Handheld Microphone and mounting bracket

[PTK]

Does anyone know the brand and model number of the handheld mic that came in the J? Is it the Telex 100TRA? (i.e. the 100T with Right angle plug?)

Also the size of the 2 hanger bracket screws?

Mine was taken out and I was looking to replace it. Not that I need it but want to have a complete OEM airplane as Mooney intended! It looks like it could be a nice pencil holder too!

[bnicolette]

That is the one that is in mine.

[fantom]

It looks like it could be a nice pencil holder too!

 

Perfect for a mag light, even if someone a Mooney didn't intend that 50 years ago.

[PTK]

That is the one that is in mine.

Thanks for the picture Brett. If memory serves me, on mine the two holes that hold the hanger bracket are lower closer to the glare-shield than your pic shows. I'll have to check. There are two holes in the plastic panel there but I'll have to lift the panel and look behind it to see if there are provisioned bosses in the tubular structure member. 

[Hank]

Mine's a little lower, too, and is a perfect fit for a Mini Mag Lite. I also keep a couple of large binder clips there to hold approach plate books open. No, I haven't converted to electronic yet--the durn iPad is too big, and I've not found a good way to mount my 7" Droid tablet that won't cover up my clock [the red hands are great visual reminders to change tanks; I can't forget what the time is supposed to be, or forget to set the alarm, or not hear it beeping]. Besides, I've yet to have a book run out of power or shut itself down because it sat in the sun. 

[201er]

I removed mine. Couldn't ever imagine using it.

[bnicolette]

I use mine.  Sometimes when I'm just going out to play in the local area, I don't wear headsets.  Plus I guess it's kinda nostalgic for me as I used them all the time back when I was learning to fly.  I probably wouldn't go buy one if I didn't have one, but I can't see not carrying it "just in case".

 

I have to admit, I did try the little mag lite in there, but went back to the microphone.  "looks cooler"  

[201er]

I use mine.  Sometimes when I'm just going out to play in the local area, I don't wear headsets.

That's cause you haven't tried a Halo

 

I keep a handheld radio, not a stupid prehistoric hand mic. Now the radio I can use to turn on runway lights in a pickle. What good will the mic do you if your radios/electrics fail?

[fantom]

What good will the mic do you if your radios/electrics fail?

 

Well, you can plug it into your handheld radio, assuming you remembered to bring it with you and the batteries aren't dead.   

[bnicolette]

That's cause you haven't tried a Halo

I actually have tried the Halo's.  Sent them back.  I did like them in the Mooney but I was ultimately looking for something that I could use for work and in the Mooney.  They didn't play well with the Telex Pro series headsets.  There was too much feedback..

I keep a handheld radio, not a stupid prehistoric hand mic. Now the radio I can use to turn on runway lights in a pickle. What good will the mic do you if your radios/electrics fail?

How dare you call my precious mic prehistoric.  It's the same age as my Mooney. (presumeably)

[Hank]

Well, you can plug it into your handheld radio, assuming you remembered to bring it with you and the batteries aren't dead.   

 

That's why my handheld radio lives in my flight bag, with the headset adapter plugged in and ready to go. The batteries in it are NiMH for longer life between charges, and a spare pack of Duracells is in the flight bag ready to swap out. Durn little plastic battery packs [empty!] are quite expensive for what they are. [i've been in injection molding for 20 years . . . wish my own gross margin was that high!   ]

 

I needed the handheld once, on a local flight, and it was naturally in the hangar. Now I periodically take the NiMH pack home and recharge them, especially before taking long trips. The Duracells are replaced every year or so, with or without use. Don't want to get stuck again. At least I had already descended below the clouds and been approved for the approach ["cleared for the VOR-A approach, radar contact lost"] when everything went kaput the one time. I've since used the handheld with my Halos while mowing along the runway just fine.

 

In situations like those, handheld mic won't do much. Can't remember a single failure of a headset, but did make one flight using the right-hand plugs due to push-to-talk failure on the left yoke [not my plane]. Thankfully VFR, as reaching for the right yoke to talk was somewhat awkward.

[PTK]

There aren't. Those screws just screw into the royalite, which probably accounts for the apparent variation in their locations.

Jim

OK Jim,thanks! Good to know so I won't bother taking the plastic out. I wonder how strong the screws hold then if just in plastic?

[PTK]

Ok, that makes more sense and would be strong enough! I thought they were plain screws into the Royalite!