Gliders In Australia - Do They Use FLARM?

[Sunfish]

Just wondering if Australian gliders have adopted FLARM or do we rely on the big sky principle?

Reason being that fitting a powerflarm core with ADSB -in and mode C receiving might be useful since I am not far from a gliding centre….

[Tankengine]

All gliders in competition are required to use Flarm, I would think 90%+ of the others would use it as well. It works quite well, it would be great if more GA and RAA aircraft would use it. It is relatively cheap and can be linked to moving map displays.:ok:
Sunny, be sure to get an Australian frequency powerflarm as unlike the others powerflarm is specific to Aust, US or Europe. A European one will display you to gliders here but not display them on your display.

[rjtjrt]

I guess Sunfish (and myself as well) would like a system that will receive and display FLARM and ADSB-in at the same time, all in a tiny and light weight unit, with the ability to also display traffic on an iPad app such as Ozrunways/Avplan.
Given that would be ideal, it almost certainly does not exist.

[KRviator]

I guess Sunfish (and myself as well) would like a system that will receive and display FLARM and ADSB-in at the same time, all in a tiny and light weight unit, with the ability to also display traffic on an iPad app such as Ozrunways/Avplan.
Given that would be ideal, it almost certainly does not exist.
A (very) quick look over the FLARM website shows it'll receive Mode C/S/ADS-B and FLARM system transmissions and display them on an external source.


The Dynon SkyView system is compatible with FLARM so if you have that already installed it should be a good heads-up for suitably equipped traffic.

[Tankengine]

Rjtjrt,
Powerflarm does what you want. It exists now!:)
As I said though you need to check the frequency for Australian ops. Unlike other Flarm options (my old Ozflarm frequency shifts to USA or Europe automatically when I took it overseas)!,:ok:
The Powerflarm system is region specific.:ooh:

[India Four Two]

A (very) quick look over the FLARM website shows it'll receive Mode C/S/ADS-B and FLARM system transmissions and display them on an external source.I have a few hours experience using PowerFlarm in a tow plane in Canada.

It works well, but bear in mind that PowerFlarm only displays Mode C data if the other aircraft is being interrogated by SSR.

It displays an estimated range ring, based on the Mode C signal strength and also displays the altitude differential in hundreds of feet. There is no azimuth information, but if I see a range ring shrinking in size and an altitude display of +- 200', I start searching very intently.

There is also an issue with blind spots, depending on the antenna installation.