REFLECTOR: Gear horn

[Terry Miles]

If is not hooked to the intercom, one's nice passive noise ear muff headsets
are working against you hearing that squeak.  I thought mine was plenty loud
and never gave another thought to it, but when it competes w/ running engine
you have another circumstance.  Darrell thanks again for you help with this.
I have a better airplane thanks to your finding that system at Spruce.
Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Darrell & Nora Kufalk
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 2:00 PM
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Gear horn

I have the same horn.  It is ear-splittingly loud.  It has the ability to
get 100% of your immediate attention and almost make you dizzy..........when
you are sitting in a quite garage or hanger.

Now start your engine, put on your headset, fly in a busy pattern with 4 or
5 other airplanes with the controller yelling at half of them, add a nice
gusty crosswind, do a forced go-around just to add a little more adrenalin.

Guess what, YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THAT LITTLE BEEPER in a million years.

I installed a Gear Alert from Aircraft spruce and turned the volume up about
as loud as I can stand it.  I only hope the one day I forget my gear that I
will still hear the voice in my headset screaming "CHECK LANDING
GEEEAAAR!!!, CHECK LANDING GEEEAAAR!!!, CHECK LANDING GEEEAAAR"!!!

I'm still not totally convinced I will.

Darrell Kufalk
XLRG
N207DK
70 hours so far



-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 10:01 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Gear horn

I think my gear horn is the factory horn.  A one inch diameter thing.

Its amazingly loud.  I can hear it through my lightspeeds.

Scott

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