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MAVLink network

Pilots who share a MAVLink network see each other's planes. Each plane sends its position a few times a second. The network has a longer range than Remote ID.

A plane on the MAVLink network gets a marker

If the other plane is sending MAVLink and the distance to the other plane is at most 2000 m, wait 5 seconds. The number of markers of other planes on the tactical map is 1. The marker is bright, and it moves with the other plane. The label of the marker says MAV.

See it in Flying near a crowd of planes, Losing the radio link.

How this is tested verified

Given the other plane is sending MAVLink
  And the distance to the other plane is at most 2000 m
When 5 seconds pass
Then the map has 1 other plane
  And the marker of the other plane is live
  And the source of the marker is MAVLink

Follows: nothing the search found within its limits
Tested by: Flying near a crowd of planes › Out of range, into range, into a crowd passed, Losing the radio link › The link drops passed

The MAVLink network has a limit too

If the other plane is sending MAVLink, the distance to the other plane is at least 6000 m and the map has 0 other planes, wait 5 seconds. The number of markers of other planes on the tactical map is 0.

See it in Flying near a crowd of planes.

How this is tested verified

Given the other plane is sending MAVLink
  And the distance to the other plane is at least 6000 m
  And the map has 0 other planes
When 5 seconds pass
Then the map has 0 other planes

Follows: nothing the search found within its limits
Tested by: Flying near a crowd of planes › Out of range, into range, into a crowd passed

A plane that sends both gets one marker

Remote ID and MAVLink tell the station about the same plane. The station joins the two when they are at the same place. The label of the marker names both sources.

If the other plane is sending both and the distance to the other plane is at most 500 m, wait 5 seconds. The number of markers of other planes on the tactical map is 1. The label of the marker says MAV RID.

See it in Seeing a friend who flies near you.

How this is tested verified

Given the other plane is sending both
  And the distance to the other plane is at most 500 m
When 5 seconds pass
Then the map has 1 other plane
  And the source of the marker is Remote ID and MAVLink

Follows: nothing the search found within its limits
Tested by: Seeing a friend who flies near you › A friend joins and leaves passed