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Child head set
Planning a flight to the Adirondacks in a couple of weeks... This will be
the first longish trip for my grandson, age 9 - he is a bit small for his age... The adult head sets are a bit big for him... Anyone have a small head set they want to get rid of? Denny |
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Dennis O'Connor ) wrote:
Planning a flight to the Adirondacks in a couple of weeks... This will be the first longish trip for my grandson, age 9 - he is a bit small for his age... The adult head sets are a bit big for him... Anyone have a small head set they want to get rid of? Check eBay (assuming you haven't already). I picked up a couple of child headsets for my two young boys for about 50% cheaper than retail. Where are you going in the Adirondacks? Lake Placid? -- Peter |
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I don't but DC has child sized bands that you can use to convert an adult
headset. Mike MU-2 "Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message ... Planning a flight to the Adirondacks in a couple of weeks... This will be the first longish trip for my grandson, age 9 - he is a bit small for his age... The adult head sets are a bit big for him... Anyone have a small head set they want to get rid of? Denny |
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I have a 3 year-old grand daughter that I take flying and had the same
problem. here is my solution. I took a piece of foam about 3/4" thick, and 1.5"x3". I sewed this into a pouch and attached a piece of elastic band with velcro attached 90 degrees to the long side on . I loop this over the headband and secure it with the velcor. I had four of them made so when I fly Young Eagles I can fit several headsets. Ross Dennis O'Connor wrote: Planning a flight to the Adirondacks in a couple of weeks... This will be the first longish trip for my grandson, age 9 - he is a bit small for his age... The adult head sets are a bit big for him... Anyone have a small head set they want to get rid of? Denny |
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Our ultimate destination is Old Forge...
"Peter R." wrote in message ds.com... Dennis O'Connor ) wrote: Planning a flight to the Adirondacks in a couple of weeks... This will be the first longish trip for my grandson, age 9 - he is a bit small for his age... The adult head sets are a bit big for him... Anyone have a small head set they want to get rid of? Check eBay (assuming you haven't already). I picked up a couple of child headsets for my two young boys for about 50% cheaper than retail. Where are you going in the Adirondacks? Lake Placid? -- Peter |
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Dennis O'Connor wrote: Planning a flight to the Adirondacks in a couple of weeks... This will be the first longish trip for my grandson, age 9 - he is a bit small for his age... The adult head sets are a bit big for him... Anyone have a small head set they want to get rid of? I've found that the regular Peltors work well for children that age. I don't think much of the microphone quality, though. George Patterson The optimist feels that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist is afraid that he's correct. James Branch Cavel |
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Dennis O'Connor wrote:
Planning a flight to the Adirondacks in a couple of weeks... This will be the first longish trip for my grandson, age 9 - he is a bit small for his age... The adult head sets are a bit big for him... Anyone have a small head set they want to get rid of? Denny, Are you sure they're too big when you adjust the band all the way down? An adult headset fits our (large) 3 1/2 yr old just fine. If they're really too big: What brand do you have? A couple of mfrs make a child-size band which fits on adult headsets. Sigtronics does, I know, I think also Pilot. Dunno about Dave Clark. It's almost certain to fit width-wise, so it's the height you need to adjust. You can also just wrap foam around the top of the band until it fits reasonably, then cover the foam with some snazzy, child attractive fabric. For ease and simplicity, fold the cut edges under and pin or baste it in place; if there's someone in the family w/ sewing skills, hem it and attach velcro. Extra points for embroidering it with his name. HTH, Sydney |
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Good points... The other item I didn't dwell on is that I stuffed the fifth
seat back into Fat Albert for this trip, so I'm short a headset... I haven't had any offers so I will probably pick up one from Sig... Fellow pilot, ham, et. al... Denny "Sydney Hoeltzli" wrote in message ... Dennis O'Connor wrote: Planning a flight to the Adirondacks in a couple of weeks... This will be the first longish trip for my grandson, age 9 - he is a bit small for his age... The adult head sets are a bit big for him... Anyone have a small head set they want to get rid of? Denny, Are you sure they're too big when you adjust the band all the way down? An adult headset fits our (large) 3 1/2 yr old just fine. If they're really too big: What brand do you have? A couple of mfrs make a child-size band which fits on adult headsets. Sigtronics does, I know, I think also Pilot. Dunno about Dave Clark. It's almost certain to fit width-wise, so it's the height you need to adjust. You can also just wrap foam around the top of the band until it fits reasonably, then cover the foam with some snazzy, child attractive fabric. For ease and simplicity, fold the cut edges under and pin or baste it in place; if there's someone in the family w/ sewing skills, hem it and attach velcro. Extra points for embroidering it with his name. HTH, Sydney |
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