copperclad
Elite Veteran
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| hi Gregor99
when i learned to fly plane , i just grabbed the TX and used my thumbs , no strap , and no problems flying
when i learned to fly a heli , i learned sitting down and using pinch grip , i found out later i could not stand , hold the TX and use pinch grip , it was too much of a stretch for my hands , i tried a neck strap , but it didn't help , this will sound funny but i was stuck sitting down , and had to take a 5 gallon bucket to sit on at the feild , a couple of the guys still call me " bucket man " , after about a year it occured to me , the problem was , i was used to resting the edge of both hands , either side of the TX , when i was sitting this was on my legs , when trying to hold the TX either standing or with a neck strap , i had to hold the TX and this was a stretch for me , finally the light went off that a tray might work , as it can be set up with two shelves , either side of the TX to rest your hands on , so i got a TX tray together and sure enough , it was great and i could stand up and fly , like every body else  , a couple of weeks ago , i made an extension for my TX , so the neck strap connects just over the switch , this has the TX at its balance point , and you don't need to grip it so hard to stabilize it , so now i don't need the TX tray to fly either 
i think what i am trying to say is the pinch grip can be a bit of a stretch , if you are trying to hold the TX with your ring finger and pinkies , if you have a sim you might fly sitting and if the TX is on your lap you can see your hands have greater range with a pinch grip , if the ring fingers and pinkies are not holding the TX
just wanted to relate some of what i have been through with pinch gripping , dana  |
