Power Flarm Display

On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:58:53 PM UTC-8, glen wrote:
On Sunday, December 9, 2012 6:42:27 PM UTC-5, SteveB_Z5 wrote: I'm thinking about getting a Power Flarm brick. What do users think of the display? Sun and shade readability? Thanks, Steve How is the Flarm display on a PDA using See You or the Ilec SN 10 display.

Glen,

SeeYou Mobile displays PowerFlarm and ADS-B targets as smaller gliders, with climb rate and altitude. When you lose Flarm lock a dot remains for the time you specify on the setup page. One can fly to the dot and zoom into the thermal track. You can color by altitude or make the glider larger or smaller. Warnings are white box across the top and the lady alerts you of traffic. "Traffic 5 oclock 50 feet low".

Richard
www.craggyaero.com

On Friday, December 21, 2012 12:44:19 PM UTC-8, Richard wrote:
On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:58:53 PM UTC-8, glen wrote:

On Sunday, December 9, 2012 6:42:27 PM UTC-5, SteveB_Z5 wrote: I'm thinking about getting a Power Flarm brick. What do users think of the display? Sun and shade readability? Thanks, Steve How is the Flarm display on a PDA using See You or the Ilec SN 10 display.



Glen,



SeeYou Mobile displays PowerFlarm and ADS-B targets as smaller gliders, with climb rate and altitude. When you lose Flarm lock a dot remains for the time you specify on the setup page. One can fly to the dot and zoom into the thermal track. You can color by altitude or make the glider larger or smaller. Warnings are white box across the top and the lady alerts you of traffic. "Traffic 5 oclock 50 feet low".



Richard

www.craggyaero.com

Richard, how well the flarm track features works in your experience? Does it really capable of providing a thermal track, giving that the signal gets frequent drops when thermaling?

Ramy

On Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:07:56 PM UTC-8, Ramy wrote:
On Friday, December 21, 2012 12:44:19 PM UTC-8, Richard wrote: On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:58:53 PM UTC-8, glen wrote: On Sunday, December 9, 2012 6:42:27 PM UTC-5, SteveB_Z5 wrote: I'm thinking about getting a Power Flarm brick. What do users think of the display? Sun and shade readability? Thanks, Steve How is the Flarm display on a PDA using See You or the Ilec SN 10 display. Glen, SeeYou Mobile displays PowerFlarm and ADS-B targets as smaller gliders, with climb rate and altitude. When you lose Flarm lock a dot remains for the time you specify on the setup page. One can fly to the dot and zoom into the thermal track. You can color by altitude or make the glider larger or smaller. Warnings are white box across the top and the lady alerts you of traffic. "Traffic 5 oclock 50 feet low". Richard www.craggyaero.com Richard, how well the flarm track features works in your experience? Does it really capable of providing a thermal track, giving that the signal gets frequent drops when thermaling? Ramy

Ramy,

Using SeeYou Mobile PNA on my Ultimate Le it works very well. When you lose lock on a glider a dot remains. You can set the time the dot will remain in the software. Fly to the dot and zoom in. I use a Nav Box that is assigned a zoom in function and one with a zoom out function. I have used Powerflarm in two contests with about 20 gliders equiped in each contest, and have about 300 flying hours using PowerFlarm. I really don't see dropout and when I do zoom in I see the thermal track. You get a good thermal track as it is recorded I beleive every second. The dot also has the altitude and last climb rate so I am assuming that many times the lock is lost as the glider leaves the thermal. Sometimes the dot is not in the same place as the thermal track but when flying to it and zooming in you will find it.

thanks,

Richard

On Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:07:56 PM UTC-8, Ramy wrote:
On Friday, December 21, 2012 12:44:19 PM UTC-8, Richard wrote: On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:58:53 PM UTC-8, glen wrote: On Sunday, December 9, 2012 6:42:27 PM UTC-5, SteveB_Z5 wrote: I'm thinking about getting a Power Flarm brick. What do users think of the display? Sun and shade readability? Thanks, Steve How is the Flarm display on a PDA using See You or the Ilec SN 10 display. Glen, SeeYou Mobile displays PowerFlarm and ADS-B targets as smaller gliders, with climb rate and altitude. When you lose Flarm lock a dot remains for the time you specify on the setup page. One can fly to the dot and zoom into the thermal track. You can color by altitude or make the glider larger or smaller. Warnings are white box across the top and the lady alerts you of traffic. "Traffic 5 oclock 50 feet low". Richard www.craggyaero.com Richard, how well the flarm track features works in your experience? Does it really capable of providing a thermal track, giving that the signal gets frequent drops when thermaling? Ramy

Ramy,

I don't think you necessiliary lose a lock when thermaling, you just don't get alerts. I really don't remember ever seeing the dot during thermalling only the gliders. Mostly I would see the Dots out 4 to 6 nautical miles, when they get out of range. Other times you just see the gliders circling.

Richard
www.craggyaero.com