Flarm is basically a 576 Euro TCAS box for us little guys.
Two
bureaucratic obstacles to Flarm:
- Not Invented Here as far as ICAO is concerned -- TCAS will have to be pried out of their dead fingers
- The manufacturer refuses to sell in North America because of product liability issues
Were I ICAO dictator, I'd buy out Flarm, license it worldwide and mandate an appropriate version (extended detection distance) in airliners so that they could spot the little guys in good time.
Sure beats putting Mode S in everything that flies when radars and transponders are on their way to being superceded by ADSB
