Headsets

Victor J. Osborne, Jr. wrote:
Testy are we?

Absolutely. Very.


FWIW, try to borrow a set from folks you hanger fly with at the FBO.
(grammar crash) I was always around the FBO during my training. I tried
different sets before setting for Lightspeed. Some may want to sell it to
you later, for reasons below.

I agree w/ the logic of ANR. I like Lightspeeds. I have 3. (2 w/ ANR, 1
w/o) I also have 2 Bose panel wired in the front. So you see. You can buy
on w/o ANR. Try it. If you want to upgrade to ANR (read: more $) you can
keep the old pair; you'll need it for when you want to fly w/ friends after
you get the ticket. Also, having a spare pair in the plane isn't a bad
idea.

I've heard students are often advised to steer clear of ANR since it is
advantageous for the student to hear more of the background aircraft
noise (wind, engine etc) during training.

Was this your experience?


--

Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.


Thanks for the info.

CT.

wrote:

I've heard students are often advised to steer clear of ANR since it is
advantageous for the student to hear more of the background aircraft
noise (wind, engine etc) during training.

you probably heard that from someone who does not understand what
an ANR headset is or does; on the contrary, you'll be able to
hear relevant noise -- things to which you should be paying
attention -- far better with an ANR.

by the way, I also bought the cheapest passive headset from
Lightspeed (for passengers) and they are real good (as far
as passive headsets go)

--Sylvain

I've heard students are often advised to steer clear of ANR since it is
advantageous for the student to hear more of the background aircraft
noise (wind, engine etc) during training.

Was this your experience?


Total BS. If anything, you can hear details better with ANR.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

My ANR use came after license but I find that I do hear more of the flight
noises (engine, etc.)

Also, not to be minimized is the fatigue from high noise levels. W/ ANR & a
good headset, I can listen for ATC, converse w/ pax, & yes, listen for
unusual noises w/o fatigue.

It's like flying a long cross country w/o an autopilot. Doable but why
would you, if you had a choice? A/P $10-15k. ANR $250+

Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

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I've heard students are often advised to steer clear of ANR since it is
advantageous for the student to hear more of the background aircraft
noise (wind, engine etc) during training.

Was this your experience?

I believe that a friend of mine bought two of this brand for about
$50.00 each to use during Young Eagles flights. I placed them in the
back seat of my Cherokee for the kids to use. Within 2 or 3 flights
the boom for the mic fell out of one of the headsets. I spent the rest
of the day shoving it back in so the kids could you them. Also, one
set seemed to pick up a bunch of ambient noise, enough to break the
squelch on the intercom. Then again that could have been just because
they didn't put the mic close enough to their mouth.

I'm almost positive they are Feather Lite but won't know for sure
until I get out to the hangar this weekend.

If they are, I would steer clear of them.

Just my 2 cents.

Mark



On 14 Aug 2005 23:51:40 -0700, wrote:

Hi

I'm in the market for a headset and have seen new headsets on e-bay
bearing the "Feather Lite" brand.

Does anyone have any experience with these headsets? Any opions as to
quality of build, sound etc.etc. Any relevant info appreciated.

The price is right but I want to be sure they're just junk which will
bust in a couple months.

Given I'm a still student pilot I don't want to spend too much on my
first set and then decide I want something different down the track. I
also don't want to keep using the units provided by my school - damn
cooties...

Cheers
CT

Sure, I have two of them.

I bought them to serve the occasional back seaters in my Cherokee.
They have soft and comfortable ear seal muffs. There is a volume
control on each side -- nice feature. They seem to attenuate the
noise OK. But I have run into a small problem that I'm not sure is
the headset fault or not.

It seems that the person talking is having problems keeping the
squelch open. I'm not sure if its a cheap microphone in the headset
or just inexperienced users not placing the mic close enough to their
mouth. Hum..., have to test that one of these days by using the
headset myself.

But as one other person did mention, the microphone attaches with a
screwed nutcap. A 8 year old kept playing with the mic back and
forth. Luckily, I found it loose before the nutcap came off. Keep an
eye on that.

For occasional uses, they are good and cheap headsets. At sub $60
each, I was able to get these two for the same cost of anyone else's
single headset.


Chuck
PA28-180





On 14 Aug 2005 23:51:40 -0700, wrote:

Hi

I'm in the market for a headset and have seen new headsets on e-bay
bearing the "Feather Lite" brand.

Does anyone have any experience with these headsets? Any opions as to
quality of build, sound etc.etc. Any relevant info appreciated.

The price is right but I want to be sure they're just junk which will
bust in a couple months.

Given I'm a still student pilot I don't want to spend too much on my
first set and then decide I want something different down the track. I
also don't want to keep using the units provided by my school - damn
cooties...

Cheers
CT