PowerFlarm at Region 9 Contest

Thanks for understanding my position, Guy.

Robert and Mike, it's not about resistance to anything. As the Moriarty
folks know, I ride a motorcycle AND I wear a helmet though it's not required
in New Mexico. I make my decisions on my perceived need, not on the latest
promise of "safety". Sure I've seen claims of saves with Flarm, but I've
also seen a lot of complaints of it not living up to its promise.

I can appreciate its value in a crowded thermal; no argument other than the
sometimes missed alerts. I only flew one day during the contest. On
release, I found a really good thermal and other gliders, seeing me going up
so fast, came and joined. There were 4 or 5 as I recall. I left the
thermal and headed off in a non-task dirction. I didn't see another glider
all day. I generally fly alone or with one other glider and then we're in
constant communication. If we lose sight, we leave the thermal.

Look back at my OLC traces and you'll see that I don't follow the shear
lines all day to maximize speed and distance points. I fly for fun and I
enjoy exploring those places where the really fast guys don't go that often
because it slows them down.

And, no, I'm not talking about TCAS equipped aircraft. I mean ABQ Approach
sees me and vectors departing and arriving aircraft around me. I have
talked with them and done transponder checks to be sure they can see me -
they can! I also dragged my glider down to ABQ to the avionics shop to have
my installation checked. It works!

I know of at least one pilot at Moriarty who has a Flarm but refuses to
install a transponder. So he's protected from other Flarm or transponder
equipped gliders, but he's also invisible to ATC and TCAS. How smart is
that?


"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Dan Marotta wrote, On 6/10/2013 9:24 PM:
I want protection from transponder equipped aircraft.

Maybe you meant TCAS equipped aircraft?

At least get an MRX, if you don't want a PowerFlarm. The MRX will warn you
of transponder equipped aircraft, most of which do not have TCAS.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email
me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
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