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View Poll Results: Which would you prefer and feel safer wilting with a PLB or ELT.
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Would Prefer a PlB over an ELT for safety.
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Would prefer a ELT over a PLB for safety
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03-28-2019, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bay Pines, FL (based @ KCLW)
Posts: 1,955
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Other than my ELT, I carry a FastFind PLB(406mhz) and a recently acquired Garmin Inreach Mini.
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Morphed RV7(formally 7A), N20DL, PnP Pilot
1190+ hours
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03-29-2019, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 1,452
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safety
I have a 8 year old 121 elt that is being swapped out this year for a 406. That is required in Canada this year and for $500 seems a pretty wise spend.
I have run a spot for years and loved it..kind of. When it worked it was great so family could follow and the buttons allowed you to text a pile of people easy that you were safe at each stop. BUT... it seems to drop a lot so over the last few years many trip we had people concerned as no tracks for 30 minutes and had similar issues with following friends spots. Very concerning if used for safety tool. Also some stories of not good response when activated. Costs have gone way up from the days they gave out spots at kosh and you just pay the annual fees. Cancelled that and got a 406 PLB in the mail for this season.
Also adding ads b this year so 406 elt 406 plb, and ads b tracking....if they still cant find me with all that gear.... that is ok.
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Rick Woodall C-GSTT "ghost"
9a -TMX io-320, catto three blade, dual dynon hdx with a/p. 900+ hrs in 8 yrs flying.
Flew to Osh 11,12,15,17,19. SNF 2013. West to Cali /Washington/Vancouver/crossed the Rockies north to Red Deer east to Moosonee and over to maritimes. South to Jekyll Isl, cedar key, and Key West etc. 6 trips and 17 islands of the Bahamas. Flown turtles and dogs for Pilots n Paws too. Love our Rv's
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03-29-2019, 07:00 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Sherman, CT
Posts: 794
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Note: As of Jan 2019 the FAA has prohibited the sale of 121.5 mhz ELT's.
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Jake
RV6 #20477 completed 1991 sold.
RV7 #72018 N767T first flight 11/21/2017 350+ hrs.
IO-360M1B MT 3 blade, Dual AFS 5600 QUICK Panel.
Manual Flaps. (KOXC)Oxford, CT, (0NY0)North Creek, NY.
1941 J3 Cub skis,floats.
2020 dues gladly paid.
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03-29-2019, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Originally Posted by RickWoodall
I have a 8 year old 121 elt that is being swapped out this year for a 406. That is required in Canada this year and for $500 seems a pretty wise spend.
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Um... Do you have a reference for that requirement? I don't recall any legislation changing.
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Rob Prior
1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
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03-29-2019, 08:05 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: CT
Posts: 284
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jpm757
Note: As of Jan 2019 the FAA has prohibited the sale of 121.5 mhz ELT's.
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Idk I just know that ack still shows it as a special order item in the literature on the 406 version for $125.00 it?s kind of funny the way it reads it?s like here?s our 406 but by the way you can still buy a 121.5 for waaayyyy less.
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03-29-2019, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Sherman, CT
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In 2019, the manufacture, importation, or sale of 121.5 MHz ELTs became prohibited in the United States per an FCC final rule, but the new rule does not prohibit aircraft operators from continuing to use 121.5-MHz ELTs now installed in aircraft, nor does it cut off the availability of batteries or other replacement parts.
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Jake
RV6 #20477 completed 1991 sold.
RV7 #72018 N767T first flight 11/21/2017 350+ hrs.
IO-360M1B MT 3 blade, Dual AFS 5600 QUICK Panel.
Manual Flaps. (KOXC)Oxford, CT, (0NY0)North Creek, NY.
1941 J3 Cub skis,floats.
2020 dues gladly paid.
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03-30-2019, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Boston
Posts: 154
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Curiously, the regs on ELT requirements (91.207) specifically mention
"...attached to the airplane an approved personal type...or automatic type... emergency locator transmitter..."
I've always wondered if that was a reference to some a PLB that had been approved at some time. I've asked some manufacturers, but have been unable to identify such an approved device. My point in bringing this up is to explore the possibility that PLB language is already in the regs.
There has been so much advance in miniature, inexpensive, and capable 406 mHz PLB's, that the ELT requirement could (should) be well served with PLBs. Just as current ELTs are mounted somewhat "permanently" on the airframe (in the cockpit in my case) a PLB can be so mounted. Then there could be a G-switch in such mounting that the PLB could simply connect to. In case of a crash, the PLB has a chance for self activation or the pilot (hopefully) can manually activate at some point.
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03-30-2019, 03:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 1,452
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowflake
Um... Do you have a reference for that requirement? I don't recall any legislation changing.
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I have been swamped in non flying things the last year but i was sure we had to have them replaced by year end. After your post I went to transport canada to see. Must have been my error. I do most of my flying in sw ontario and a lot in US. I had a list of must do upgrades this summer fall and ads b and 406 where "must do's" i had noted. Maybe i just am hearing voices again. Haha. Anyway doing both and should be good in US and Canada going forward after those.
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Rick Woodall C-GSTT "ghost"
9a -TMX io-320, catto three blade, dual dynon hdx with a/p. 900+ hrs in 8 yrs flying.
Flew to Osh 11,12,15,17,19. SNF 2013. West to Cali /Washington/Vancouver/crossed the Rockies north to Red Deer east to Moosonee and over to maritimes. South to Jekyll Isl, cedar key, and Key West etc. 6 trips and 17 islands of the Bahamas. Flown turtles and dogs for Pilots n Paws too. Love our Rv's
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03-31-2019, 08:08 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: CT
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[quote=RickWoodall;1335190]I have a 8 year old 121 elt that is being swapped out this year for a 406. That is required in Canada this year and for $500 seems a pretty wise spend.
Just can?t see what a bigger heavier elt product should be more than the smaller lighter more advanced PLb.
Simple answer is because it?s required , anything required brings a premium cause you?ve got to buy it!
The weight savings is the most important thing to me, personally. Most planes go down because of due starvation or being over weight. Either way lighter helps the problem. If I bring most of my friends up I can bring 10 gallons or less of fuel. Every lb I can get out of that bird is a plus.
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While I'm not a builder if I happen to give advice , I will not be responsible for damage to equipment, your ego, parts, world wide power outages, spontaneously generated black holes, planetary disruptions, or personal injury that may result from the use of this advice.
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03-31-2019, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
Posts: 3,932
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Radioflyer
Curiously, the regs on ELT requirements (91.207) specifically mention
"...attached to the airplane an approved personal type...or automatic type... emergency locator transmitter..."
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There has been so much advance in miniature, inexpensive, and capable 406 mHz PLB's, that the ELT requirement could (should) be well served with PLBs. Just as current ELTs are mounted somewhat "permanently" on the airframe (in the cockpit in my case) a PLB can be so mounted. Then there could be a G-switch in such mounting that the PLB could simply connect to. In case of a crash, the PLB has a chance for self activation or the pilot (hopefully) can manually activate at some point.
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Once it's mounted to the airplane, it's no different than any other locator though... In a crash, it could be under the plane, destroyed by impact, etc. etc. and even if it activates it'll never get a signal out. The value in the PLB is that if the occupant can extricate themselves from the twisted wreckage, and the PLB is in his pocket, they can pull it out and activate it under a clear sky.
A G-switch would be very susceptible to impacts from non-life-threatening events... Hitting the canopy edge while getting in/out of the airplane could give it a 10G shock, for example. Dropping a tablet on it in flight could do the same.
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Rob Prior
1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
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