Re: ATTN: Jim Weir - Plastic airplane antenna location and groundplane for an ELT.

[Bart D. Hull]

Jim,

Thank you for your input. I appreciate your time.

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Bart D. Hull

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Jim Weir wrote:
> The general rules you stated below are valid. The notion of putting COM
> antennas on the fuselage sides and the NAV antenna on some sort of diagonal and
> on the top of the fuselage sounds like a good idea.
>
> Jim
>
>
> "Bart D. Hull" >
> shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:
>
>
> ->Sorry I don't have drawings for this plane. I was planning the COM
> ->mounts on the sides of the fuselage just for the reason of getting
> ->away from the rudder mounts. As long as they are on opposite sides
> ->and just fiberglass construction and no metal closer than 12" is the
> ->general rule right?
> ->
> ->Does the 12" rule also apply to the location of other antennas"
> ->Can I put one Nav in the top of the fuselage and one nearer the front as
> ->long as I have at least 12" seperate between the two antennas?
> ->Or is there a general reason not to?
> Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
> VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
> http://www.rst-engr.com