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Old March 10th 09, 09:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Some technical considerations related to Spot trackingperformance

On Mar 10, 4:50*pm, 5Z wrote:
On Mar 10, 2:41*pm, Andy wrote:

So what has been tried and what works?


On my ASH-26E, I installed the spot on the canopy rail right next to
my right shoulder. *It's got a good view of most of the sky, and I can
verify the LEDs are blinking. *So far, I get good tracking results. *I
removed the belt clip and attached a little bit of heavy duty hook and
loop material to keep it attached.

This should work on all recent Schleicher gliders as they have that
nice wide sill back there.

-Tom


Wow - thanks to everyone, especially Steve, for this very detailed
overview.

FWIW, on my LS8, I could easily mount the spot similar to an old
Camera (remember those) using whole pre-drilled into the canopy frame
and a small piece of bent aluminum. I expect many other ships would
be like that...