Originally Posted by
Rick Kirchner
That was my point a few posts back but after spending more time watching their videos, it will take more than a simple strip light due to how they are mechanizing this.
Black is a problem, so they make black with alternating white/off with a character. Then there's the speeds that show up in the purple. And you still need a way to show course condition like red/yel, passing (blue only, no need for red stripe?), red cross, and meatball. That's why I think they'll just tell us to use the sedan unit or buy a dash that the FT can be integrated with.
From a human factors standpoint, if digital flags are the future, we just ought to replace black with purple and be done with it, and then clubs could agree on a standard like flashing purple for all in, steady purple for an agreed upon speed, maybe alternating red/purple to indicate a meatball or a chat with the steward.