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So, why not use that tail battery box for your ELT
installation? ZS Let me clarify. IF the entire thing will fit in the tail battery box (Transmitter, battery, antenna, etc), why not consider putting it there? Surely if the manufactures can find a way to install 14 volt 10 amp hour batteries, plus a couple of gallons of water in the fin, there must be room in there for an ELT. Maybe not in all gliders, but it could be an option for some. If I am going to keep flying contests, I will have to get an ELT. And I know it is for the peace of mind of the organizers. Just like the requirement for liability insurance is to protect others investments in case of my screwups. We do lots of things to protect and help others in this otherwise rather self centered sport. Yes, this is another cost those of us that like to compete will have to bear. And we will have another item to check pre and post flight to make sure we don't have people buzzing around us in the middle of the night. For those that are complaining of the about $200 investment you will have to make in the cheapest ELTs, that will, so they say, no longer be satellite monitored in 3 years, let me ask you this. How many of you will spend $500 every couple of years to upgrade your home computer, knowing full well it will be obsolete in two years? Oh, and how many of the airplanes are flying with the Mode S Transpondes we in the US were told we would all need to have by, when was it, about 1990? I will believe the no more satellite monitoring of 121.5 and 243.0 when it really happens. Then, I will have to spend more money to 'upgrade' or maybe obsolete my previous investment. In the mean time, I will continue to fly without and ELT, since I fly in the flat lands where a gear door can be seen sticking up in a field from nearly a mile away. If you see me at a contest in 2006, you will know that I gave in and bought an ELT. Since I still like contest flying, maybe Santa will bring me an ELT for Christmas? Steve Leonard ZS |
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Steve Leonard wrote:
Let me clarify. IF the entire thing will fit in the tail battery box (Transmitter, battery, antenna, etc), why not consider putting it there? Surely if the manufactures can find a way to install 14 volt 10 amp hour batteries, plus a couple of gallons of water in the fin, there must be room in there for an ELT. Maybe not in all gliders, but it could be an option for some. You seem to have forgotten about the cable connecting to the remote control panel, which must be mounted in the cockpit to be compliant with the regulations. Last time I had to run something from the fin to the cockpit, it involved cutting a thousand dollars or so worth of holes... Marc |
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wrote in message ups.com... When the fuselage gets broken, so does the antenna lead. UH Not necessarily. I have seen several broken fuselages that did not break the antenna wire. I am sure that you have also. A little slack in the wire would give even more assurance. Duane |
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:06:34 -0500, Duane Eisenbeiss wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... When the fuselage gets broken, so does the antenna lead. UH Not necessarily. I have seen several broken fuselages that did not break the antenna wire. I am sure that you have also. A little slack in the wire would give even more assurance. ...or run it near to the rudder cables. *They* don't break. Often. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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Martin Gregorie wrote:
Not necessarily. I have seen several broken fuselages that did not break the antenna wire. I am sure that you have also. A little slack in the wire would give even more assurance. ..or run it near to the rudder cables. *They* don't break. Often. Considering the size of my tail boom, I don't see how it is possible to do otherwise. -- Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly Eric Greenwell Washington State USA |
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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:58:24 -0700, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Martin Gregorie wrote: ..or run it near to the rudder cables. *They* don't break. Often. Considering the size of my tail boom, I don't see how it is possible to do otherwise. Fair comment. I've only seen the inside of an ASW-20 boom. In that the rudder cables run down each side in plastic tubes. I thought this was typical for all cable-operated rudder circuits. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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