Excellent point Greg! I mounted my ELT in the baggage compartment up
against the baggage closure and the cable runs through the tail cone but not
through any holes. It is tie wired to the formers and hopefully that
wouldn't be an issue. I hadn't thought of that, just did it that way as it
was easy.
Tim Bryan
RV-6 Flying
N616TB over 100 hours now
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rv-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv-list-
> server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Greg Young
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:17 AM
> To: rv-list@matronics.com
> Subject: RE: 406 MHz ELT
>
>
> Regardless of where you choose to mount the antenna and for whatever
> reason,
> consider the routing of the cable from the ELT to the antenna. If you
> route
> it through or near bulkheads or metal edges, it can be severed in a
> crash.
> My ELT was mounted on the keel by the elevator bellcrank in my -6, the
> antenna on the seatback cross member and the cable routed under the
> baggage
> floor and thru the rear spar bulkhead. Although my crash was upright,
> the
> cable was severed by the crushed and twisted structure. No signal was
> ever
> detected. I'm keeping the cable for the new one inside the tailcone
> with the
> antenna somewhere back there too.
>
> Regards,
> Greg Young
