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Old 10th Jan 2010, 07:14
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Originally Posted by angelorange
A good piece of kit but being DGPS and baro based it is not infallable:

"Differential effects do not always help us because aircraft bank when flying a curve and this may produce different sky-views, so those two aircraft might base their GPS navigation solutions on non-identical sets of satellites, and the differential effect is lost"
I wonder where that quote came from? Attribution is a good habit.

If you visit the FLARM website you will find it never claims to be more than an aid - that lookout is essential.
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