Originally Posted by
EnigmAviation
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FLARM overheats, can't fix it
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( and potentially exposing Cadets and Instructors to risk if the airworthiness case is correct !)
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Good grief where is the FLARM mounted that it overheats? The Grob 109 where I fly has no such problem with it's FLARM, neither do all the gliders that have them on above the panel directly under the glasshouse of the canopy. I'm wondering what else might be overheating as well.
If the paperwork was incorrect then the airframe can't be proved airworthy so by definition isn't - for example have all the ADs been complied with? I'm guessing that since the Vikings are not on the G Register they have far, far too much paperwork.
Would have thought that if an Airbus A380 can be on the G register (BA has 12 on it, G-XLEA to G-XLEL) it should adequate for a simple glider, even if it is owned by the ATC.