Flight Equipment

[Brett327]

carrying a separate survival kit in the cabin of the aircraft

Not too helpful when the aircraft is heading to the bottom of the ocean and you're bobbing around on the surface.

 

[hscs]

And it’s awful nice to have everything on you when you have injuries that limit your mobility, especially when it happens on the wrong side of town.

 

[SynixMan]

PRU-70A/P is the hot newness in Marine V-22 land. Huge improvement over the CMU-38 "Aircrew Endurance" vest in most ways. I say "most" because while it's a lot less bulky, it is not compatible with the integrated retention harness system for crew chiefs/aerial observers, so they have to use the old gunner's belt until we find a better solution. The material is also not as breathable, but personally that's a tradeoff I'll take.

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Interesting. Thanks. Is that the one with the cummerbund? I don't remember our crewmen having issues with the gunners belt.

BT BT

Also fun to think about my personal evolution with gear. I originally used my helmet bag in HSC Land but then swapped to a Camelbak since I was almost always wearing my helmet to the helo for a spinning swap or on the CVN flight deck, plus I wanted the full 1.5L of water. Going back to VTs I had to procure another helmet bag since I was going out to a cold bird. Just different lifestyles.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Interesting. Thanks. Is that the one with the cummerbund? I don't remember our crewmen having issues with the gunners belt.

BT BT

Also fun to think about my personal evolution with gear. I originally used my helmet bag in HSC Land but then swapped to a Camelbak since I was almost always wearing my helmet to the helo for a spinning swap or on the CVN flight deck, plus I wanted the full 1.5L of water. Going back to VTs I had to procure another helmet bag since I was going out to a cold bird. Just different lifestyles.

Plus the T-6 has a dedicated helmet bag storage - yes?

 

[sevenhelmet]

Plus the T-6 has a dedicated helmet bag storage - yes?

There’s a small baggage compartment behind the av bay, but I usually just stuff mine under the seat or leave it on the right console if I’m in flying from the back.

 

[Lawman]

PRU-70A/P is the hot newness in Marine V-22 land. Huge improvement over the CMU-38 "Aircrew Endurance" vest in most ways. I say "most" because while it's a lot less bulky, it is not compatible with the integrated retention harness system for crew chiefs/aerial observers, so they have to use the old gunner's belt until we find a better solution. The material is also not as breathable, but personally that's a tradeoff I'll take.

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Horse collars are stupid, and far less survivable than the cummerbund inflation kits now available.

Unfortunately they are in the system so they get seen as some kind of cost saving adaptability.

 

[hscs]

Horse collars are stupid, and far less survivable than the cummerbund inflation kits now available.

Unfortunately they are in the system so they get seen as some kind of cost saving adaptability.

Do the horse collars support the head/neck area? Just never saw or heard of them.

 

[Roger_Waveoff]

Do the horse collars support the head/neck area? Just never saw or heard of them.

Not in the slightest. But I actually don’t mind the horse collar because I can tuck the shoulder straps underneath it so it doesn’t chafe my neck.

 

[mad dog]

Giving this the old college try…

 

[taxi1]

Horse collars are stupid, and far less survivable than the cummerbund inflation kits

How do the cummerbund inflation kits work?

 

[SynixMan]

Plus the T-6 has a dedicated helmet bag storage - yes?

There’s a baggage compartment and the avionics bay. Standard training hop I’d put the helmet bag in the baggage compartment. For a CCX with bags, you generally needed to be more creative.

 

[skybert]

Giving this the old college try…

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Love mine

 

[ChuckMK23]

Love mine

My Bose A20s have been flawless. I know a lot of people are not fans of the clamping forces that are part of the design. I do like how multiple bluetooth sources are simultaneously supported. I get runway incursion warnings as well as altitude call outs on final through foreflight on the iPad. Same for audible traffic alerts. The G1000 does not have this functionality organically. The only thing I get through the airplane is "minimums".

But an active noise reduction headset is mandatory these days. The reduction in fatigue is significant and I'm sure there is a significant reduction in hearing degradation.

 

[hdr777]

But an active noise reduction headset is mandatory these days. The reduction in fatigue is significant and I'm sure there is a significant reduction in hearing degradation.

Please tell the E-2 program office this! It's really loud in there

 

[sevenhelmet]

My Bose A20s have been flawless. I know a lot of people are not fans of the clamping forces that are part of the design. I do like how multiple bluetooth sources are simultaneously supported. I get runway incursion warnings as well as altitude call outs on final through foreflight on the iPad. Same for audible traffic alerts. The G1000 does not have this functionality organically. The only thing I get through the airplane is "minimums".

But an active noise reduction headset is mandatory these days. The reduction in fatigue is significant and I'm sure there is a significant reduction in hearing degradation.

I think you’re right. I had some tinnitus after my last CVN deployment that seemed to largely clear up in my first year or two of civilian flying using mostly ANC headsets (Bose A-20 and DC One X Pro).

Good thing too- the VA denied my tinnitus claim…