Re: [Aus-soaring] Oz Flarm and Altair Pro

2011-08-28 Thread Chris Woolley
Hi Pam, The OZ Flarm I have, which is one of the early ones, stops working after a software upgrade. The fix is to set the Radio Settings Area to Australia (921 Mhz). The other thing to be aware of is that GPS information only comes from the RJ45 port labelled with GPS. Regards Chris

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oz Flarm and Altair Pro

2011-08-28 Thread Geoff Vincent
Hi Chris, Your GPS hint is a tad misleading given that the unit has a native internal GPS that seems to satisfy the needs of a great many Flarm owners. While we are on the subject of Flarm can anyone definitively confirm whether the Flarm vertical separation algorithms rely on GPS or pressur

Re: [Aus-soaring] Oz Flarm and Altair Pro

2011-08-28 Thread Tim Shirley
Hi all, I have done some testing - involving nearly 1000 IGC files - which suggests that the mean difference between recorded GPS and pressure altitude is about 70 metres. These flights came from all over Australia, plus some from Canada, USA and Argentina. There were several million B (pos

[Aus-soaring] 2011 Festival of Flight

2011-08-28 Thread Kevin Rodda
The QVAG's "Festival of Flight" (normally held at Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield on the last weekend of August) was this year staged at Caboolture Airfield in partneship with the Caboolture Aero Club. http://www.glidingcaboolture.org.au/festival_of_flight_sat27Aug11.htm http://www.glidingcabooltur