----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Sorry Greg, but the logic sucks. If you only use the radio while taking off or landing, perhaps you could live with the switch on the throttle. But, if, like so many other good pilots, you talk to; the tower, the unicom, the local area traffic, flight service center, jerks who cut in front of you, or your buddy flying along side of you, I would think it would get old having to reach for the throttle each time to talk. After all, the driving force behind the development of push to talk is being able to talk with your left hand while maintaining control of the aircraft, thus leaving the right hand free to; change radio frequency, adjust your altimeter, flip fuel control valves, adjust mixture, adjust fuel, look at your pilots guide, flip off the jerk who cut in front of you, etc., etc., etc.
Larry Greg Bullough wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > Yesterday, the PTT leads that come out of my control column got caught on > something under the panel and one of them went 'sproing.' So I had a good > radio but no way to key it. > > Some previous owner went to a great deal of trouble to put a teeny tiny > switch in the original yoke and snake the wires through. I'm going to > replace the yokes with new, original type yokes, and don't really want > to drill them. Nor am I thrilled with the PTT wires moving around in there, > trying to catch on something. No risk of jamming the controls, as they're > quite fine. But still. > > Currently only the pilot has a PTT, which is a pain when I'm > in the right seat and want to work the radios for someone on the left who's > feeling a bit busy. And for me when I have a perfectly good pilot in the > right seat who can take the load off me. > > In contemplating the whole matter, it occurred to me that an alternate > place for the PTT, one that would simplify everything, might be just over > the throttle. After all, if the hand isn't on the yoke, it's on the throttle, > or free. Accessible to both sides at once, and thumb-able from a > hand resting on the throttle. My panel is un-original so there's no > cosmetic issue with drilling a hole and putting a switch there. > > Anything wrong with this logic? > > Greg > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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