Interesting! We have
Originally Posted by
n5296s
fwiw I've never had the slightest trouble hearing the low RPM horn - and a good job too. I've flown with Bose A20 and Lightspeed Zulu and PFX, and the same applies to all of them. It is LOUD, as indeed it should be.
and then there is
Originally Posted by
Paul Cantrell
I've complained to Robinson about this... and found Tim Tucker to be very dismissive of the issue. I have flown R44s with my Lightspeed headset where it knocks the low RPM horn volume down enough to be almost inaudible. All it takes is a little radio traffic at the wrong time... I flew one customer's aircraft where I pretty much needed to see the light to tell that the low RPM warning system was active.
I actually feel pretty strongly that the warning horn should be carried by the intercom/headset... the word "criminal" comes to mind given the prevalence of noise canceling headsets in use these days... You shouldn't ever have to struggle to hear that warning system over background noise... Whether it's music, screaming passengers ( from fear or fun ) or radio traffic, that warning should be LOUD.
The pilot defnitely described heavy raido traffic, as it was a fly-in type meeting.
But of course, there still is the low RRPM warning light.