Original Posted By: steve(at)byu.edu
I have the ACK ELT in my Air Camper. Mounted behind the front panel on thefuse crossmember. I may be wrong, but I think the regs say that you have tohave one if you are flying outside your test area, and you have more thanone seat. The ELT was about $200 and has the remote indicators and switch.I mounted the antenna ahead of the front windshield. It is about 24" long.Not very authentic looking but the only place I could find a ground plane.Steve EldredgeIT ServicesBrigham Young University> -----Original Message-----> Behalf Of Ian> Holland> Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 10:00 PM> To: Pietenpol Discussion> Subject: Safety>>> Just a comment on a sad event yesterday. Out at Kakabeka> Falls our Ultra> light instructor and a passenger were found in the wreckage of a Cuby> II. No telling how long they were on the runway. Pictures> show a typical> departure stall effect. Will have to wait for the transport safety> investigation for cause. Kakabeka falls is about 20 NM from> Thunder Bay> Airport with lots of trafic into it.>> No mention was made of an ELT, even though TB is a busy commercial> airport. Again will have to wait for the findings. It started my> thinking of a very light ELT for the Piet. After almost two and a half> years of building and interacting with the Piet chat group, I don't> think I have heard the topic come up.>> What works (none of them do all the time), what's affordable, and any> recommendations?>> Sure got my wife worked up, as we both knew the instructor.>>________________________________________________________________________________