Want to Buy Foggles

[travsi]

anyone got an old pair of foggles laying around?

 

[USMC-SSGT]

I made a pair for 3 dollars at home depot.

Buy a pair of safety glasses that you like.

Buy (or you may already have) electrical tape.

Buy some 200 grit sandpaper.

tape off the part that you dont want to be "foggled" sand the rest of the lenses causing them to become "foggle like". Peel off the part you taped off to reveal a nice defined clean area that has not been "foggled"

You could even make a check ride version with just slightly less foggled area that would go unnoticed to the examiner for that partial panel NDB approach single engine.

 

[BravoHotel]

I made a pair for 3 dollars at home depot.

I have to agree, 24.95 for the "real deal" is ridiculous, buy a steak dinner with that money instead.

Blue Skies

 

[JordanD]

I got mine out of the garbage can at the flight school. I wish I was joking.

 

[SoonerAv8r]

Wow makes me think I could do something like that as a side business and supply them to local pilot shops...

 

[texas_pilot]

I wear prescription glasses, so I had the larger kind of safety lenses that fit over my frames. I took a dremel and cut out the area needed for scanning and krylon the rest black. Never scratched up and allowed very clear vision

 

[Murdoughnut]

I made a pair for 3 dollars at home depot.

Buy a pair of safety glasses that you like.

Buy (or you may already have) electrical tape.

Buy some 200 grit sandpaper.

tape off the part that you dont want to be "foggled" sand the rest of the lenses causing them to become "foggle like". Peel off the part you taped off to reveal a nice defined clean area that has not been "foggled"

You could even make a check ride version with just slightly less foggled area that would go unnoticed to the examiner for that partial panel NDB approach single engine.

I did that once too - although I got scared right before my checkride because the regs read "approved view limiting device". I bought a pair for the ride to be safe.

 

[Hckey2477]

I have an extra pair, but I will be out of town for about a week. I will send them to you at no cost, unless you need them before then.

 

[Barty]

I did that once too - although I got scared right before my checkride because the regs read "approved view limiting device". I bought a pair for the ride to be safe.

I used my "foggles" made with a pair of $2 safety glasses and some masking tape on my instrument checkride.

I think by "approved" all it means is something that the examiner approves of. In other words, if he can see that it limits your vision appropriately, then he'll let you use it. I don' know of any of the commercially available devices that have any kind of stamp of approval from the FAA on them.