I know this doesn?t affect you guys in the States but they have made it compulsory in New Zealand from July 1 of this year. We now have lots of aircraft that can?t fly more than 10 miles from their home airport
These things are a good revenue collecting item for governments who need to extract every possible cent from its community. If one of these things goes off when it is not an emergency they have all your current details to send the bill
My main gripe with these is we have had several accidents with these units fitted all with the same result. A helicopter (One of the latest Eurocopters with all the whistles and bells) flew into the side of a hill. The government agencies searched for over two weeks and did not find it.
The family of the occupants continued searching after the official search had ceased. They eventually found the aircraft. The official searchers had flown over it several times. The 406 was found amongst the wreckage working its little heart out but alas the Ariel had been broken off.
So one would have to wonder how good these things really are
Bruce