I have the same PTT set-up as Ed, and it works well. Dan Hall N3968H @ CNO
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Burkhead" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:50 AM Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: ptt switch > >> Any new ideas on a PTT switch? >> I have the original tubular round yokes. I've been looking at the >> strap-on switches at Aircraft Spruce & Sportys, but I haven't seen >> anything so far that I'd like to decorate my cockpit with. > > Chris, > > I like the Velcro strap-on PTT. > > I put it around the pretzel yoke, at the upper right corner, about 2:00 > o'clock, angled down for my thumb. This went well with my hand gripping > the > yoke at the top-center (which prevents a yoke-turn in unexpected, sudden > turbulence g-loads). > > This made pushing the PTT something delegated to my cerebellum. If I > wanted > to talk outside the plane, my cerebellum pushed my thumb on the switch > with > no demand on my higher brain function. > > I guess, if you wanted to show off the plane as being in "original" > condition at an air show, you could quickly unwrap the Velcro and hide the > PTT. > > Ed > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.5/1883 - Release Date: 1/8/2009 6:05 PM
