ELT in LS8-b

Consider also the possibility of reaching the ELT so that you can switch
it on manually. (You may also install a remote control cable.) In the
case the ELT does NOT go off and you are stuck in the glider wreck with
a number of broken bones this may save your life.

(It is also handy if you need to switch it off in a hurry....;o)

Nils

Chris wrote:

I have to install an ELT in a LS8-b and have the problem that the
fuselage is made out of carbon fiber which shields the radio
waves from the ELT.

DG (now owner of LS) only made the suggestion of an external
(fin) antenna which looks really ugly and could be easily damaged
in an accident.

So I would like to ask how others have solved that problem.

Christian

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Consider also the possibility of reaching the ELT so that you can switch
it on manually. (You may also install a remote control cable.) In the
case the ELT does NOT go off and you are stuck in the glider wreck with
a number of broken bones this may save your life.

(It is also handy if you need to switch it off in a hurry....;o)

Does Austria require the ELT be mounted to the glider, or would a
"personal" ELT strapped to the pilot suffice? There are some of these
that seem very interesting.
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Eric Greenwell
Richland, WA (USA)

Does Austria require the ELT be mounted to the glider, or would
a "personal" ELT strapped to the pilot suffice?

Not sure about that. But as it is a club machine, our club
commitee requires that as much instruments (hardware) as possible
are fixated in the glider (guess why

Christian

From: Jack
Date: 9/17/2003 11:07 PM Pacific

Of course, unlike the natives of those Eastern Block nations, you were
completely immune to _their_ ministry's disinformation and so were suddenly
and magically able to see the truth on both sides of the "iron curtain" --
certainly a unique and desirable position. ...

Jack your comments suppose much that I did not say. I did not make any
comments about Eastern Block governments rather about the people. I can see
the truth because I have seen with my own eyes not what some government
official wants me to believe. Are you not reading the current headlines in the
news?

I am a loyal American, but I am not a sheep, I am capable of critical thought.

Craig Shaber