Del Rawlins wrote:

Why not just buy a better headset? That ought to take care of any noise
from the sheetmetal and it won't add a bunch of weight and potential for
hidden corrosion to form under the deadening material.

I thought this discussion was about a bush plane? All of the serious
bush pilots that I know strip all of that crap OUT of their airplanes if
possible.

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I thought it was about a Zodiac, but i've been wrong before...

But a Bush plane with rattle padding?


File under Hard Lessons Learned:

How important it is - and how hard it is -
to keep excess weight OUT of an airplane.

Temper foam is a great example.

This is for sure and certain the most comfortable stuff imaginable
short of free fall,

but the WEIGHT!

Padding a pair of bucket seats can add 30 pounds to the empty weight
of the airplane.

Ed Heineman would tell it loud and clear...
Simplacate rather than complicate.
Add lightness rather than heaviness.


Richard