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Old 19th Apr 2012, 10:44
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Relative bearing is not used in the collision avoidance calculation.

It is a key learning point for TCAS: if bearing data is not available for any reason (e.g. some installations can have a non directional lower antenna) any RA generated is still valid.

Bearing data is only used for for traffic display plotting.
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