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ORIGINAL: pdm52956
ORIGINAL: AmishWarlord
ORIGINAL: Top_Gunn
Neck straps are dangerous; it's just a matter of time until one gets caught in a prop. A transmitter tray is safer, and it also gives you a surface to rest your hands on, which a neck strap doesn't. xxxxxxxxx used to make a cheap foam tray that did the job.
Transmitter trays don't work well in America, you'll have to move to Europe and buy a tray radio to use them.
I'm not about to disagree here but the question becomes why don't trays work will in America? Is there some strange phsyical force of nature present here that isn't in Europe?
I have a number of friends that fly with a tray and you would be hard pressed to convince them that it really isn't working for them.
Personally, I use the strap but it won't ever get caught up in a prop. I don't put the tx on until the plane is started so it's never near that prop.
It might be best to let the OP come to his own conclusions rather than tell him what does or doesn't work. It is after all his choice right? Provide some options and let it go.
By the way, I think that everyone's hands shake on occasion. To me, it's a sign that I'm still breathing, not to mention that the rush from flying sure beats the rush from watching TV.
+1 on that
They just started selling the DX10T (Tray Radio) in the USA and I see pleanty of folks with trays that work fine.
I use a neck strap, and it will never get caught in the prop because I always stuff it in a pocket before I try to start the plane, then put it on at the line when I am about to taxi out.....
I have a sunday flyer, Hangar 9 ultra stick, and I take a flight or 2 with that to settle down before flying a new plane, and that seems to work for me.....
We all get the jitters from time to time....it's just part of the "High" of flying for me......[X(]
Keep at it, the sim is a great tools as well...
No drinks until after flying for sure.....