[chuebner]

I am a "pincher" also, but I don't use a tray. I use a neck strap and rest the TX on my own personal built in tray.... the belly!!

Cheers
Curt

[mark_]

Ha! How long did it take you to build that 'tray' Curt?

[Ken Currell]

I have a few trays and all were custom fitted for the individual radios. Not too expensive.

Last radio I bought came with a tray. Haven't really tried it out yet. I'll take it south with me this year and try it out over the winter.

[Ken Currell]

Originally Posted by chuebner

I am a "pincher" also, but I don't use a tray. I use a neck strap and rest the TX on my own personal built in tray.... the belly!!

Cheers
Curt

I couldn't afford to buy one of those trays in Canada. In the USA I just might try it. 30 pack of Miller Highlife $12.50 U.S. No shipping.

[Max]

If you are flying thumb-and fore-finger (AKA "Stick Pincher"), then it is advantageous to use a neckstrap or transmitter tray, since it is hard to hold the radio and pinch the sticks at the same time.

Many years ago when helis were an emerging technology, they were hard to control and using a Transmitter tray really helped by allowing the hands to focus solely on controlling the heli as opposed to having to worry about holding the radio AND moving the sticks. After several years of using a TX tray, I guess my hands adapted (or the radio shape improved) and now I can fly and hold the radio sans radio tray.

There are times though, that I know a tray would be helpful, especially when you have a plane(heli) that has flaps, retracts and other switches that need to be toggled, a tray makes it so much easier to find and flip that switch while you are flying the plane(heli)

[mark_]

I'm a pincher but a no tray guy...I trained myself on the sim to switch from thumbs to pinching and now like it much better. Good point Max, that works just fine and dandy until I have to start reaching for D/R switches.

I notice that some trays have little pads to rest your hands and some don't.

[mjohnson]

Hi Guys

I have been flying a tray now for about 7 years total. I could not fly without one now. I initially used one for pattern flying.........trying to get more precise and have added long JR sticks which kind of give more expo to the feel. Anyway, here is the one I am using now:

http://www.qualityrcproducts.com/pro...ittertray.html

They are great to deal with and I think the shipping was very reasonable vie USPS.

Cheers

MJ

[mark_]

Nice...thanks MJ, that's the first well priced one I've seen...do you use the hand rests?

[mjohnson]

Hi Mark

Yep......get the hand rests. I love them as you are not "hanging" onto the sticks. It is far more relaxing, at least for me. This tray even comes with a really nice neck strap that is comfortable and has held up nicely for a year and a half of heavy use. Another thing to consider in your tray setup is stick length. You can usually adjust the length by unscrewing the knurled part of the stick by loosening the set screw on top of the stick. The setscrew may be hidden by a cap depending on which make of tx you have. I adjusted the stock sticks to as far as they would go but wound up ordering a set of the longest stick JR puts out. I then took the back of the tx off and cranked up the spring tension on all four axies. This will give you more centering resolution with the longer sticks. If you are after more precision in your flying (ie helicopter, pattern, pylon) the tray definately helps. It makes it easier to access tx switches as well. The tray does take a bit of getting used to but once you have it, you will find it hard to go back to "thumbing" it!!

Hope this helps

Cheers

MJ

Cheers

MJ

[Dave Holmes]

I made my own from some scrap sheet acrylic (an old cracked printer stand) some short lengths of 1x2 for spacers, and suspend it with a strap from a sports bag. Had to buy the aluminum flat stock that makes the 'legs' and the parts the strap clips onto. Musta cost me about 4 bucks, use it all the time.