"Lou" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever made their own in-flight recorder? I'm curious how
this would be done. I don't think it would be that difficult if you
use a regular cassette in one of those small fire safes. Just
drill a small hole to accomadate the mic wire. But how would you hook
it up to the intercom?
Or would you have a small lapel mic attatched to your headset? Anyway,
has anyone tried this?
Lou


I just bought a 72 digital recorder from Radio Shack for $69, weighs about
2.5 ounces and half the size of the old micro cassettes.

Seems very unlikely you would need fire proofing, but if so:

Grab some 1/2" or 1" thick ceramic fiber blanket from a local industral
gasket company. Use it to wrap or bag the recorder somehow. A bank bag lined
with the fiber and a plastic bag inside it, to keep the recorder out of the
fiber might do.

You could probably do it all for less than a pound.