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Scott,

You wrote:

< I made a shelf out of aluminum with flanges and taped the shelf to the sidewall with 1 bid fiberglass.>

The ACK ELT with batteries is quite heavy, let's say 5 pounds -- At 9 G's that's 45 pounds.  Make sure the shelf is strong enough for flight and also strong enough to hold the ELT in case of a crash - say, 15 G's deceleration, 75 pounds.

Dick wrote:

<My AmeriKing ELT is mounted on the floorboard (in my 320) between the pilot's left rudder pedal and the firewall.>

Try to choose a location that will survive a crash.  The tail section is usually still sticking out of the smoking hole -- unless you fly an A-300, in which case your ELT may fall off before the crater and spoof the CAP search team.


Fly safe so you don't have to activate the ELT.

Scott Krueger

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