7C neckstrap issue
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From: QueenstownOtago, NEW ZEALAND
Hello,
I am just writing here to alert Futaba 7C owners about a design flaw in their supplied neckstraps. I have already written to Futaba via the products suggestions box on their website, but want to post here to caution other users about what I consider to be a fairly badly designed neckstrap clip.
Basically, what happened to me (on more than one occasion) is that after crouching down beside my model with my Tx on my lap and neckstrap around my neck, the neckstrap clip worked itself free from the Tx and as I stood up (relying on the neckstrap to connect me to the Tx it disconnected. Twice I caught it, but a third time I missed it and it fell onto quite hard ground which really annoyed me since this is my first computer Tx and was brand new. It still works but I worry that the impact may have reduced its range.
So, I highly recommend other owners of this model to replace their neckstraps for ones which have a clip that can not roll out of the Tx hook so easily. I personally went to the hardware shop to get a small clip and replaced it myself (see photo). I wish I had done that before dropping my tranny onto the ground though - so please take time to do something about yours too!
I am just writing here to alert Futaba 7C owners about a design flaw in their supplied neckstraps. I have already written to Futaba via the products suggestions box on their website, but want to post here to caution other users about what I consider to be a fairly badly designed neckstrap clip.
Basically, what happened to me (on more than one occasion) is that after crouching down beside my model with my Tx on my lap and neckstrap around my neck, the neckstrap clip worked itself free from the Tx and as I stood up (relying on the neckstrap to connect me to the Tx it disconnected. Twice I caught it, but a third time I missed it and it fell onto quite hard ground which really annoyed me since this is my first computer Tx and was brand new. It still works but I worry that the impact may have reduced its range.
So, I highly recommend other owners of this model to replace their neckstraps for ones which have a clip that can not roll out of the Tx hook so easily. I personally went to the hardware shop to get a small clip and replaced it myself (see photo). I wish I had done that before dropping my tranny onto the ground though - so please take time to do something about yours too!



