Originally Posted by
Smurfjet
Greetings fellow aviators. Seeking your wisdom and I fly fixed wing so please be gentle.
I am looking to purchase a second headset as a backup, I'm also an SAR volunteer and I get to ride Helos, so I'm considering a rotary rating in the future. I'm wondering if my second headset should be the helo plug version with a Helo to GA adapter or if I should stick with a second GA headset and a GA to Helo adapter.
Are there any advantages/disadvantages to these adapters or is it all the same?
Your feedback is appreciated.
"GA, Heli, Helo",...my brain is spinning!
Anyway, I used an airplane headset with an adapter flying a helicopter for quite a while before I finally bought my own helicopter headset. Never had any issues solo, but sometimes flying dual the airplane headset with helicopter adapter would create volume wars with my cfi and his helicopter headset.