Best View Limiting Device?

[wickedpilot]

Jepp Shades...Definately Jepp Shades. Foogles are okay But I can't imagine hauling one of those giant super hoods into a cockpit. What were they thinking when they made those??? Ever heard of cockpit management? You 'mide as well put on your favorite mascots' costume head and do hood work. I'd imagine yanking one of those off at DH is about as difficult as it is with the giant grey hood.

With Jepp Shades...Flip up, VFR...Flip down, IFR, no questions.

I find them harder to "cheat" with than the foggles.

You mean people cheat when doing simulated???

 

[Salty Dog]

I use foggles. Easy to handle and do the job. Sure gets your attention when you turn into the sun and the bright light on the translucent part gives you some serious white out.

That black paint on safety shades idea may have more than a little merit if for that alone.

 

[Nolife]

Jeppshades

IMO Jeppshades are the best. I've tried several others and found them to be the best. I recommend them to my students and have used them myself on Part 135 check rides.

As far as cheating goes, The Francis hood is good but it gave me motion sickness when I tried it. Map in the window works best. I had a student who was perfect on ILS's under the hood only to totally blow it when I put a map on his side.

In the end cheaters will wash themselves out either on a SIM or hopefully not... in real life.

 

[kabz]

I've tried a few, but liked the JeppShades best.

If you wear glasses though, they need to be quite small, but I was fine with them.

 

[skyking1976]

I would suggest a product by Miller Brewing company. They have been limiting my vision for years...

SK

 

[WrightAvia]

take a vfr sectional and fold it so when you place it under your headset, it limits your view. I think I saw that one on Martha Stewart.

 

[Smoking Man]

Martha Stewart with a VFR sectional under her headset, Now I am all hot and bothered. Did she have on her gardening gloves also?


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[CaptBuzzard]

I've done the VFR chart thing.

I like the Jepp shades the best. A friend of mine had the Francis hood. I laughed. It looks like a viewmaster or something.

 

[bobbysamd]

Hoods

I had a friend who designed some kind of contraption using a baseball cap. She attached some kind of material around the bill of the cap which blocked the view. Very effective, and cheap.

I always just used Foggles. I also used the plastic rollup device that fits over your face and has an elastic band on the back to hold it to your head.

MAPD students were told to purchase a contraption that looked something like welders' goggles. That may be a Francis hood. I had to use it on my flight during my interview. The thing limited view, alright, but was very uncomfortable.