Glider tracking - Spot etc...

On Jan 2, 4:42*pm, Dan G wrote:
On Jan 2, 12:36*am, "
wrote:

and more importantly has potential to
save lives.

It's not a PLB, nor can it even mimic the functions of one. It's not a
piece of survival equipment.

Dan

For PLB to work, it requires both the pilot and PLB to survive the
crash. Spot will provide a proximate location of the crash even if
none survived.

Ramy

On Jan 2, 8:37*pm, Ramy wrote:

For PLB to work, it requires both the pilot and PLB to survive the
crash. Spot will provide a proximate location of the crash even if
none survived.

Ramy

Great point. The other thing is it sends the LAT/LONG reports back to
your crew or contest officials (whomever you designate), so they can
go right to work on locating the pilot rather than waiting for SAR to
swing into action.

Ideally you'd want a device where you could plug it into an aircraft-
mounted accelerometer to send out an automatic 911 in a crash. That
would be an easy mod. Better to have the accelerometer mounted in the
aircraft so the thing doesn't go off when you drop it, etc.

9B