Steve Fossett missing?

I believe the new 406 MHz ELT's can be hooked to a GPS and transmit
lat/long when activated. Unfortunately, the ELT may not have activated.


wrote:
Fossett had a typical ELT that apparently did not turn on or was out
of range.

I have a APRS tracker that continuously sends position/velocity info
on the ham frequency. Worked very well so far and gives peace of mind
to relatives - and useful to FAA on a flight plan. If Fosset had a
continuous tracker, the job of finding him might have been a lot
easier.

You can build an APRS tracker for about $250. A basic ham license is
easy to get.

For more info http://www.abri.com/sq2000/GPStrack.html
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SQ2000 canard, http://www.abri.com/sq2000/

On Sep 4, 2:13 pm, "Rob Turk" wrote:

CNN reports Steve Fossett is missing.
"
Fossett took off from a private air strip known as Flying M Ranch, near
Smith Valley, 30 miles south of Yerington, Nevada, on Monday, with enough
fuel for four to five hours of flight, according to the Civil Air Patrol.
Yerington is south of Carson City, near the California border."

Let's hope for the best




--
Scott
http://corbenflyer.tripod.com/
Gotta Fly or Gonna Die
Building RV-4 (Super Slow Build Version)

Scott wrote:
I believe the new 406 MHz ELT's can be hooked to a GPS and transmit
lat/long when activated. Unfortunately, the ELT may not have activated.

There is also at least one 406 MHz ELT on the market that has a integral
GPS. www.acrelectonics.com is the one maker I know of, there may be
others.


I admire the poster who created his own flight tracking system. However,
I am inclined to go with one of these GPS enabled 406 PLBs. They are
lighter, less than 1 AMU in costs and are made by made by people who
know which end of the soldering iron to hold (unlike myself).


--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Boise, ID

"Frank Stutzman" wrote in message
...
Scott wrote:
I believe the new 406 MHz ELT's can be hooked to a GPS and transmit
lat/long when activated. Unfortunately, the ELT may not have activated.

There is also at least one 406 MHz ELT on the market that has a integral
GPS. www.acrelectonics.com is the one maker I know of, there may be
others.


I admire the poster who created his own flight tracking system. However,
I am inclined to go with one of these GPS enabled 406 PLBs. They are
lighter, less than 1 AMU in costs and are made by made by people who
know which end of the soldering iron to hold (unlike myself).


--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Boise, ID


The 406Mhz ELT/PLB units are great and I suggest anyone traveling or flying
backcountry areas should have one. HOWEVER, if you activate it, be prepared
for the official full emergency response which may be quite a bit more than
you need - or want. Plus, as the the present unfortunate case, they
sometimes don't work.

Real-time tracking units offers the ability to track an aircraft right up to
a crash. Even if nothing in the aircraft works afterwards, you would still
know where to look for it.

Ultimately, real-time tracking will be the standard. ADS-B or whatever
replaces it will eliminate the need for ELT's as well as radar.

Bill Daniels

"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
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Ultimately, real-time tracking will be the standard. ADS-B or whatever
replaces it will eliminate the need for ELT's as well as radar.

Bill Daniels

I don't think it can eliminate radar. How do you know where I am when my
ADS-B dies?

Frank Stutzman wrote:
Scott wrote:
I believe the new 406 MHz ELT's can be hooked to a GPS and transmit
lat/long when activated. Unfortunately, the ELT may not have
activated.

There is also at least one 406 MHz ELT on the market that has a
integral GPS. www.acrelectonics.com is the one maker I know of,
there may be others.


I admire the poster who created his own flight tracking system.
However, I am inclined to go with one of these GPS enabled 406 PLBs.
They are lighter, less than 1 AMU in costs and are made by made by
people who know which end of the soldering iron to hold (unlike
myself).

Add to that the fact that the NTSB is suggesting to the FAA that 406 MHz
ELTs be required.

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news..._196080-1.html

This is seriously cool stuff.

Please post this to rec.aviation.soaring. We need this in a big way.

Bill Daniels

wrote in message
oups.com...
Fossett had a typical ELT that apparently did not turn on or was out
of range.

I have a APRS tracker that continuously sends position/velocity info
on the ham frequency. Worked very well so far and gives peace of mind
to relatives - and useful to FAA on a flight plan. If Fosset had a
continuous tracker, the job of finding him might have been a lot
easier.

You can build an APRS tracker for about $250. A basic ham license is
easy to get.

For more info http://www.abri.com/sq2000/GPStrack.html
------------------------------------------------
SQ2000 canard, http://www.abri.com/sq2000/

On Sep 4, 2:13 pm, "Rob Turk" wrote:
CNN reports Steve Fossett is missing.
"
Fossett took off from a private air strip known as Flying M Ranch, near
Smith Valley, 30 miles south of Yerington, Nevada, on Monday, with enough
fuel for four to five hours of flight, according to the Civil Air Patrol.
Yerington is south of Carson City, near the California border."

Let's hope for the best

Bill,

Didn't use this technology at an Ephrata soaring contest few years ago? I
seem to remember an article in Soaring (or the SGC Towline news letter.)

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/
Ham Radio - W7ADK


"Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message
. ..
This is seriously cool stuff.

Please post this to rec.aviation.soaring. We need this in a big way.

Bill Daniels

wrote in message
oups.com...
Fossett had a typical ELT that apparently did not turn on or was out
of range.

I have a APRS tracker that continuously sends position/velocity info
on the ham frequency. Worked very well so far and gives peace of mind
to relatives - and useful to FAA on a flight plan. If Fosset had a
continuous tracker, the job of finding him might have been a lot
easier.

You can build an APRS tracker for about $250. A basic ham license is
easy to get.

For more info http://www.abri.com/sq2000/GPStrack.html
------------------------------------------------
SQ2000 canard, http://www.abri.com/sq2000/

On Sep 4, 2:13 pm, "Rob Turk" wrote:
CNN reports Steve Fossett is missing.
"
Fossett took off from a private air strip known as Flying M Ranch, near
Smith Valley, 30 miles south of Yerington, Nevada, on Monday, with
enough
fuel for four to five hours of flight, according to the Civil Air
Patrol.
Yerington is south of Carson City, near the California border."

Let's hope for the best

Maybe.. maybe not...
Lets see, been 4 days, No plane radio, no ELT, no Cell phone, no Personal
tracker.
The chances of having so many com avenues fail without injury sure worry's
one.
I personally think of 2 guestamated probabilities.
Either he chose to disappear or he went into the water.
Seen as I'm sure he had lots of adrenaline yet to be tapped for future
records.
Hmmm,
I sure wish him well and a speedy recovery with condolences to his family.






wrote in message
oups.com...
Fossett had a typical ELT that apparently did not turn on or was out
of range.

I have a APRS tracker that continuously sends position/velocity info
on the ham frequency. Worked very well so far and gives peace of mind
to relatives - and useful to FAA on a flight plan. If Fosset had a
continuous tracker, the job of finding him might have been a lot
easier.

You can build an APRS tracker for about $250. A basic ham license is
easy to get.

For more info http://www.abri.com/sq2000/GPStrack.html
------------------------------------------------
SQ2000 canard, http://www.abri.com/sq2000/

On Sep 4, 2:13 pm, "Rob Turk" wrote:
CNN reports Steve Fossett is missing.
"
Fossett took off from a private air strip known as Flying M Ranch, near
Smith Valley, 30 miles south of Yerington, Nevada, on Monday, with enough
fuel for four to five hours of flight, according to the Civil Air Patrol.
Yerington is south of Carson City, near the California border."

Let's hope for the best