Hi Jon,
I do agree.
One more thing: PLB must be launched manually, but ELT should work
automatically after your critical impact.
Its easy to imagine a situation where you have no time to switch on
your PLB or you even forget to do it during your possible more or less
panic situation
(when trying to survive out from your disaster).
Whats a typical accident? Its during take off or landing. If shit
happens then, PLB is useless!
PLB is very nice when you happen to lose your engine in the high up
altitude, or have made a succesfull emergency landing to the remote
(thats potential for me, here in Finland, which is practically empty
[wolves will not call emergency, they just eat you]).
I love my PLB also because I fly regularly over the sea between Finland
and Sweden. That flight is 1 hour over open seawater without islands.
Of course I fly high up using typically my very favourite FL69 (Swedish
female ATC love my request to use it and thats why I have no Turbo),
but in the case /of silence/ with my best glide ratio (1:17, w
featherable VSuperb AirMaster), I am able to glide say practically about
35 km in theory.
So, there is still a cap almost 200 km = 45 min when its easy to
monitor your engine and listen strange sounds...
(in a real life I put my autopilot on and start to listen hi-fi music
through my HS800 via B&O and usually sleep say half an hour).
I would like to say:
ELT is essential and PLB is a nice extra...
_(isnt it strange that what older you are, that more you are thinking
things like that, should be vice versa...)_
Cheers,
Raimo
Finland
OH-XRT
The fastest Europa ever build
(and only 4-seater)
allekirjoitus <mailto:info@rwm.fi>
italianjon kirjoitti 1.11.2017 klo 17:30:
>
> Just to throw my thoughts on the ELT/PLB argument, as I have been debating for
a while on whether to get one. This information came from a VERY reliable
source,
someone who is involved in the SAR industry.
>
> For the record I had just a PLB, but I now have both.
>
> With an ELT action will always be taken, and it will be immediate, as they
> have
all information readily available through the registration authorities. On
a PLB, action will only be taken once it is a confirmed emergency.
>
> I have to admit I thought my leg was being pulled until I saw the forms. On
> the
ELT registration form that I completed, I only completed my details, and that
was it. WIth the PLB form I had to complete the contact details of three
additional
people who know my movements and can be contacted in the event that the
PLB is activated.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=474097#474097
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