wsuffa
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Anyone have any experience with the recent crop of ELTs? What's good, and what's not?
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iBazinga!
Are you looking to replace your 121.5MHz one?
I was just facing replacing the battery or buying one of the 406MHz new ones. I could not find a lot of info about any of the new crop of ELTs so I just went with a new battery and decided to let others do the new product break-ins.
Of the ones I did look at the one I was most impressed with was the Airtex ME406. It is dual band, 121.5 and 406MHz is FAA approved. But the prices are still pretty high and I would expect them to go down in two years when I am ready to upgrade.
I was just facing replacing the battery or buying one of the 406MHz new ones. I could not find a lot of info about any of the new crop of ELTs so I just went with a new battery and decided to let others do the new product break-ins.
Of the ones I did look at the one I was most impressed with was the Airtex ME406. It is dual band, 121.5 and 406MHz is FAA approved. But the prices are still pretty high and I would expect them to go down in two years when I am ready to upgrade.
gismo
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I'd really like to switch to a 406 Mhz ELT with an interface to my GPS but the price is still outrageous (about $2500 installed). Maybe in a couple more years.
Lance, I got a portable PLB w/built-in GPS for around $600. Since I fly more than one helicopter, this made the most sense to me.
gismo
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Yeah, I'm probably gonna buy one of those soon. I'd still like the plane's ELT to be capable of transmitting my location though.
wsuffa
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It looks like the unit is defective (as in, it won't reset after it's triggered), and the maint shop tells me *no one* will repair a Sharc 7.
I am doing a little background work to tell whether that's true or not, as I'd rather wait until annual to get the thing replaced, and annual is beyond the 90-day window for having the unit out of the plane.
I am doing a little background work to tell whether that's true or not, as I'd rather wait until annual to get the thing replaced, and annual is beyond the 90-day window for having the unit out of the plane.