Private pilot with some CB questions

500' is legal in rural areas, 1000' over populated areas. But since 2 miles is 10,000+feet buzzing the large car is not required.

CB's are legal in light planes, range is reduced slightly and keep that thing shut off in IFR. I notced my handheld caused my VOR's to fluctuate whenever I transmitted or was receiving one of them big radios.

 

Uhm Tony, I've always found my rented aircraft too loud for comm without a headset...... and I can't see anyway to incorporate the cb into the headset that allowed an ATC override.

Mind you I'm running in controlled space and mixing with heavies. Unicom in the country would likely be fine.... JMO

 

It might be a bit late to say this....
But I flew Traffic reports for a radio network during collage football games....well, the 3 hrs before, and the 2 hrs after anyway....
To install the antenna, it was installed on a 172, mounted upside down as previously suggested....by the left door....the antenna had to have a pieces of plastic put on it, cause the wind would blow it back and it could touch the strut. The wiring was done by out FCC approved radio shop...and the wire was run internally...an inspection panel was used as the mount, and when it was not the season...a blank would be installed over it. The end that plugged into the radio would be left on the floor...or tucked under the carpet when not in use.
Powering the radio might be something to consider....that old 172 had a 12v system...but the alternator could barely keep up when the radio was running (remember, most planes have enough power to run on-board equipment, but not much to spare...unlike cars+trucks)...and it did wear them out more quickly. Most newer planes use 24v systems...so you might need a transform to step-down the voltage....
Also a permanent install needed a 337, or you could find an STC, either one takes big $$....(or you could re-register the plane as an experimental) and the antenna did require the use of a bit rudder....even at 90 knots...it still made drag..lots...the plane was just barely slower...enough to notice....and the antenna was shorter than optimum for the freq we were using...but any longer...and it would scrape on the ground.
All in all...just try a hand-held...maybe a battery pack, and a rubber suction cup mount for the antana (on the interior window)....maybe run it through a portable intercom, set up as the the radio...get an avionic guy to wire up an adapter, and you might be able to use the PTT....
but what do you get....
A distracted pilot.....using an unapproved devise in the ####pit....a disaster in the making. A multi-tasking pilot, especially at low altitude is dangerous...and dangerous to other planes as well...remember "SEE and AVOID!!". As a passenger, you might have an argument....but still...the rand will not be great....most planes are pretty noisy electricity....and a antenna that is too small....
IMO why chance it or bother. Just my thoughts....but as a fellow pilot with an ATP, a type, and 7000+ hrs...it does not sound safe....pretty dangerously close to careless and reckless operation of an airplane. If something happened, and it made the news...it would bring shame on all pilots, even if an innocent person was not hurt.

 

"Would" is the word your looking for. Now, before you go into other threads to rip on some new guys spelling, perhaps you should correct your own grammar mistakes.