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Old 05-14-2016, 09:39 PM
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Come up with a good wireless headset and you are an instant zillionair.
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Old 05-15-2016, 12:13 AM
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I have headset jacks behind seats in my Swift...and really dislike it. I much prefer panel mount.
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Old 05-15-2016, 12:48 AM
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Come up with a good wireless headset and you are an instant zillionair.
I'm also surprised it took so long -

http://www.lightspeedaviation.com/co...ages/Tango.htm
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Old 07-01-2016, 07:27 PM
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Any suggestions for a tandem RV? I wanted to put mine on the right side to get the wires away from the throttle and mixture, but the wires tend to come out of the left side of most headsets. I am sure the best place will become obvious once I have flown for 50 hrs

So any of you high time -4 or -8 guys I would like to hear your thoughts.
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Old 07-02-2016, 11:23 AM
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I put mine ao the right side up high on the bulkheads right behind the seats in my 8. Although I no longer have the 8, I had 10 years of not worrting about those wires. A clip on the wire, clipped to shoulder harness, kept the left side headset wires clear of any obstructions. I did mount a small hook forward of the plugs to run the wires over as I had the QT sets with a small control box.
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Old 07-02-2016, 12:13 PM
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I fly a couple of of side by sides. 1 has them in the armrest just aft of your elbow, works well enough but difficult to reach once you are are strapped in. The other has them on a little sub-panel under the air vents, which is better but you need to be careful getting in or out and they intrude on your space a little. I'm going to shamelessly copy a 6 that I saw and put mine under the canopy deck about where the slider roll bar meets canopy deck. Jacks were one above the other and in a custom fabbed little metal box. Sitting in the plane simulating plugging and unplugging in this location seem to work great and all extra cord length just lays between seat and sidewall.

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Old 07-02-2016, 12:29 PM
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I am interested in placing the plugs rear of the seats, any pros cons? maybe a location to where one can reach behind the copilot and plug in for the pilot side? and vice versa? maybe on back rest or side? anyone do this, pics? Thanks.
Wherever you place then, I'd make sure that they are accessible in flight and a different headset can be plugged in, in flight.

Friend of mine got a ride in a Phoenix motorglider and you cannot get to the plugs in flight. When the pilot's headset failed, they could not swap headsets via the plugs.

So they swapped them on their heads but the pilot had to push the PTT on the pax stick.
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Old 07-02-2016, 12:42 PM
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Might also be worth while thinking of how to leave the plane in an emergency. Is there a location which would permit the plugs to pull out if you don't remove the headset first? Or be very easy to remove with no thinking?

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Old 07-02-2016, 01:15 PM
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Might also be worth while thinking of how to leave the plane in an emergency. Is there a location which would permit the plugs to pull out if you don't remove the headset first? Or be very easy to remove with no thinking?

Dave
I though the same. Don't place them vertically. Plugging in upward and they won't pull out if you climb out with the headset. Plugging in downward and the jack becomes a funnel for debris. I'm going with panel near the vents or maybe a fabricated panel on the forward end of the armrest. Either way, one good yank in an emergency and both should come out.
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