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I think I may have just invented an effective way to activate any of
these new ELT/PLB devices. I am calling it the "RSPT sensor". It stands for Rectal Sphinctoid Pressure/Temperature sensor. It will consist of a calibrated load cell to be inserted into the rectum before flight. Clearly, just prior to any significant catastrophic event there will be extraordinary involuntary constriction of the rectal sphincter muscles which will cause the load cell to activate. Another failsafe would be that if you have to bail out, the sensor will be pulled from the rectum. The temperature sensor would immediately cool down, showing that the unit had been pulled from the rectum and therefore triggering the ELT. So, this sensor would not require a heavy G impact in a particular direction to activate. It would be sensitive to _any_ life threatening situations. Perhaps we should add a reset switch for those accidental "high squeeze" triggering events, like trying to thermal near the top of one of those 40 glider gaggles at Uvalde. Clearly, this idea is preliminary, but I think we may have a solution to the ELT triggering problem. Respectively submitted, Larry |
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