jkhirsch Posted October 4, 2013 Report Posted October 4, 2013 A quick search effort yield no results so: Does anyone know the story behind the .206" mic jack? I can assume that it may just be related to "marketing" in that they made it nonstandard so that a whole bunch of new stuff had to be made, but that's much too boring. Quote
manu damaschin Posted October 4, 2013 Report Posted October 4, 2013 I am not sure...but probably this is because you cannot mix the holes... Quote
1964-M20E Posted October 4, 2013 Report Posted October 4, 2013 I am not sure...but probably this is because you cannot mix the holes... +1 Quote
jkhirsch Posted October 6, 2013 Author Report Posted October 6, 2013 I definitely get not mixing up the holes, I'm not sure that you want to mix up holes in any situation, but they could have used another standard A/V size instead of creating the .206" Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted October 10, 2013 Report Posted October 10, 2013 Here is the history of the thing: http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/micjack/micjack.html 1 Quote
carusoam Posted October 10, 2013 Report Posted October 10, 2013 Why doesn't it ever become a single plug in privately owned A/C? Plugging in the two plugs is a hassle... There isn't a headset made today, that doesn't all have the same function... Best regards, -a- Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 All the headset manufacturers make helicopter headsets with a single plug. Install a helicopter jack in your plane and buy helicopter headsets. Quote
carusoam Posted October 11, 2013 Report Posted October 11, 2013 I assumed that there was a resistance difference or some other technical reason... Why does hellicopter use different plugs? Best regards, -a- Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted October 12, 2013 Report Posted October 12, 2013 I was just talking with my friend about this the other day. He is working on his helicopter instrument rating so he has been flying my Mooney a lot to get his instrument skills back up to snuff. He was saying how he liked the helicopter headsets better. They mostly have overhead plugs and shorter coiled cables. I think it is just convention. I can't think of any reason why you couldn't install an overhead helicopter plug and use helicopter headsets. Quote
N201MKTurbo Posted October 12, 2013 Report Posted October 12, 2013 Well it seems that the speaker impedance is different and the microphone is a carbon mic instead of a dynamic. There are convertors out there so it would still be possible to add a plug for a helicopter headset, but you might have some 337 issues with the converter. Quote
PMcClure Posted October 13, 2013 Report Posted October 13, 2013 Hole differentiation. An important life skill! Quote
jkhirsch Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Posted November 15, 2013 ....and a month later....N201MKTurbo thanks for that link, I enjoyed the read, even though where the ".205" measurement came from still seems to be somewhat shrouded. Quote
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