded pilots will have one in the future. Seems simple. If I understand it correctly, we are telling our customers they would only need to have an extra display (butterfly?) to move the FLARM unit from one aircraft to another. Many glider pilots will want to move the FLARM from their glider to their power plane. Tom Knauff Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies You are talking about the remote mounted brick and not the portable unit? (or why is an external display needed at all?) Planning on moving a brick does not seem a good idea at all. It will involve removing two SMA antenna connections (not exactly known for their durability), the power connector, the display RJ45 connector, undoing whatever way you have the brick mounted etc. And reconnecting all this on the other aircraft. Where do you easily install the brick on a typical power aircraft? If owners want to move the device get a portable unit. If they want an installed look they need to purchase two bricks. Two separate units also avoids hassles with resetting ICAO ID and other information. Darryl |
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On Nov 18, 8:51*am, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Nov 18, 8:09*am, Tom wrote: Some of us will have multiple FLARM units for gliders and tow planes. There will be times when I do not need my FLARM unit and will be willing to loan it to a pilot for a contest. A loaner list can be provided by the RC so a pilot without FLARM can make the contacts to procure a unit for a contest. Assuming FLARM meets expectations, most serious, safety-minded pilots will have one in the future. Seems simple. If I understand it correctly, we are telling our customers they would only need to have an extra display (butterfly?) to move the FLARM unit from one aircraft to another. Many glider pilots will want to move the FLARM from their glider to their power plane. Tom Knauff Knauff & Grove Soaring Supplies You are talking about the remote mounted brick and not the portable unit? (or why is an external display needed at all?) Planning on moving a brick does not seem a good idea at all. It will involve removing two SMA antenna connections (not exactly known for their durability), the power connector, the display RJ45 connector, undoing whatever way you have the brick mounted etc. And reconnecting all this on the other aircraft. Where do you easily install the brick on a typical power aircraft? If owners want to move the device get a portable unit. If they want an installed look they need to purchase two bricks. Two separate units also avoids hassles with resetting ICAO ID and other information. Darryl Sigh, I'll try again... this would involve removing 3 (not 2) SMA connectors - Flarm antenna, 1090ES antenna and the GPS antenna. The USB cable for the USB memory stick The power connector The display RJ-45 connector Unfastening the brick itself Reverse at the other end. On the power aircraft you may want to have a connector pre-wired in to attach the PowerFLARM audio out to the audio panel or to the aux in of the headset if it has an aux in. Moving the portable unit would involve unscrewing it or lifting it off the 3M "mushroom" tape. Removing the external power connector if one was used and removing the audio connection if one was used (in a power aircraft or motorglider). Darryl |
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Hi Dale,
I did not mean to imply that you did not understand the scope of it. I applaud what you were offering. I'm sorry to hear that you backed-out of your offer due to the lack of support of your specific agenda - but I don't blame you for backing out at all. But I do agree with the contest committee. Best Regards, Paul Remde "DaleKramer" wrote in message ... Paule, I am aware that the scope of what I volunteered to do was enormous. I think the level of support that I received was partly because enough people knew that I would have been able to accomplish what I started if I had just received the RC support the way that I received popular support from the silent majority. Dale |
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