Genuine flight safety question for the low-level flyers out there ......
If I'm pootling around the Scottish lochs in a seaplane, with Mode S switched on, how likely is this to assist you in knowing I am there .. ?
I know that Tucanos have got some form of TCAS fitted, and also the larger Nimrods and Hercs etc.... so I am guessing they will get a TCAS alert ... ?
... but what about Tornadoes, Typhoons and the Americans ?
Would my Mode S be picked up on any RWR ? Or will it only be picked up if it is being interrogated by a ground-based radar ?
What about the Hawks or numerous heliocopeters - do any of them have Collision Detection systems ?
Would like to feel that the £3k I have just spent (at the CAAs behest) might actually be making my flight (and those around me) safer....
'tink' is what US controllers call Cessnas and Pipers ... cos seemingly that's the sound they make when they bounce off a Boeing or Airbus ...
