RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: good mic muf

I use those also Helen, and they really do help. You need to make sure no
other mike is plugged into the intercom, or has a muff on it as well. When
flying alone I found most of the noise went away when I unplugged the
passengers mike cord.

Gary

-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
-> [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Helen Woods
-> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:35 PM
-> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
-> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: good mic muf
->
-> Thanks! I picked up the OA muffs at OSH. May try the "spoon method." :-)
->
-> Helen
->
-> On 7/30/2012 3:06 PM, ron_d_hill wrote:
-> > Tell you what I did.... I have a Challenger II CWS and had a really
difficult
-> time getting my intercom to work well. The problem was that I had a
-> windshield in front of me and my wife in the back was basically open
cockpit.
-> This meant that for me to have the gain low enough to speak easily, that
her
-> mike was open and to shut off her open mike it was difficult for me to
speak.
-> Dual gains might have helped, but I was not willing to buy another
intercom.
-> >
-> > So I went and bought two of these:
-> > http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/avpages/micmuf.php
-> >
-> > And that was not enough. So then I grabbed a plastic spoon and trimmed
it
-> down an slid it UNDER the leather muff but over the foam. It worked
perfectly
-> and now my wife and I have no issues.
-> >
-> >
-> >
-> > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...>
-> wrote:
-> >> So now that we have the Searey up and flying - with the windows open
-> >> in this daily 100 degree heat we've had all summer here in MD, I was
-> >> wondering, is there a better mic muf out there in the world? I know
-> >> a lot of you folks run around in flying machines sans doors, sometime
-> >> sans cockpits. What do you do to deal with the wind on the mic? Is
-> >> there something I can pick up at OSH next week?
-> >>
-> >> BTW, I'll be working the Searey booth in the LSA mall. Stop by. I'd
-> >> love to meet folks.
-> >>
-> >> Helen
-> >>
-> >
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