Well, after 28 years of flying R/C I have yet to see a broken neck strap. Especially with the new wide ones. I've never taken the possibility of a broken strap into acct for how I fly and see absolutely no reason to do so.

I actually kind of fly a combination of the two. My thumbs are on top of the sticks, but I place my pointer finger on the "front" of the stick. So I guess instead of pinching, I'm flying thumbs with some assistance from my finger.

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