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1. 04:28 AM - Re: headset ideas ? (Michael D Cuy)
2. 07:26 AM - Re: Tailwheels & Brakes (John Dilatush)
3. 09:33 AM - Re: headset ideas ? (Hodgson, Mark O)
4. 10:50 AM - Re: headset ideas (Sanders, Andrew P)
5. 12:01 PM - many thanks ! (Michael D Cuy)
6. 12:08 PM - Re: headset ideas ? (Ron Bell)
7. 08:51 PM - GPS / Handheld (Rcaprd@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Re: headset ideas ? |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Michael D Cuy <Michael.D.Cuy@grc.nasa.gov>
>Yea, forget the radio in an open cockpit. If you want to turn radios, get a
>closed cabin.
>The best advice I can give.
Gene-- you missed the question-- I'm asking about ANR headsets that you
like for closed cabin flying.
Mike C.
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| Subject: | Re: Tailwheels & Brakes |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "John Dilatush" <dilatush@amigo.net>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter W Johnson" <vk3eka@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Pietenpol-List: Tailwheels & Brakes
> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Peter W Johnson" <vk3eka@yahoo.com>
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Peter,
I'm going out to the airport this weekend and will take my camera and shoot
some closeups of the installation, then E-mail them to you.
John
PS I assume you to mean the toe brakes mounted on the rudder bar???
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> John,
>
> Beautiful stuff.......
>
> Have you got any pictures of your mechanical brake system at the rudder
end?
> Looks very good and simple!
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter
> Wonthaggi, Australia
> http://cpc-world.cable.nu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-pietenpol-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John
> Dilatush
> To: Pietenpol-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Pietenpol-List: Tailwheels
>
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> --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "John Dilatush"
> --> <dilatush@amigo.net>
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> Pieters,
>
> I have been following the discussion re: tailwheels and can't understand
why
> one should change the basic design of the original Pietenpol tail SKID.
>
> Just add a 5" wheel from Wicks to the design and go with it. It is light,
> as I remember only about 7 lbs, and will take a heck of a lot of abuse,
> believe me! My landings are much less than perfect, I have departed the
> runway a couple of times, and landed off the airport completely, in a
field
> across the furrows. (the field was not plowed recently, but rather a
couple
> of years before so the furrows were somewhat smoothed out). The
triangular
> design has taken some extreme side loadings and stood up well.
>
> Go to http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/John_piet.html where Oscar Zuniga
> posted some information on my tailwheel installation.
>
> I will be glad to answer any questions you may have about the
> design/installation.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> John
>
>
> advertising on the Matronics Forums.
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: headset ideas ? |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Hodgson, Mark O" <mhodgson@bu.edu>
Mike,
I've had a pair of Lightspeed 20XLs for about 3 years. They're very
comfortable, I think even more than Dave Clarks. One negative is that
the stitching on the piece that goes over the head is coming undone, but
duct tape should handle that without an STC I suppose. They don't kill
all of the engine noise but they do a nice job, especially with the bass
frequencies as mentioned already. They are large, which I suppose in
some cabins might mean an occasional bang against the window, but they
haven't been a problem in 152s, 172s or Citabrias.
Mark Hodgson
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| Subject: | RE: headset ideas |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Sanders, Andrew P" <andrew.p.sanders@boeing.com>
Mike:
I've done the Headsets Inc. conversion on a set of David Clarks, have an Flightcom ANX-4 which Flightcom no longer makes, but someone else clones from a set of stock -4's, and a pair of DRE-6000 headsets (http://www.drecomm.com/6kservice.htm).
They all seem to use the same basic module and the active noise reduction works
very well. Due to a little streak of crualty, I like to put them on the head
of another pilot that hasn't tried anr before. I start the takeoff with them
off and switch the power on just past the end or our 2000' runway. With about
half of them you've got to watch for the flailing arms as they try to jump out
of the seat!
The Dave Clarks are of Dave Clark quality. I had to upgrade the ear seals and
spend an evening disassembling, rewiring, soldering, installing and reassembling.
It's a relaxing evening project if you are comfortable soldering fine wires
in tight courters. The cost, on top of an existing pair of headsets was just
over $200 about 5 years ago.
I liked them enough that after getting my private license, I wanted another pair.
I was shopping for an inexpensive pair of conventional headsets that I could
do another conversion on. I found the Flightcom's at a discounted price of
$320 at American Avionics in Seattle about 4 years ago. I bought these because
I couldn't buy the conventional headsets and conversion kit for that price.
They also came with a padded soft case for the headset and battery box. They
work as well as the DC's. The head clamping pressure is a bit less and overall
the quality is good by a step down.
I got the DRE's last year and have only recently begun to use them (had a 60 week long annual on the Cardinal). They work very well. The fit and feel very good. They quality is up to DC's. They come with a very delux case. Additionally they have a far superior battery box. It holds two nine volt batteries rather than the one the others do. It also has LED annuncinators for battery condition and external power. DRE supplies a cigrette plug adapter to power the headset from ships power. I wired a separate fused outlet for all four seats next to the headset jacks. Provisions for ships power is an extra cost option on the others. The frosting on the cake is that they are available from Marve Golden for $289!!! http://www.marvgolden.com/headsets/dre-main.htm
Customer service at DRE has been absolutely outstanding. I had purchased a DRE
portable intercom from Aircraft Spruce. I had chosen it over a PSE unit because
AS advertised it as being convertable to a panel mounted unit. When I ordered
it I confirmed that that was the case. A couple of years later when I contacted
them about a conversion kit, I found out the it wasn't the case and I
was SOL. There was nothing they were willing to do about it. They still list
the unit as convertable in their catalog. I contacted DRE and they were very
appoligetic and bent over backwards to help me. They had absolutly zero obligation
to do anything. It was not their problem in any way. I'm also very pleased
with their intercoms.
Hope this is helpful,
Andrew Sanders
N2206Y
From: Michael D Cuy <Michael.D.Cuy@grc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Pietenpol-List: headset ideas ?
For those of you who fly more closed cabin and do more radio work, do you
have any recommendation for buying a new active noise reduction headset?
... SNIP ...
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Michael D Cuy <Michael.D.Cuy@grc.nasa.gov>
Group-- besides reading all the reviews and info on the web, I really
appreciate all the good input on your experiences with ANR headsets
! Sorry to disrupt the flow of wood and metal talk.
Mike C.
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| Subject: | Re: headset ideas ? |
--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: "Ron Bell" <rbell@hpavet.com>
Lightspeed 20-3G or 30-3G. Very comfortable and quiet.
Fly Safely,
Ron Bell, CP-ASEL-IA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael D Cuy" <Michael.D.Cuy@grc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: headset ideas ?
| --> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Michael D Cuy
<Michael.D.Cuy@grc.nasa.gov>
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| >Yea, forget the radio in an open cockpit. If you want to turn radios,
get a
| >closed cabin.
| >The best advice I can give.
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| Gene-- you missed the question-- I'm asking about ANR headsets that you
| like for closed cabin flying.
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| Mike C.
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--> Pietenpol-List message posted by: Rcaprd@aol.com
OK, so I'll admit to using a GPS for backup, on cross country flights. The
mount I made for it was in the center of the panel, along the lower edge, but
it didn't work out...much too difficult to get in & out. The other big problem
I have with all this eee lec tronic crap in my cockpit, is that the
Magellan Skyblazer XL GPS causes lots of interference with my ICOM handheld, and
has to be turned off, to use the com radio.
Question: Does anyone else have an interference problem with the GPS ?
Chuck Gantzer
Wichita KS
NX770CG
weekend Kansas flying weather, is looookin' goood !!
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