[simpits-tech] Intercom

[Brian Sikkema]

Got my intercom today. It's a Flightcom III (an older model - I haven't seen it for sale on any sites anyway). It has jacks for the pilot and copilot, plus an expansion module for 2 passengers - the expansion module just runs on normal telephone wire, so you could buy a length as long as you need, which is nice.

It has a pilot isolate switch so the pilot can shut out all the inside traffic and just listen to the radio, plus a digital clearance recorder, which is also quite nice. It also has 1/8" input and output jacks for using things like walkmans.

In short, it's going to be painful hacking this thing to peices! :) It's a very nice setup. But it's also absolutely perfect for what I'm using it for, it just has a few extra goodies above and beyond what I need. I'd love to find a use for the DCR, but I just can't. Pilot isolate is another matter - we may put a nice strong CB into the truck, in which case this whole setup would be rigged to that as well. I'd just need to make myself a PTT switch, which is cake.

Oh, and a REALLY nice thing is that it will run on 12-32VDC, so I don't have to worry about hooking up to the 24V supply in The Deuce. 

My dad is gonna be so pumped! :) This solves one of the biggest drawbacks to driving The Deuce around - the noise! You can't carry on a conversation in this thing - yet! ;)

As for sims, I still think this little deal would work out great. Easy to get power to, looks like its going to be easy to hack apart, and a DCR could definitely be useful in a sim environment!

Remind me, Gene, once I start actually working on putting this thing in The Deuce I'll do a write up, the methods and ideas should transfer over very well to the sim world.

Brian
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