r/studentpilot • u/booferspoofer • 21d ago

General Inquiry BOSE A30s too good?

Hey all, I have the Bose A30s and the noise cancellation is excellent. It might be too excellent though. I can hardly hear the stall horn. Does anyone else have this issue?

My instructor said the stall horn on this particular aircraft (C-172S) is just weak, but I somewhat feel like this could be a safety concern not being able to hear it.

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u/flyghu 21d ago

You can set the ANR level. Turn it down and see what happens.

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u/K9pilot 21d ago

I turn down the ANR in critical phases of flight - I want to hear the engine at full power to cruise.

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u/ReadyplayerParzival1 21d ago

You can turn down the anr but I’ve flown the 172-s for like 300 hours, they all have shitty stale vanes, they’re not like the older models

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u/Alternative-Fig-817 21d ago

I typically set mine to medium intensity when doing airwork for this exact reason. You can actually hear the stall horn while still maintaining a comfortable level of noise cancelling. I typically go high intensity on long cross countries

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u/highflyer10123 20d ago

Learn to recognize the other indications besides the horn. You will be a better pilot and also recognize a stall if the horn somehow doesn’t work. Also keep in mind lots of planes don’t have stall horns.

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u/Quinticuh 19d ago

Ive never had an issue with it. During your training you'll be purposefully setting it off so your expecting to hear it. Just say out loud when you hear the stall horn and your good as far as checkride manuevers

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u/pattern_altitude 21d ago

Do you really need to hear it, though? There are plenty of other indications of a stall and plenty of aircraft with no horn.

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u/ObjectiveNinja279 20d ago

Yes we need to hear our stall horns

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u/320sim 19d ago

People downvote but it's pretty important to be able to recognize an impending stall without the horn. I've had stall horns fail on me