Not too long ago, a friend of mine had an off airport landing in his
helicopter, better make that a crash. His helicopter was destroyed on a
hill with a direct line of sight to the local airport. He suffered only a
sprain but had to walk out several miles to get cell phone coverage. All
this time the ELT was pinging away. When we got to the crash site several
hours later, we turned the ELT off. No one responded to the ELT signal. It
seems that he had been carrying around a device that is normally ignored due
to its false alarm rate. Since the ELTs are not required on aircraft, just
airplanes, I've removed mine and depend on the cell phone and my legs. I
think that my friends ELT provided just a false sense of security and in his
particular case, nothing else.
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Experimental Helo magazine
P. O. Box 1585
Inyokern, CA 93527
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"Mike Noel" wrote in message
...
I got a McMurdo Fastfind Plus PLB about 2 years ago because I was going to
be flying over the same Nevada countryside where SF disappeared. I'll
upgrade to a 406 MHz ELT as suggested by FAA. No need to die while waiting
for someone to hear a 121.5 beacon.
--
Best Regards,
Mike
http://photoshow.comcast.net/mikenoel
A frog in a well does not know the great sea.
"Ron Lee" wrote in message
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"Peter R." wrote:
On 9/6/2007 6:34:59 PM, wrote:
Anyone know current prices on the 400 MHz replacements?
I had to replace my ELT about four months ago and at the time the only
400MHz
ELT that I could locate was Artex's model. The price back in May was
around
US $1,100 for the unit.
After a phone conversation with an ACK representative and given that I
carry
a McMurdo handheld PLB with GPS in the aircraft, I opted to purchase an
ACK
E-01 121.5 MHz for US $210 and wait for their 400 MHz unit, which is
supposed
to be significantly cheaper than Artex's unit and will drop right into
the
same mounting bracket as the E-01.
--
Peter
I also have the McMurdo Fastfind Plus PLB.
Ron Lee