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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Jim Weir wrote:

They didn't by some wild chance include a schematic with it, did they?

No, sorry. Really what it turned out to be was rewiring the
helmet. I replaced the earphones (just the...uh...'speaker'
part, not the heavy plastic cups) and bought microphone.
I also got a prewired harness to hook it all together.
I probably could've gutted a headset and gotten the same
stuff, but a) it was cheaper than a decent headset, and
b) the mic has a bayonet mount that plugs into an oxygen
mask receiver - I'd've had to get that anyway.
I've still got the old parts if I ever need to convert it
back, but that's not likely.

Dave 'up chit' Hyde

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?????????



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

My ex is a chemestry professor.

She often said to her students, "Two weeks in the lab will save
three days in the library, everytime".

Richard

On 15 Sep 2003 15:50:35 -0700, wrote:

But always to be calling it please, "research."

Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name. Hoy!

An evening wasted on r.a.h.

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