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barryhancock

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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:41 am Post subject: Re: helmets

I would just like to add that there have been several occasions where I have been flying a CJ where turbulence alone has knocked my head into the canopy.  I'm glad I was wearing a helmet.  In a CJ/Yak or other aircraft where there isn't a lot of clearance between the canopy and the cranium, even a properly adjusted 5 point harness WILL NOT keep your head from impacting the canopy.  I can think of one time in particular when I hit clear air turbulence in my Lancair Legacy (since sold  )that the impact between the aforementioned parts was so violent it made me see stars and scared me.  I didn't have a helmet on.  I flew the remaining 20 minutes of the flight with my hand in a fist on top of my head to prevent it from happening again.



I also find helmets useful to me in that when I put a helmet on it's a symbol of "game time" and is a constant reminder that what I'm doing carries with it an inherent amount of risk not found in most other aspects of my life.



Barry

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Markus

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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:49 am Post subject: Re: helmets

While we are at helmets... A slightly off-topic question, but I´m curious to know if anyone has any experience wearing a Clarity Aloft headset "inside" an HGU-55? Would there be issues with the small box of the headset, where the cable exits the headband in the neck, with the nape strap or neck edge-roll of the helmet? I´m familiar with the CEP, but I´m currently thinking to buy myself a Clarity Aloft and use it together with an "empty" helmet (no microphone, not speakers etc) for aerobatics and the headset without the helmet for non-aerobatic type of flying.



Any advice appreciated.



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rick(at)rvairshows.com
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:09 pm Post subject: helmets

The length of the Clarity Aloft earpiece is greater than the CEP's on the market, and can be uncomfortable for longer than thirty minutes when squeezed under a helmet. The helmet places constant pressure on the long earpiece. I have used this combo several times in loud warbirds.

Rick VOLKER



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 While we are at helmets... A slightly off-topic question, but IÂ´m curious to know if anyone has any experience wearing a Clarity Aloft headset "inside" an HGU-55? Would there be issues with the small box of the headset, where the cable exits the headband in the neck, with the nape strap or neck edge-roll of the helmet? IÂ´m familiar with the CEP, but IÂ´m currently thinking to buy myself a Clarity Aloft and use it together with an "empty" helmet (no microphone, not speakers etc) for aerobatics and the headset without the helmet for non-aerobatic type of flying.

 

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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: helmets

Thanks Richard, so the only thing would be the length of the earpieces but not the head band or the cable box or so. I guess I´ll have to  try and find someone who will borrow me the Clarity Aloft to give it a try.

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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:41 pm Post subject: helmets

Markus,

    The cable box and head band do not get in the way.  I have discussed CEP's with Bill Waterman, owner of Clarity Aloft, and he intends to use a shorter CEP-like earpiece in the future to fit under helmets better.  It is not likely to happen overnight. i have seen them already go to an angled, shorter earpiece than their first series. Also, you want the non-tso'd, cheaper model because the mic is much stiffer and stays put much better under G-load. The headband can be bent to be comfortable. The tso'd version may have more comfortable head band under the pressure of a helmet, but the mike is horribly floppy.

Rick

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 Thanks Richard, so the only thing would be the length of the earpieces but not the head band or the cable box or so. I guess I´ll have to  try and find someone who will borrow me the Clarity Aloft to give it a try.

 

 

 

 

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