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cristalclear13
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 Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: ELT Installation |
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Hi guys. Sorry if I'm boring you with this thread. I had a mechanic come out and look at my plane. He seemed to think it would NOT be a good idea to put any holes in the boom tube (to install my ELT) or thought I should at least call Kolb company and see if they would tell me where a good place to put my ELT would be. Has anyone done that (don't want to bother them if they've already answered that question a hundred times)? If I did install the ELT to the boom tube, is there a place where I should/shouldn't put any holes?
I've attached Plan B. We came up with the idea to make an aluminum plate and rivet it to the frame just behind the passenger's head (I have a Kolb Mark II two-seater side-by-side). Thought there might be enough room on there to also attach the antenna. Only drawback would be it would block where my left gas tank comes in and out. I don't plan on taking that in and out much though.
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a58r(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: ELT Installation |
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To rivet, you'll have to drill holes in the cage tubes...possibly
weakening them. How about making/buying some clamps that will go
around/grip the tubes and can be riveted to the mounting plate? If
behind the pax seat, you most certainly don't want to give him/her a
"shot to the head" on a sudden halt!
regards,
Bob N. FireFly 070 Old Kolb
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/
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a58r(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject: ELT Installation |
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There are much better places to mount the ELT antenna than in among
the cage tubing. Tip of fin, on a big clamp around boom, belly (if
you land on yer back!).
regards,
Bob N. FireFly 070 Old Kolb
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/
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icrashrc
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:16 am Post subject: Re: ELT Installation |
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Here's where my ELT is. It's mounted on a Kevlar panel under the right seat.
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kuffel(at)cyberport.net
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject: ELT Installation |
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<< There are much better places to mount the ELT antenna than in
among the cage tubing. >>
Actually, the inside of a large cage like a Kolb is a very good
place to mount an ELT and its antenna. It is not a good
electrical location but the problem with ELT antennas is they
tend to be be removed in a crash. The signal from inside a
mangled cage is quite usable whereas the signal from an ELT with
no antenna is non-existent.
Such was the case with many of the several hundred searches I
flew in Alaska. On the other hand, when I crashed a few years
ago, the signal from inside the fiberglass tailcone (surrounded
by bits of metal) was so strong Search & Rescue couldn't zero in
on it because of all the reflections bouncing off the surrounding
mountains.
Tom Kuffel
Whitefish, MT
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jindoguy(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:07 am Post subject: ELT Installation |
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Tom, Thanks for giving me something to consider as I try to find a better location for my ELT antenna. Having read Jim Weir's book and always trying for perfection led me to tunnel vision about it. Since it's a rainy day here on the plains, I get to play with my plane instead of finishing the new chicken coop. That antenna is moving indoors.
Rick
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On 10/1/07, The Kuffels <kuffel(at)cyberport.net (kuffel(at)cyberport.net)> wrote:[quote] --> Kolb-List message posted by: The Kuffels <kuffel(at)cyberport.net (kuffel(at)cyberport.net)>
<< There are much better places to mount the ELT antenna than in
among the cage tubing. >>
Actually, the inside of a large cage like a Kolb is a very good
place to mount an ELT and its antenna. It is not a good
electrical location but the problem with ELT antennas is they
tend to be be removed in a crash. The signal from inside a
mangled cage is quite usable whereas the signal from an ELT with
no antenna is non-existent.
Such was the case with many of the several hundred searches I
flew in Alaska. On the other hand, when I crashed a few years
ago, the signal from inside the fiberglass tailcone (surrounded
by bits of metal) was so strong Search & Rescue couldn't zero in
on it because of all the reflections bouncing off the surrounding
mountains.
when you live at the airport. [quote][b]
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