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Old March 29th 06, 01:28 AM posted to rec.aviation.owning
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Default 2006 Annual -- My 8th "Owner-Assisted" Inspection

For ours one good shake did the trick... No need to thow it against
anything...

nrp wrote:

I recall the impact trigger spec for an ELT is 10 gs of acceleration
(for ? milliseconds?). It should take a very violent arm shake to hit
10 gs. I understand it is common to bounce the ELT onto an inflated
A/C tire to get the ~10g pulse. Anyone know the rest of the numbers?