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Old 19th November 2017 | 14:50
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julianwebb
 
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FLARM

I thought it might be useful as people are talking about collision avoidance systems to give you my experience of FLARM

I have installed FLARM and also I am ADS-B out. This is just my experience of GA aircraft.

I have a Eurostar which has good visibility but on many occasions I have had alarms about other transponder equipped aircraft sometimes behind me or ahead which I had not yet seen.

With ADS-B out - (which is very cheap to install if you have a gps cost me just £12 for a cable but the process with the LAA and BMAA is currently too complicated needing access to a PilotAware system) other systems can see you for example PilotAware.

With FLARM if the other transponder equipped aircraft has Mode C it will also tell me if the aircraft is above, below or at the same level. Also it computes a rough distance from me and then lets me know if the source is getting closer or moving away. If the other aircraft is ADS-B out (which some are) it shows me where to look for the other aircraft.

It is a bit expensive but very cheap if it saves you once. Much cheaper than a funeral. After a years use I would recommend it and something like this should be mandated for GA as FLARM is in many worldwide gliding environments.
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