Since I posted this, I have advanced to sail planes. I had my first hi-start launches two weeks ago so I went to the field to practice today.

Got to the field by 9:15. I put out the BIG hi-start.

Made about 20 Great launches over a period of 3 hours.

One flight almost ended in disaster. My glider, a Great Planes Spirit 2 Meter, went down in the woods. I heard it hit from the middle of the field. I was sure it was a kit plane again.

Changed to long pants and walked into the woods. I was no more than 10 feet in when I hear what I wanted to hear. Beep Beep ..... Beep Beep!.

The plane was about 150-200 feet into the woods, about 10 foot up in a tree. Not a scratch on it. I used my toss line and sinker to get it down. I could not believe it wasn't broken anywhere.

I LOVE THESE PLANE LOCATORS. Heaven knows if I would have found it as it was not near a trail and could not be seen from a trail.

Best $15 I ever spent!

Whether you fly electric, glider or fuel, for under $25 you can put a locator in your plane and really increase you chances of finding the plane, or cutting the search time to zero!

Edit: In case you are interested:

Here is the locator I had in my glider, a Hobbico Air Alert
http://www.hobbico.com/accys/hcap0335.html

After buying it, I discovered that The Air Alert is really intended for electric planes. It is designed to be used on the throttle channel. I will be moving it to my Electrajet. However, it helped me find my glider, so it did its job well.

This is the one I am switching to for the glider, a Digi Alarm
http://www.foamfly.com/customer/prod...171eefa13d85ab

Both also monitor the voltage on the flight pack, so they protect you in two ways.

Also, if you want to be sure that no one is on your channel, turn your receiver on without turning on your transmitter. Depending on the locator, after some period of time, the locator should go into lost plane mode. If it does not, someone is on your channel.

Three ways these can save your plane.