When should I buy a set of headset?
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Make sure you have a set of wings to go with your bars, you dont want someone confusing you for a bus driver.
Once you're serious about your flying start looking at a good quality headset. I wouldn't bother before you've started your PPL. Most flying school headsets are fine for 1-2 hours but can be painful after 3-4 hours. I certainly wouldn't rush out and buy a cheaper set just so you're able to purchase them now.
If you're flying privately and have the funds I would recommend Bose otherwise the usual David Clark's. Personally I wouldn't have bothered with Bose if work didn't give them to me, the DC's are just that good.
Once you're serious about your flying start looking at a good quality headset. I wouldn't bother before you've started your PPL. Most flying school headsets are fine for 1-2 hours but can be painful after 3-4 hours. I certainly wouldn't rush out and buy a cheaper set just so you're able to purchase them now.
If you're flying privately and have the funds I would recommend Bose otherwise the usual David Clark's. Personally I wouldn't have bothered with Bose if work didn't give them to me, the DC's are just that good.
or if you are expecting rapid progression onto twins - something with ANR.
(unless it's garretts on the wing behind you pumping)
I never used ANR flying a twin, but I have heard that it's easier to let the props go out of sync without correcting them.
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Not to be rude, but the time you want an ANR headset is in a single. It's much noiser with a donk in front of you than on the wings behind you (especially in a 210) 
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Hat, have you got an old Talair Queenair DC, but with new bits, too?
When I last bought a new one, some b****r who was leaving the company I then worked for to join Virgin knocked it off..!!
No yung un would be seen dead in those old shells....
When I last bought a new one, some b****r who was leaving the company I then worked for to join Virgin knocked it off..!!
No yung un would be seen dead in those old shells....
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Not to be rude, but the time you want an ANR headset is in a single. It's much noiser with a donk in front of you than on the wings behind you (especially in a 210)
Yep, the bongo is definately a nice, quiet twin where you wont need much ear protection.....
Not to be rude, but the time you want an ANR headset is in a single. It's much noiser with a donk in front of you than on the wings behind you (especially in a 210)
Yep, the bongo is definately a nice, quiet twin where you wont need much ear protection.....
My ears still ring from 210s!!
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Get something decent.
For me a decent headset corresponded with a significant increase in my abilities leading up to my first solo (which was very recently).
I have noticed since I have started my training that without exception I have performed better when I have had one of the decent club headsets, as opposed to those which don't fit right or don't attenuate noise particularly well.
When experienced I'm sure you can deal with a little noise much more effectively, but especially when you're learning I think being comfortable in regards to noise makes things 10 times easier. In a school exam, would you rather do it in silence or with loud white noise playing for hours on end?
At the end of flights with poorly fitting headsets etc I had always performed worse and was more stressed getting out of the cockpit than if I had a good one.
For me a decent headset corresponded with a significant increase in my abilities leading up to my first solo (which was very recently).
I have noticed since I have started my training that without exception I have performed better when I have had one of the decent club headsets, as opposed to those which don't fit right or don't attenuate noise particularly well.
When experienced I'm sure you can deal with a little noise much more effectively, but especially when you're learning I think being comfortable in regards to noise makes things 10 times easier. In a school exam, would you rather do it in silence or with loud white noise playing for hours on end?
At the end of flights with poorly fitting headsets etc I had always performed worse and was more stressed getting out of the cockpit than if I had a good one.
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Its all about style
You are all missing the point a bit I think. The most importantthing when selecting the most appropriate headset is not noise reduction, comfort, or anything else that has been mentioned so far. What is really important here is the colour, and what the headset looks like.
For example I have a blue/grey headset, and I have found it pretty damn good over the past 7 years or so since buying it. I have tried pale green ones, but found it to be rather a gay colour, and not at all satisfactory.
I have recently ordered a helmet to replace my headset, and while it hasnt arrived yet, I am hoping it will live up to the standards I have come to expect from the many years of loyal service I have received from my Blue/grey headset. While at first glance one might regard a bright red helmet as a little too colourful for the average aircraft cockpit, I'm not a very good pilot, and am working on the theory that if I ditch at sea, a red helmet bobbing in the ocean will make easy spotting for Search and Rescue.
For example I have a blue/grey headset, and I have found it pretty damn good over the past 7 years or so since buying it. I have tried pale green ones, but found it to be rather a gay colour, and not at all satisfactory.
I have recently ordered a helmet to replace my headset, and while it hasnt arrived yet, I am hoping it will live up to the standards I have come to expect from the many years of loyal service I have received from my Blue/grey headset. While at first glance one might regard a bright red helmet as a little too colourful for the average aircraft cockpit, I'm not a very good pilot, and am working on the theory that if I ditch at sea, a red helmet bobbing in the ocean will make easy spotting for Search and Rescue.
