How loud??

[Hawkeye4077]

This one goes to the ones with some KA time... How loud is it up front? what kind of headset do you guys use?


Thanks

Hawk

[SAR_YQQ]

I wear DC ANR's in the 90 - loud enough.

[Barkaie]

ka100 use DC no noise cancellation works fine

[200hr Wonder]

I use a Telex Stratus 50D in a 350 and it is as quite as sitting in your living room. Compared to the ol' Metro it is tolerable even without the ANR on. Remember though you only get a single set of ears, buy the best head set you possibly can!

[Rowdy]

Spent time in the nine niner, 100 and the 200 with just a set of DC13.4's.. might have been nice to have the ANR version though.

[whodat]

dc enr work great

[Severe Clear]

I fly KA 200 and to me the noise is pretty much a non event, and I don't have noise canceling. To me it seems very quite compared to flying the twin otter in the dives when you taxi with the windows wide open to avoid sweating to death! At the end of the day, I perfer to not use a fancy head set as I like hearing the sound of the props. The sound of beta is bad ass... Fly safe!

SC

[turbine works fine]

used the DC 13.4 with some good old earplugs!!!! worked wonders!!!!

[ahramin]

A King Air can definitely be a noisy airplane in certain phases of flight. I use a Telex Stratus 50D which does an excellent job of keeping things consistently quiet.

[willing to fly]

Every airplane can be noisy. If you are sitting in one for 5-10 hours a day, you could eventually do some damage. I'm flying a 200. My passive DC's died after 15 years of use so I went out and bought a Lightspeed Zulu. Best purchase I could have made. No such thing as ear surgery to bring back lost hearing so the extra money is well worth it.

[paydaymayday]

King Airs can be noisy with high RPM settings, but not obnoxiously so. You should get along just fine with a good PNR or even a cheapie ANR headset. Wear the best you can afford (but that might not be much if you are on a fresh King Air salary ), your hearing will thank you.

[square]

What about a 99?

[aviator2010]

What about a 99?

AB or C model?

[xsbank]

Listen to me, those of you who still have your hearing - I am being tested next week for hearing aids! It figures, I am finally in an aircraft that is virtually silent and I need the headset to hear ATC properly. Just because you are young and have all your hearing does not give you license to lose it! I can't hear crickets, song birds or a high hat very well anymore; if you want to follow in my shoes just keep treating your ears like they will last forever, wear sh*tty headsets, turn up your iPod and do your walk-around without ear defenders.

Try a pair of 1820s at takeoff power for a few years....

XSBANK'S GRATUITOUS PILOT ADVICE #37 - DON'T F*CK WITH YOUR HEARING!

Buy the best headset you can find even if it means KD for a month, check the specs for passive noise canceling because the batteries will go dead one day and the best passive rates also damp the most vibration in your skull. Read about it.

(I'll let you know what colour I get.)

[Cougar]

GOOD advice!!!

O all ye youngsters with happy ears, DO believe this!!

It is NOT a good feeling to be the only one in the room/bar/restaurant/wherever who can't hear what the F#*K they're SAYING... Damn, why are that guy's LIPS moving??... HUNH?? HUNH??

[Cat Driver]

XSBANK'S GRATUITOUS PILOT ADVICE #37 - DON'T F*CK WITH YOUR HEARING

I don't have to worry about it then, my dick is not long enough to f*ck with my hearing.

[Big Pistons Forever]

XSBANK

Friend of mine just got the "AIDS" . He say it was from listening to a life times worth of Assh***les

[Mach .28]

Use the ol DC 13.4 on the KA with no problems.....these also work well...

http://www.headsetsinc.com/