ELT's in Light Aircraft GA or RA.
Seems the recent missing, now known to be crashed, aircraft in Mildura thread got a bit off topic, so here is a thread for the of topic. Have your say here about ELT's in lighties.
My 2 Cents,
They work! (when switched on.)
Turn the thing on before you spud in. Sure you will probably be busy trying not to spud in in the first place, but that 1-2 minutes that it is 'pinging' for is enough to get a pretty good fix for the SAR guys.
That will reduce the amount of time to find the device (read wreckage - plus or minus survivors) by a hugh amount! (anyone have some stats?)
Plenty of instances of yachties/boaties bobbing in the water with an esky lid and an EPIRB and being rescued.
Anyone have any stories?