Avionics Exam 2 Questions|VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
(100% CORRECT)!
What frequencies do ELT's operate on - ✔✔121.5 and 406 MHz
SARSAT - ✔✔Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
COSPAS - ✔✔Russian satellites
LEOSATS - ✔✔Low-Earth Orbiting Satellites
GEOSATS - ✔✔Geostationary Satellites
Components - ✔✔ELT box, Battery, Remote Switch and Indicator, Antenna
ELT Box - ✔✔Installed in tail of aircraft, signal generator and transmitter
G-Switch - ✔✔Activated upon crash or hard landing
ELT Box Data tag/sticker - ✔✔Part number and serial number in logbook, battery part
number
ELT Battery - ✔✔Put replacement date in logbook and on box, Duracell
ELT Antenna - ✔✔Whip, High speed and blade. On top of tail usually
, 91.207 ELT Regulations - ✔✔Everyone except commercial needs ELT, not permanently
attached so you can remove and bring with you.
AC 91.44A - ✔✔Hook and loop fasteners - don't use Velcro
ELT Inspection - ✔✔Expiration date, must be legibly marked on the outside of transmitter
and entered in aircraft maintenance record
Battery Replacement - ✔✔50% of useful life, used for more than 1 hr, expiration date
ELT functional Check - ✔✔Test crash sensor, test switches, test signals
ELT signal testing - ✔✔Only tested at 5min past the hour,
Heading - ✔✔Direction the nose of the a/c is pointing in flight
Course - ✔✔Direction the aircraft is actually flying
VOR Navigation frequency - ✔✔VHF
VOR - ✔✔Hexagon with dot
TVOR - Terminal VOR - ✔✔Located at an airport - Hexagon with box around
TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation System - ✔✔Military version of VOR
(100% CORRECT)!
What frequencies do ELT's operate on - ✔✔121.5 and 406 MHz
SARSAT - ✔✔Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
COSPAS - ✔✔Russian satellites
LEOSATS - ✔✔Low-Earth Orbiting Satellites
GEOSATS - ✔✔Geostationary Satellites
Components - ✔✔ELT box, Battery, Remote Switch and Indicator, Antenna
ELT Box - ✔✔Installed in tail of aircraft, signal generator and transmitter
G-Switch - ✔✔Activated upon crash or hard landing
ELT Box Data tag/sticker - ✔✔Part number and serial number in logbook, battery part
number
ELT Battery - ✔✔Put replacement date in logbook and on box, Duracell
ELT Antenna - ✔✔Whip, High speed and blade. On top of tail usually
, 91.207 ELT Regulations - ✔✔Everyone except commercial needs ELT, not permanently
attached so you can remove and bring with you.
AC 91.44A - ✔✔Hook and loop fasteners - don't use Velcro
ELT Inspection - ✔✔Expiration date, must be legibly marked on the outside of transmitter
and entered in aircraft maintenance record
Battery Replacement - ✔✔50% of useful life, used for more than 1 hr, expiration date
ELT functional Check - ✔✔Test crash sensor, test switches, test signals
ELT signal testing - ✔✔Only tested at 5min past the hour,
Heading - ✔✔Direction the nose of the a/c is pointing in flight
Course - ✔✔Direction the aircraft is actually flying
VOR Navigation frequency - ✔✔VHF
VOR - ✔✔Hexagon with dot
TVOR - Terminal VOR - ✔✔Located at an airport - Hexagon with box around
TACAN - Tactical Air Navigation System - ✔✔Military version of VOR
