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05-14-2016, 09:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Meridian ID, Aspen CO, Okemos MI
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Come up with a good wireless headset and you are an instant zillionair.
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rockwoodrv9a
Williamston MI
O-320 D2A
Awaiting DAR Inspection
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05-15-2016, 12:13 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Collierville, TN
Posts: 99
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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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Jim Rice
Collierville, TN
1994 RV-4 N4WJ (Purchased/Flying)
1946 J-3 Cub N7155H (Restored/Flying)
1946 Globe Swift N3368K (Purchased Restored/Flying SOLD)
1987 Starduster Too SA-300 (Purchased/Flying/SOLD)
1994 V6STOL (Built w/dad/SOLD)
US Army Retired (still working to pay for flying)
When my ship comes in, I'll probably be at the airport.
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05-15-2016, 12:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: 57AZ - NW Tucson area
Posts: 10,011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rockwoodrv9
Come up with a good wireless headset and you are an instant zillionair.
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I'm also surprised it took so long -
http://www.lightspeedaviation.com/co...ages/Tango.htm
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Gil Alexander
EAA Technical Counselor, Airframe Mechanic
Half completed RV-10 QB purchased
RV-6A N61GX - finally flying
Grumman Tiger N12GA - flying
La Cholla Airpark (57AZ) Tucson AZ
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07-01-2016, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Montreal
Posts: 1,456
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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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Scott Black
Old school simple VFR RV 4, O-320, wood prop, MGL iEfis Lite
VAF dues 2020
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07-02-2016, 11:23 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Watkinsville, GA
Posts: 626
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Scott
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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Marshall Jacobson
"Miss Sue"
RV-8 80749 slow build taildragger
7.5 year build first flight Dec 2005
SOLD at 540 hours and 10 years of FUN
N68AK
Watkinsville, Georgia
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07-02-2016, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: new iberia la
Posts: 768
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Jacks location
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.
Don Broussard
RV 9 Rebuild in Progress
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07-02-2016, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: KBVY Massachusetts
Posts: 1,100
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Originally Posted by bret
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.
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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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07-02-2016, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Boulder, CO
Posts: 4,435
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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
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07-02-2016, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
Posts: 3,947
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Plug locations
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Originally Posted by David Paule
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
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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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Larry Larson
Estes Park, CO
http://wirejockrv7a.blogspot.com
wirejock at yahoo dot com
Donated 12/03/2019, plus a little extra.
RV-7A #73391, N511RV reserved (2,000+ hours)
HS SB, empennage, tanks, wings, fuse, working finishing kit
Disclaimer
I cannot be, nor will I be, held responsible if you try to do the same things I do and it does not work and/or causes you loss, injury, or even death in the process.
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