Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group 406 MHZ ELT

You're probably right. I just replaced the ELT batteries at the last annual in January. I only started pondering the whole issue when I started considering a trip over the mountains to Gatlinburg TN next month. It's about 45 minutes of flying over pretty much nothing but trees. Can we assume the prices will come down? They might be bottomed out already.

 

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From: Bob Comperini

To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:39 PM

Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group 406 MHZ ELT

 

On 11:25 AM 5/18/2010, Bill Hobson wrote:

>My onboard ELT is current (albeit arguably obsolete) and will be so for two more years. What I'm pondering is the wisdom of NOT upgrading my onboard ELT for two more years, but rather investing in a portable 406 unit at this time.

The "ELT check" Richard alluded to, is an ANNUAL check, and can be performed by the owner (although its most commonly performed by the person doing the annual. No biggie.. the check takes about 5-10 minutes.

So, whether or not to buy a portable 406 unit, is personal preference, just like its personal preference as to whether you think a BRS should be installed in your plane. On one hand, you could argue that if you go down in a remote area, the chances of the 406 unit being detected are much greater than the 121.5 ELT. Then again, if you crash real bad, and are unable to physically activate the PLB, what good does it do? That's a real toughy.

Yeah, I'll probably upgrade to a 406 unit "one of these days" when the prices are a little more reasonable. In the mean time, I'll carry my cell phone, a portable COMM, and get ATC flight following whenever I'm crossing the outback.

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Bob Comperini
e-mail: bob@fly-ul.com
WWW: http://www.fly-ul.com

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