With the release of the Lightspeed Delta Zulu, Lightspeed Aviation’s President and CEO Allan Schrader and Executive Vice President Teresa De Mers had a chance to visit with Dan Millican and Christy Wong on their “In the Hangar” You Tube program, part of the Taking Off Channel. Taking Off is an aviation show with the goal to provide programming that helps us be better pilots and better people. Lightspeed released the Lightspeed Delta Zulu in early September, 2022 as the first in the next generation of aviation headsets that brings a CO detector, custom hearing acuity profile settings, voice recording and more to the pilot. Watch now and hear what the makers of this innovative headset have to say, “In the Hangar.”
how do i know the carbon detection system is working in the aircraft without the app?
The CO sensor and remainder of circuitry gets checked for functionality every time that the headset powers on. If there is an error, there will be an audio alert “CO Not Monitored”. If it is working normally, you will not get this message. However, you can tell the CO value by a single press on the multifunction button. If you press this within 3 minutes of powering on the headset you will receive the message “Calculating Carbon Monoxide”. After the initial calculation period, the single press action will report the CO value to you. For example, with no CO present, it will say “Carbon Monoxide Normal, zero PPM”.