ERJ Pilot Questions

[Doogie]

Those who are flying the ERJ and I guess the CRJ too do you guys use ANR headsets? I am thinking of buying Bose X head but do not want to pay 1,000 and then have no use for them when I go to a RJ.

I have tried the new gen bose headsets and I love them but 1,000 is a **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** load of money on my pay check but if I can use them for 5 or so years then it would be worth it.

TIA
Doogie

 

[Doogie]

Oh also I hear that there is a power port for some ANR headsets in the RJ's what do they fit.

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

Sennheiser SMEC-25 ANR's work great in the ERJ. They are light and small. Around $550.00.

 

[Doogie]

Sennheiser SMEC-25 ANR's work great in the ERJ. They are light and small. Around $550.00.

not sure that they would do well in a prop a/c.... I am looking for somthing that will work with prop and still do well with an RJ..

Doogie

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

not sure that they would do well in a prop a/c.... I am looking for somthing that will work with prop and still do well with an RJ..

Doogie

Not sure about that. Never tried it, although you may want to ask a vendor if they will give you a trial period and if they do not function as advertised you can return them for a full refund.

 

[stuart716]

i used a lightspeed 15xl in the beech 1900 and the erj and it worked out good. they are big and bulky but they are very comfortable.

 

[DrinkSweetTea]

Why dont you just plan to use the company headsets intially. At least wait until you know what youll be flying.

 

[Airpiraterob]

youre comparing two different frequency types with two different planes. ANR and passive is not the same. you cant combine the 22 db reduction of anr with 24db reduction of passive for 46db total.....its two different halves that cant be combined.

-ANR works primarily with low note/low freq. noise such as prop noise. and helps w litle with high freq.
-passive works against mid to high freq. noise such as wind noise and other noise in relation to that wind. helps a good deal with prop noise.
-the ANR headset is made up of anr and passive to provide a full spectrum of cancellation...low and high....but in a Jet.....well...the ANR part protects litle against high frequency noises such as wind noise....and wind noise is all we have in the ERJ. it does help a little bit but its not a huge improvement. the ANR helps a little with some low freq. wind noise but its very very minimal if any exists.
im happy in the ERJ with my telex 100 passive set. its comfy, light, not a headclamp, and folds up compact leaving room for lunch in my flight kit.

to my knowlege theres no headset developed specifically for high frequency ANR cancellation. (PLEASE correct me if im wrong here.) so you cant find an ANR that works well in both types of plane.....but some captians i fly with like one of those telex's ....the half earcup ANR's. they say it works overall best for the jet. ill have to look into it.

 

[Ponchus pilot]

Why dont you just plan to use the company headsets intially. At least wait until you know what youll be flying.

Not all companies have headsets in their AC. I would call the stop over store if I were you.http://www.stopoverstore.com/

 

[stall022]

the ERJ is pretty loud up high and fast so you'll need a full headset. i have a bose X and love them... well worth the money after a few long legs. the crj is pretty quite and you can just use the ear plug type headsets... most company headsets are pretty nasty i can only imagine what grows in and on the mic's and earseals..bose x's work well in the 1900D as well. battery life is between 50 and 100 flight hours on two AA batteries

 

[IFLYASA]

I used the Bose X during flight instruction and over 3 years on the Brasilia. They truly saved my hearing. I now fly the CRJ and only use them because of the comfort. I don't even have a battery anymore. Don't need it on the CRJ. It's strictly passive noise cancelling for me.