UFlyMike Headset Survey

[4mr72drvr]

Missed radio calls are not a problem.

Uh....Was that for us?

 

[Jafo73]

And what happens when an offending co pilot shows up with a banned Uflymike? Do you carry a spare headset you'll make him wear?

I just hope he's not a PIC on the Encore at NetJets so I don't have to have that argument....

 

[Ultra Grump]

I don't have a Ufly set up but have flown with several crew members that have. They miss quite a few radio calls and their ICS Modulation is weak. I have grown quite irritated and am contemplating baning them from my aircraft.

The radio calls I miss are when my partner's yapping drowns out everything else. Perhaps this is your problem, and not the uflymike itself.

 

[can99]

The uflymike and my Sennheiser kmac25 dont like each other, the uflymike is constantly opening the mike on the intercom ... but the other guy has to make a concerted effort to keep the mike away from any noise maker ( ie the airvent, or breathing on it, or chewing) mike will open the intercom up any tiny bit of noise near the ufly. The uflymike guys also complain that they cany hear me on the intercom... I can hear me so who cares I say! Now this really does only happen with the uflymike headsets, all other brands including guys with 200 year old rusted, cracked david clarks dont have any problems... my 2 cents worth.

I was going to buy a uflymike and the 'other' headset combo, but seeing these problems its off my wish list at the moment.

 

[mblackey]

The uflymike and my Sennheiser kmac25 dont like each other, the uflymike is constantly opening the mike on the intercom ... but the other guy has to make a concerted effort to keep the mike away from any noise maker ( ie the airvent, or breathing on it, or chewing) mike will open the intercom up any tiny bit of noise near the ufly. The uflymike guys also complain that they cany hear me on the intercom... I can hear me so who cares I say! Now this really does only happen with the uflymike headsets, all other brands including guys with 200 year old rusted, cracked david clarks dont have any problems... my 2 cents worth.

I was going to buy a uflymike and the 'other' headset combo, but seeing these problems its off my wish list at the moment.

What aircraft are we talking about? You're using a voice activated intercom?

There's a fix for that, but we have to know it's happening in order to fix it. The UFM mike is much more sensitive than the others, but we can reduce that sensitivity.

Mike

 

[can99]

Its the audio panel in the Lear 45, have no idea what model it is

 

[labbutt]

the uflymike setup is great! greater comfort, less fatigue, wonderful sound quality. i dont seem to have any difficulty missing radio calls. the most irritating radio issue for me, is when the guy in the other seat, with 33+ experience, interrupts my qc2 experience by missing calls due to hearing problems!

 

[niteflyr]

Never had any of the problems mentioned here with my U-fly Mike setup. Best headset I have ever had! I too would like to be there when they are banned from HIS aircraft, hope it is a single pilot operation!

 

[Jafo73]

i dont seem to have any difficulty missing radio calls.

Well, of course not. If you miss one and don't know it, why would it be difficult for you?



PS. I'm kidding and understood what you were saying, but I couldn't resist...

 

[Fozzy]

I have grown quite irritated and am contemplating baning them from my aircraft.

Oh calm down Captain God.
"My aircraft". You must be a joy to fly with.

 

[CA1900]

Oh calm down Captain God.
"My aircraft". You must be a joy to fly with.

Heh... I got chewed out by a captain at our former place of employment for touching "his master switch" while he was inside drinking coffee as I was trying to board the passengers in the dark. The nerve of me, wanting more than just the two 3-watt light bulbs to board up with.

(His nickname rhymed with "Terminator," to give you an idea who he is... )

 

[Fozzy]

Never had the pleasure of flying with him. Though talking to him in the crew room was enough.
I deal with these types much different now than I did back then. :laugh:

 

[fischman]

I have grown quite irritated and am contemplating baning them from my aircraft.

Well I do have a QC2, and you can have it when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Sorry man, but that is a bad attitude.

 

[glasspilot]

There's a thread over on the Cargo side labeled "Who is the biggest loser you've ever flown with".

The thread has been alive since mid 2005 or so and has over 30 pages. Capt. "Banned Headsets" would have to make the list.

One of my favorites copied and pasted from the biggest loser thread:

Many years back I was a F/O on a BE-99. We were in line number 4 or 5 out of about 20 or so for take-off in MCO, when my Captain puts his hand on his chin and goes into a deep thought process. I asked him if everything was ok? He looks and me and say's "oh gezz, well you had best let the tower know that we are HEAVY" I said, What? He said, "yea, we are at max takeoff weight and that he did not want to upset the Delta 757 behind us". I said, yea that's funny. He looked right back at me and said "I am not kidding, Listen I want to get hired over there at Delta and I want to look good in front of their pilots". I said I tell you what, you tell the tower that, I don't want to sound stupid on the radio. Well this jerk -off gets on the radio and says, "Tower this #### 2546 HEAVY, we are ready for take off, just want to give you some notice, we are a HEAVY today so please let the Delta 757 behind us know, and that he will have to offset the runway after takeoff".

Dude we are in a BE-99 !!! It only weighs 11,500 pounds !!!

You should have heard all the comments on the tower freq. I laughed at this guy so hard, I actually pissed my pants.

After all the laughter was over and we took off, the tower says, ####2546 Heavy! Contact Departure !!!! You could hear the controller laughing his azz off.

And yes, you guessed it. We called departure control and even they had heard about our HEAVY BE-99 !!!OH MY I could not even talk on the radio I was crying laughing so hard.

 

[mblackey]

I don't use the UFlyMike setup, but I've flown with many people who do...they all seem to like it. However, I have noticed that very often it causes a lot of background hissing on my intercom using the company supplied headset. So, while they like the UFlyMike, I don't.

Perhaps I'll have to buy the UFlyMike as a defensive move!

We should have a new version out in the next couple of months that has an adjustable gain control for the microphone (for those that insist on flying in a noisy cockpit in hotmike).

Also, survey is going great, BUT WE NEED MORE FOLKS TO TAKE THE SURVEY. The link is in the first post in this threat.

Mike