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graziani 28th Oct 2023 10:19

Ic holder boeing 737
 
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any consideration regarding it ? is it Boeing approved ?? any electronic consequence to stay forced in that position , ?? tks for your opinion and sharing knowledge about it

rudestuff 28th Oct 2023 12:57

It's not permanently attached, and it beats an elastic band I suppose.

graziani 28th Oct 2023 15:07


Originally Posted by rudestuff (Post 11529133)
It's not permanently attached, and it beats an elastic band I suppose.

the problem is that the intercom is active during all flight.....is it correct? Any possibile problem?

Flying Wild 28th Oct 2023 15:36


Originally Posted by graziani (Post 11529188)
the problem is that the intercom is active during all flight.....is it correct? Any possibile problem?

Apart from completely defeating the point of having a noise cancelling headset in a noisy flight deck?
If you want to chat, latch the yoke switch. No talking, no intercom.

B2N2 28th Oct 2023 15:57


Originally Posted by graziani (Post 11529188)
the problem is that the intercom is active during all flight.....is it correct? Any possibile problem?

If Boeing cares it would be a limitation Intercom for intermittent use only.

If your regulating Authority is anything like the FAA they’ll get a stroke if they see it though.
If the aircraft doesn’t have a joke switch I’ve always used a rubber band.
Flying long haul.

If I recall correctly there was an enterprising SouthWest pilot who sold similar gizmo’s on EBay and the FAA went after him.

Winemaker 28th Oct 2023 22:53

To lessen brain strain...


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Speed_Trim_Fail 29th Oct 2023 18:24


Originally Posted by Flying Wild (Post 11529205)
Apart from completely defeating the point of having a noise cancelling headset in a noisy flight deck?
If you want to chat, latch the yoke switch. No talking, no intercom.

Not every control wheel has working latches.

HOVIS 29th Oct 2023 18:55

What happens when you need to use the RT... in a hurry?

STBYRUD 29th Oct 2023 19:07


Originally Posted by HOVIS (Post 11529740)
What happens when you need to use the RT... in a hurry?

Still works perfectly fine with the ACP switch in INT via the yoke or the (hopefully installed) glareshield button.

Vessbot 29th Oct 2023 19:57

Just print it out of gray plastic instead, innit

HOVIS 29th Oct 2023 20:53


Originally Posted by STBYRUD (Post 11529743)
Still works perfectly fine with the ACP switch in INT via the yoke or the (hopefully installed) glareshield button.

I see. I assumed the reason there's one switch for both INT and RT is that it was a case of either/or not both.
I still don't understand why there is a need for this gizmo though.

B2N2 30th Oct 2023 04:27


Originally Posted by HOVIS (Post 11529774)
I see. I assumed the reason there's one switch for both INT and RT is that it was a case of either/or not both.
I still don't understand why there is a need for this gizmo though.

So during critical phases of flight you don’t need to look away and fiddle with switches to talk to the other dude or dudette.
At my previous employer I flew -300’s and -400’s and we had as many different audio panel setups as we had tail numbers.
Rubber bands to the rescue.
’Captain, would you care for a used rubber’

Speed_Trim_Fail 30th Oct 2023 16:27


Originally Posted by B2N2 (Post 11529878)
So during critical phases of flight you don’t need to look away and fiddle with switches to talk to the other dude or dudette.
At my previous employer I flew -300’s and -400’s and we had as many different audio panel setups as we had tail numbers.
Rubber bands to the rescue.
’Captain, would you care for a used rubber’

Absolutely - and on the old non EFIS 737s if the interphone switch was latched then the control wheel RT switch wouldn’t work - a rubber band worked marvellously there, as it enabled momentary use of RT then back to interphone although of course the RMP was outboard.

I am perhaps showing my age, but there was of course the classic Boeing setup of a telex headset with only one earpiece on, which garuantees hearing problems in later life.


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