Military helmet, civilian radios - my solution

I've read here that it's hard to get a blanket
'one size fits all' solution to adapting
military helmets to civilian radios. I
spent about 15 minutes on the phone with
'Flight Suits' (www.flightsuits.com) answering
their questions about what I have and what I
wanted to do with it. A small box of parts arrived
yesterday, and after about 30 minutes with a
screwdriver I have an HGU-33 helmet with a
boom mike that plugs into the oxygen mask
receiver on one side. Checked it out this
morning with a Microair 760 radio and it
works great. They were very pleasant to
deal with, too.

It wasn't cheap, but it was easy, cheaper
than a new helmet, and I get to keep the
liner that's molded to my fat skull. If
anyone's looking for a way to adapt a helmet,
I'd recommend this place.

Dave 'inflato-head' Hyde

Dave Hyde wrote in message ...
I've read here that it's hard to get a blanket
'one size fits all' solution to adapting
military helmets to civilian radios. I
spent about 15 minutes on the phone with
'Flight Suits' (www.flightsuits.com) answering
their questions about what I have and what I
wanted to do with it. A small box of parts arrived
yesterday, and after about 30 minutes with a
screwdriver I have an HGU-33 helmet with a
boom mike that plugs into the oxygen mask
receiver on one side. Checked it out this
morning with a Microair 760 radio and it
works great. They were very pleasant to
deal with, too.

It wasn't cheap, but it was easy, cheaper
than a new helmet, and I get to keep the
liner that's molded to my fat skull. If
anyone's looking for a way to adapt a helmet,
I'd recommend this place.

Dave 'inflato-head' Hyde




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Who, in his right mind, would want to wear a military flight helmet????
This is the REAL world man !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob Olds RV-4



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Who, in his right mind, would want to wear a military flight helmet????
This is the REAL world man !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob Olds RV-4
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Uhmmmm...

1. A REAL military kinda' sorta' test pilot?????????



Barnyard BOb -- thumbs up

Barnyard BOb -- wrote:


Who, in his right mind, would want to wear a military flight helmet????
This is the REAL world man !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob Olds RV-4
++++++++++++++++++++++++

Uhmmmm...

1. A REAL military kinda' sorta' test pilot?????????

Or just me. I'm neither of the above.

Dave 'headbanger' Hyde

Dave Hyde wrote:

Barnyard BOb -- wrote:


Who, in his right mind, would want to wear a military flight helmet????
This is the REAL world man !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob Olds RV-4
++++++++++++++++++++++++

Uhmmmm...

1. A REAL military kinda' sorta' test pilot?????????

Or just me. I'm neither of the above.

Dave 'headbanger' Hyde


I'm rather partial to my SPH-4.
Viet Nam style helicopter helmet.

And yes, the guys af flightsuit.com are great!

Richard