Buying a headset?

[Ted_Stryker]

Ok, here is a little info for the guys who want to mix noise cancelling headsets with helicopters:

If you fly any helicopter with two blades: DON'T GET ONE!!
206L and Huey in particular.

I have been trying out mine for a week now and the blade slap of a two-bladed system
totally interferes with the noiscancelling and actually makes it worse. I have mine turned
off most of the time when I am flying with my dooers off and under 60kts.
Didn't have much of an issue with the AStar but it has 3 blades....
I still like the helmet because it fits well but I guess nois-cancelling seems to be
more of a stuck-wing game.

I am bummed.....

Wow... interesting!  Is it electronic interference being generated:?

[fireflyr]

Mike,
I guess it must just be the limits of ANR because both of mine (Bose & Dave Clark) get overwhelmed in certain instances such as takeoff in the Skymaster or any open cockpit.   Fact is, the Bose flutter badly with just an open window while taxiing because their pickup mikes for the ANR are external, unlike the David Clarks which have internal mikes and are a little more resistant to air flutter.   Where are the mikes located on your helmet?

[Frank N. O.]

Interesting info there Mike, although of course also bad news for you since helicopters are among the noisiest aircraft to fly aren't they, especially when you have to fly them like you do with open doors etc. for hovering?

The headset for the pc was to be used for communication, like in flightsims or such, not for general use, I got a Sennheiser HD500 headphone for that, or I will have when I get a replacement cord since the original thin one is damaged so I don't get both channels, luckily it has plugs in both ends so it's easy to replace once I get one (so the whole headset doesn't get ripped off your head if you walk with them on and step on the cord, and let me tell you, it works! ).

Frank

[Ted_Stryker]

Interesting info there Mike, although of course also bad news for you since helicopters are among the noisiest aircraft to fly aren't they, especially when you have to fly them like you do with open doors etc. for hovering?

The headset for the pc was to be used for communication, like in flightsims or such, not for general use, I got a Sennheiser HD500 headphone for that, or I will have when I get a replacement cord since the original thin one is damaged so I don't get both channels, luckily it has plugs in both ends so it's easy to replace once I get one (so the whole headset doesn't get ripped off your head if you walk with them on and step on the cord, and let me tell you, it works! ).

Frank

Ah, since you are lucky and have a cord with plugs on both ends to replace, perhaps a visit to your local Radio Shack store for some wire and plugs may be the cheap route?!  Just soldier on the plugs on the cord (make sure you get wire of the same type and rating, and the plugs are the right type and size... the store personnel can help), and voila!  If you can do basic soldiering, it should take all of five minutes once you have the proper parts. 

[Mike]

Mike,
I guess it must just be the limits of ANR because both of mine (Bose & Dave Clark) get overwhelmed in certain instances such as takeoff in the Skymaster or any open cockpit.   Fact is, the Bose flutter badly with just an open window while taxiing because their pickup mikes for the ANR are external, unlike the David Clarks which have internal mikes and are a little more resistant to air flutter.   Where are the mikes located on your helmet?

hmmm....
At least it's not just my helmet. On take-off and when flying low and slow it feels and sounds like somebody is sittn' behind you slapping you on both ears at the same time.
What do you mean with "where are the mikes located?" ??
I have one flex-boom that comes in front of my mouth, and I sit very close to the window of course.
Oh, I see!
You mean, there are mikes inside the earmuffs huh?!
I'll check that out.

[fireflyr]

Yeah Mike the retrofit ANR mikes (each earphone has a mike to pickup ambient sounds for cancelling) on my David Clarks are located internally whereas the Bose ANR mikes are located outside the earcup---don't know which is better but they both fail in wind buffet.