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1. 07:15 PM - Re: ACK E-01 ELT SDR (warning: Rant mode ON) (Bill Watson)
2. 08:57 PM - Re: ACK E-01 ELT SDR (warning: Rant mode ON) (Charlie England)
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| Subject: | Re: ACK E-01 ELT SDR (warning: Rant mode ON) |
I mounted the my ACK unit behind the baggage bulkhead along with the
antenna. Didn't really consider the portable aspect. There is a
generous service loop in the phone wire (which I think was more than
long enough to reach the panel for the remote piece.
Bill "just sharing since I'm not flying today" Watson
On 8/13/2020 4:05 PM, Charlie England wrote:
> During my Condition Inspection of my (purchased) RV-6, I prepared to
> check the ELT batteries for date/operation. The builder had mounted
> the ELT behind the passenger seat in the baggage compartment, with the
> antenna directlyabove just inside the back glass. Not ideal for
> packing luggage, but certainly easy access for service (I thought).
>
> I leaned over the seats and flipped open the two latches, and picked
> up the ELT to disconnect the coax & 'phone wire' that runs to the
> panel mounted control. No issue with the coax. But the phone wire is
> *hard wired* into the top of the ELT by the mfgr. To compound matters,
> the builder, in his infinitewisdom, drilled a hole in the baggage
> floor & snaked the cable through corrugatedtubing that disappears
> into the inaccessible space under the baggage compartment. So now the
> 'portable' ELT, complete with its attached portable whip, is portable
> to a distance of about 2" above the floor of the baggage compartment.
>
> I get it that not all builders have good sense, and all of us have
> 'bad decision days', but how could a mfgr do something this stupid,
> and I know it's pointless to ask, but how could the FAA be so stupid
> as to certify the thing?
>
> Yes, I realize that the builder could have left a 2-foot service loop
> hanging out with the splice in the baggage compartment, but IT'S AN
> E(mergency)LT. In an actual emergency, finding a latch on the case
> would be a lot simpler and quicker than finding the splice point in
> the cable.
>
> Does filing a Service Difficulty Report on a 20 year old product make
> any sense?
>
> OK, rant mode off; back to your regularly scheduled programming.
>
> Charlie
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| Subject: | Re: ACK E-01 ELT SDR (warning: Rant mode ON) |
Yes, and that service loop got permanently installed, through a conduit in
the nonremoveable floor of the baggage compartment=2E The generous service
loop should have been a removable cable=2E
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On Aug 15, 2020, 9:22 PM, at 9:22 PM, Bill Watson <mauledriver@nc
=2Err=2Ecom> wrote:
>I mounted the my ACK unit behind the baggage bulkhead
along with the
>antenna=2E Didn't really consider the portable aspect=2E
=C2- There is a
>generous service loop in the phone wire (which I think
was more than
>long enough to reach the panel for the remote piece=2E
>
>B
ill "just sharing since I'm not flying today" Watson
>
>On 8/13/2020 4:05 P
M, Charlie England wrote:
>> During my Condition Inspection of my (purchase
d) RV-6, I prepared to
>> check the ELT batteries for date/operation=2E Th
e builder had mounted
>> the ELT behind the passenger seat in the baggage
compartment, with
>the
>> antenna directly=C2-above just inside the back
glass=2E Not ideal for
>> packing luggage, but certainly easy access for
service (I thought)=2E
>>
>> I leaned over the seats and flipped open the t
wo latches, and picked
>> up the ELT to disconnect the coax & 'phone wire'
that runs to the
>> panel mounted control=2E No issue with the coax=2E Bu
t the phone wire is
>> *hard wired* into the top of the ELT by the mfgr=2E
To compound
>matters,
>> the builder, in his infinite=C2-wisdom, drille
d a hole in the baggage
>> floor & snaked the cable through corrugated=C2
-tubing that disappears
>> into the inaccessible space under the baggage
compartment=2E So now the
>
>> 'portable' ELT, complete with its attached
portable whip, is portable
>
>> to a distance of about 2" above the floor o
f the baggage compartment=2E
>>
>> I get it that not all builders have good
sense, and all of us have
>> 'bad decision days', but how could a mfgr do
something this stupid,
>> and I know it's pointless to ask, but how could
the FAA be so stupid
>> as to certify the thing?
>>
>> Yes, I realize tha
t the builder could have left a 2-foot service loop
>
>> hanging out with t
he splice in the baggage compartment, but IT'S AN
>> E(mergency)LT=2E In a
n actual emergency, finding a latch on the case
>> would be a lot simpler
and quicker than finding the splice point in
>> the cable=2E
>>
>> Does fi
ling a Service Difficulty Report on a 20 year old product make
>
>> any sen
se?
>>
>> OK, rant mode off; back to your regularly scheduled programming
=2E
>>
>> Charlie
>
>
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