---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 06/27/19: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:41 AM - Re: Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet (Clif Dawson) 2. 05:15 PM - Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet (cdlwingnut) 3. 08:29 PM - Re: ELT Recommendation (taildrags) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:41:12 AM PST US From: "Clif Dawson" Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet Ain't that the truth!! Clif > > When you boil it all down, the entire airplane is built by just a long > series of little fiddly stuff! > > -------- > Oscar Zuniga > Medford, OR > Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" > A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:15:14 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet From: "cdlwingnut" taildrags wrote: > When you boil it all down, the entire airplane is built by just a long series of little fiddly stuff! Very true taildrags Lots of small fiddly jobs. today T-88 was mixed and the piece of leading edge plywood glued in place. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=489890#489890 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/20190627_151242_resized_163.jpg ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:29:49 PM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: ELT Recommendation From: "taildrags" Mike; my Air Camper has a Narco ELT, I believe it's the ELT-10, 121.5 Mhz only, one of the simplest and most ubiquitous ELTs from days gone by. It has its own little fold-out antenna so it could ostensibly be removed from the airplane after a crash and used as a personal-carry locator with the antenna extended. The battery has a mandatory 2-yr replacement and a battery costs $34.50 from Chief Aircraft and others. I test it regularly and it works, but I have as much expectation of anyone ever locating it or my downed aircraft as I do of winning the Powerball this Saturday. I installed it and maintain it on the aircraft to meet the requirement that an operational ELT be carried onboard my 2-place aircraft. I don't believe that an ELT is required for single-place aircraft like the Sky Scout. When I got 41CC, Corky had the ELT installed on the floorboard all the way up between the passenger's rudder pedals, and from every recommendation that I've ever seen, that is not a good location. Best location is behind the rear seat in the empennage, securely mounted to the structure, so that's where I moved it to after my airplane went over on its nose and I had to rebuild things. I mounted a flat piece of aluminum on the bottom inside the empennage where I can inspect it and reach the test switch by opening the access door in the headrest area, and then mounted a fixed ELT whip antenna to that ground plane and connected the ELT using the BNC connector and a short piece of coax. My understanding is that the tailcone of an aircraft usually stays intact in a crash even thought the firewall forward, cockpit, wings, and gear may not. Also, an engine fire is not as likely to spread to the tailcone. Or so they say. I found that the original ELT in the airplane wouldn't have activated in the nose-over anyway... battery corrosion had eaten up a lot of the electronics and battery terminals inside it when I opened it to inspect why it hadn't gone off. It looked good on the outside, but did nothing useful. I suppose if you want an ELT that will actually do some good locating your downed airplane, you should get one that works on 406Mhz where the satellites are listening. Nobody listens to 121.5 anymore. -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=489893#489893 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.