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| Subject: | Fixed ELT in 8 aft fuse. |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Ian Findlay" <ianjo@omninet.net.au>
Hi RV8er,
The only good reason IMHO to fit a fixed ELT in the aft fuse of an RV8, is if the
builder has an unfixable fwd c of g problem.
There are those that like building and add extra stuff to prolong the process,
or impress their mates. I am sure that you are not one of these folk, but I am
sure you have seen them around.
The result is many grossly over weight airplanes, full of goodies, that waddle
out to the runway legs spread and tires half flat.
These overweight birds are not nice to fly, ask Van.
Be safe, carry a lightweight portable ELT when flyin' over the boondocks out of
radar coverage.
Happy flyin',
Ian.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Findlay
Subject: ELT
G'day from Downunder,
Most Experimentals here do not fit "installed" ELT but use lightweight portable
units for safety reasons.(most sensible spam can owners do too.)
If your RV has the misfortune to finish up inverted perhaps in a forest, or if
it gets damaged the top mounted antenna is useless.
A friend of mine Don Miller who owns the well known Burketown Hotel in the NT owes
his life and that of his passenger to the portable ELT carried in his shirt
pocket and secured with a lanyard around his neck.
The installed ELT in his Cessna was bleating away unheard from down in the seaweed
25' under the surface of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The portable had the Airforce
chopper there, to this remote place, some hours later to winch them out
of the water.
Aussie aircraft owners were in revolt a decade ago when our CAA tried to mandate
fixed ELT.
Investigation of distress calls and rescues from records found that portables were
very effective and for various reasons fixed had a poor record.
After hectic political lobbying we won and the portable is a legal, and safer,
alternative.
Another benefit is that if the crew have reason to leave the crash site they take
the portable with them.
Hope this helps. Your RV will be lighter, and you, safer.
Tailwinds.
Ian Findlay.
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