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  1. Revenant

    Foreflight on iPad mini5 + Bose = Dangerous Annoyance.

    It occurs to me, Steingar, that indeed, we’re really talking about two different things, and the “conflict” (if any) is resolved as George suggests. If a particular type of alert becomes a nuisance or distraction in your type of operations, then I’d agree, it’s a problem and I’d recommend...
  2. Revenant

    Foreflight on iPad mini5 + Bose = Dangerous Annoyance.

    And back to the original discussion, I've got some more testing to do, but the issue may be, as suggested by penaltyvectors, the switching time. That is, the alert has come and gone by the time the switch from one device to the other is done. Still, my ipad volume is changing from max to...
  3. Revenant

    Foreflight on iPad mini5 + Bose = Dangerous Annoyance.

    Noooo, of course you really don't need FF to tell you when you're entering a taxiway. IT IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE, however, when giving traffic warnings to SUPPLEMENT basic see and avoid in VFR. I'm a CFI flying in EXTREMELY congested airspace. I have the Pensacola/Whiting "three-legged Charlie"...
  4. Revenant

    Foreflight on iPad mini5 + Bose = Dangerous Annoyance.

    UPDATE: I tried multiple restarts and repairings, one at a time, without change. Then it occurred to me that I’ve got my iPhone in the cockpit too. It’s a 12 pro max with Foreflight installed. I keep it handy and powered up, with FF running in case of iPad overheat, crash etc. So after the...
  5. Revenant

    Don't keep bait and fish in your plane

    I’ll add this too: decades ago, a work acquaintance got into a bitter, long running dispute with a bank. Unsatisfied with the outcome, he smuggled a large fish (salmon, I think, but any would do...) into the vault and locked it into his safe deposit box and left. Not sure about critters trying...
  6. Revenant

    Don't keep bait and fish in your plane

    Not only unairworthy, but unbearable as well! Hey, don’t pick on me! Go after that ice cold post immediately above!
  7. Revenant

    Foreflight on iPad mini5 + Bose = Dangerous Annoyance.

    It's interesting to see that some others have seen similar "results". The guy at Foreflight is trying to be helpful, but says he's never heard of this happening before. I believe I'll send him a link to this thread. Of course, I'll pass along anything they have to offer.
  8. Revenant

    Foreflight on iPad mini5 + Bose = Dangerous Annoyance.

    With all due respect, you miss the point entirely. Recheck my original post. Of course, see and avoid is supposed to be, first and foremost, a matter of using one's vision to see other aircraft. That said, let's not forget that both Boeing and Airbus build verbal/aural warnings, notices etc...
  9. Revenant

    Foreflight on iPad mini5 + Bose = Dangerous Annoyance.

    Thanks for the input, but that's almost certainly not it -- the current "mount" is a velcro strap on my leg... ;) I haven't been doing much instrument work in the last few months. When I do, I use a yoke mount. I'll soon be working on my CFII and I'll double check that the mount doesn't...
  10. Revenant

    Foreflight on iPad mini5 + Bose = Dangerous Annoyance.

    As the title indicates, I'm using an iPad mini-5 running Foreflight as my EFB. I love the combination, but with both the Bose A20 and the Proflight-2, I've been having what I believe is a dangerous, and certainly annoying "unintended effect" happening. In particular, despite careful testing on...
  11. Revenant

    Is flying a tailwheel plane that different?

    I've had exactly one flight in a tail-dragger. It was my CFI spin endorsement hop which we did in a really nice Super-D. With another 200-ish guy instructing from the back seat, I found the ground handling very different, but also very manageable, compared to the 172s/Warriors/Seminoles I'd...
  12. Revenant

    A slightly different headset comparison question...

    So, in addition to being a pain-inflicting sado-masochist, Clark also had a lingerie fetish? :p
  13. Revenant

    A slightly different headset comparison question...

    David Clark sells little rubber fillet devices you can slide onto the temples of your glasses to render a smoother contour at the seal/temple/head "junction". I used a pair when I was still using a Faro G2 ANR because I found the gap caused by my shades sometimes messed with the ANR. It's nice...
  14. Revenant

    A slightly different headset comparison question...

    Sounds very familiar. My career started with almost 40 hours in a C-150 (neither I nor the CFI wore any headset) followed by almost 1,500 hours, most of it in the EA-6B Prowler, with low tech PNR only (hey, it was the 80s...). Yep, I've got a bit of that tinnitus going on too. And most of the...
  15. Revenant

    How necessary is iPad GPS for ForeFlight?

    I consider the iPad GPS essentially a backup in case all else fails. My go-to source is a Sentry unit which easily suction cups into whatever AC I happen to be flying that day. Incidentally, I chose the Sentry over the other options because it has the carbon monoxide alarm feature, which I...
  16. Revenant

    Best batteries for today's ANR headsets.

    I flew a bunch recently with a guy who swore by Clarity Alofts for essentially these reasons, but of course, they're passive, relying totally upon deeply inserted plugs for full spectrum protection. Not quite what you're seeking, but if you can tolerate the deep plugs you can get pretty close to...
  17. Revenant

    Best batteries for today's ANR headsets.

    Just to clarify, on the Proflight w/BT, the display provides three colors. Per the manual, in front of me now, the colors indicate: GREEN: 8+ hours remaining; AMBER: 2-8 hours remaining; RED: 2 hours or less remaining. And as I indicated above, once you hit RED, the headset kills BT...
  18. Revenant

    Has anyone tried the new Bose Pro Flight in a piston plane?

    Sorta maybe... even ignoring the whole in vs over question, debating which headset is “best” is like debating whether chocolate ice cream is better than strawberry - it’s mostly personal. I’m sure there’s objective data to back Bose’s claim that the A20 provides more NR, than the PF. My response...
  19. Revenant

    Best batteries for today's ANR headsets.

    I've heard about these replacement guarantees, but I've not tried to recover under one myself. Has anyone else? I would be VERY interested in knowing if anyone has had a batt maker pony up for something truly expensive. I have a nagging suspicion that it would be A LOT easier to convince the...
  20. Revenant

    Best batteries for today's ANR headsets.

    At least on the Bluetooth versions, when the headset decides that the batteries are down to about two hours life left, the LED indicator turns red, AND IT SHUTS OFF THE BT FUNCTION, without regard to switch position, so that should be your first indication (along with the BT-off "bloop-bloop"...
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