Eyeglasses + Over-the-ear headset + ball cap in flight. Foggles starts to overload the ear. Trial 1:
Seems workable so far. Fairly easy mount/removal in flight.
Foggles Experiment
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Re: Foggles Experiment
I found these to be the easiest to use with glasses. Very simple and resilient.
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Re: Foggles Experiment
I had a set of these and didn't like them. They warped over time. Hence I'm experimenting with something different.Boatguy wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 4:48 pm I found these to be the easiest to use with glasses. Very simple and resilient.
https://www.mypilotstore.com/MyPilotStore/sep/531
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Re: Foggles Experiment
There was a guy who put together a hood under the name, "the Best IFR Hood." Basically the kind of manilla paper used for folders. Sold it for $6 IIRC. No longer selling it, probably because it wasn't worth it. It's been copied by products like the "Feather Hood," but $20 is ridiculous,
That said, I have one of the "originals" and a duplicate I made from a leftover file folder. They work really well. Good blocking, light weight, elastic strap with no pressure under glasses. Folds in the thickness of, well, a file folder for storage in a flight bag. I mostly use them with pilots who forget theirs* when doing recurrent training, unless I'm feeling nasty.
[* I personally use a Vban, but never really noticed undue temple pressure with any view limiting device I've used; getting over the glasses is the only issue I've had.]
That said, I have one of the "originals" and a duplicate I made from a leftover file folder. They work really well. Good blocking, light weight, elastic strap with no pressure under glasses. Folds in the thickness of, well, a file folder for storage in a flight bag. I mostly use them with pilots who forget theirs* when doing recurrent training, unless I'm feeling nasty.
[* I personally use a Vban, but never really noticed undue temple pressure with any view limiting device I've used; getting over the glasses is the only issue I've had.]
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Re: Foggles Experiment
I used a baseball cap that I pulled down far enough that I couldn't see over the glareshield. My CFII liked it and the DPE was fine with it.
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Re: Foggles Experiment
I used Pooley‘s Foggles which were excellent during my IRA training in the U.S.
https://www.pooleys.com/shop/pooleys/in ... s-foggles/
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Re: Foggles Experiment
I don’t have experience with foggles, but I recently heard about smart foggles in Max’s aviation news talk podcast which seem to have lot’s of advantages:
https://aviationnewstalk.com/podcast/18 ... w-ga-news/
https://aviationnewstalk.com/podcast/18 ... w-ga-news/