Stepping back from ANR

skym wrote:

question is this : I like to hear the engine just a bit since a little
change in the sound or hiccup can signal an upcoming problem of
potentially serious consequence, and gets my attention very fast. How
well do the ANR sets let me hear a little engine sound for peace of
mind?

a heck of a lot better than a passive headset; anything which is not
the usual drone can be heard a lot clearer, and you'll be less likely
to miss it; besides, at the end of a long flight, you'll be less
likely to be tired and more likely to deal with the snag correctly (IMHO
and all that)

--Sylvain

On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:05:45 -0700, Sylvain wrote:

skym wrote:

question is this : I like to hear the engine just a bit since a little
change in the sound or hiccup can signal an upcoming problem of
potentially serious consequence, and gets my attention very fast. How
well do the ANR sets let me hear a little engine sound for peace of
mind?

a heck of a lot better than a passive headset; anything which is not
the usual drone can be heard a lot clearer, and you'll be less likely
to miss it; besides, at the end of a long flight, you'll be less
likely to be tired and more likely to deal with the snag correctly (IMHO
and all that)

Well, I'll admit my Telex set is one of the very early ANRs. By the
end of a 5 1/4 hour flight I had two handkerchiefs wrapped around that
thick head band, but still had two groves across the top of my head
that were getting pretty tender. They are a wee bit heavier than
today's crop. :-))

We had been to visit my son in Georgia and stopped at Sporty's on the
way back. They loaded me up with head sets, I took them out to the
Deb and tried them in the plane one-at-a-time with the engine running.
Back then the Telex, which I purchased, seemed to be the most
effective.



--Sylvain
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com