On Friday, April 25, 2014 12:08:05 PM UTC-7, JS wrote:
I'm amazed that people try to use large headsets in Self-Launch Sailplanes. They are an excellent way to scratch the inside of the canopy. Also something to store when not in use, which is 95% of the time as I recall.

There are many "isolating ear bud" headphones available these days. Examples:



Shure

http://www.shure.com/americas/produc...s/se-earphones



Ultimate Ears

http://www.ultimateears.com/en-us/900s



Ear buds are available from manufacturers or on Amazon, etc. for much less than an aviation headset, and fit in the glider's side pocket.

Install an 1/8" stereo headphone jack and use the same boom mic!

Jim

Jim

As much as I know it's dangerous to stand in front of a good old rant on r.a.s, but umm nobody said anything about a large aviation headset. For all we know the owner could be using any one of several compact (often in-ear design) aviation headsets with boom microphones. Like the Comfort Aloft brand ones I like.

And these headsets with good canceling mics should have better mics than the typical glider gooseneck mic, but of course those standard mics may work just fine when the engine is running (if people know how to use them properly, ... oops heading off on a rant there...).

Darryl