I'm into my first owner assisted annual right now with my Archer.
You're having a better year than I am. I have a Narco ELT 10 that has
gone toes up. My guy is trying pretty hard to steer me away from
anything other than dropping $900 on a direct replacement or getting the
current one fixed. And I already have a switch near the left armrest
with (from memory....) off/arm/test positions. Has anyone ever replaced
a set up like this with an ACK or an Ameri-King?

I did find an AOPA link claiming the SARSAT coverage will be dropped for
the 'old' units in 2009. -
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/regulatory/elt.html - They seem to think
the units will still be legal but won't have sat. coverage.

How about magnetos? Do you really just throw Slick mags. away after 5
calendar years????

Tom


Jay Honeck wrote:
So, our '74 Pathfinder (Cherokee 235) is back in for annual -- its fifth one
with us -- and I spent the day working with my mechanic on my 8th
"owner-assisted" annual inspection. A few previously known squawks have
been addressed:

1. The ELT. It barely passed last year, and this year it didn't activate
when subjected to sudden deceleration. (It's the original Piper part, so I
think it has given its all...)

I've ordered a new Ameri-King model from Spruce, at a very attractive price
($175) -- but I've found (much to my dismay) that a remote switch must be
installed in the panel for ANY new ELT installed. The old one did not
require this, and I'm a bit mystified as to why the new ones require ripping
the panel apart to install yet another idiot light/switch, but oh, well.

Apparently the new 406 mhz ELTs aren't going to be required until 2010 (?)
now, so I've opted not to spend the $$$ on one right now. The folks at
Spruce said that deadline is "soft" anyway.

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