Microphone PTT and radio Toggle switch

[Seth]

Two neat ideas I've recently seen in both Mooney and Epic aircraft:

 

1.  Push to Talk button.  In the Epic, as you will be hands off the yoke much of the time, there is a PTT button on or under (I have to remember hand placement) of the armrest for your left arm.  That way when in autopilot mode, and your hands are not on the yoke/control column, you can easily key the mic to transmit while your arm is resting on the arm rest.  Larger aircraft probably have similar set ups (I would not know . . . yet) but that is a neat feature (at least to me).

 

2.  Radio toggle - this one I saw set up in Byron's Mooney - as part of the GTN he has in his panel, to move the standby to primary radio toggle, he intalled a button on his yoke so that he can switch radios when ready keeping his hands on the yoke.  It's a great function that I'm sure many larger aircraft and other types of aircraft have, but it's neat that these sorts of features are available on single GA aircraft.

 

-Seth

Edited August 21, 2018 by Seth

[Marauder]

Two neat ideas I've recently seen in both Mooney and Epic aircraft:
 
1.  Push to Talk button.  In the Epic, as you will be hands off, there is a PTT button on or under (I have to remember hand placement) of the armrest for your right arm.  That way when in autopilot mode, and your hands are not on the yoke/control column, you can easily key the mic to transmit while your arm is resting on the arm rest.  Larger aircraft probably have similar set ups (I would not know . . . yet) but that is a neat feature (at least to me).
 
2.  Radio toggle - this one I saw set up in Byron's Mooney - as part of the GTN he has in his panel, to move the standby to primary radio toggle, he intalled a button on his yoke so that he can switch radios when ready keeping his hands on the yoke.  It's a great function that I'm sure many larger aircraft and other types of aircraft have, but it's neat that these sorts of features are available on single GA aircraft.
 
-Seth

I like the idea of a remote PTT.

As for functionalities, I have the flip/flop capability on the right side of the yoke. The left side has the IDENT button.




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[Seth]

2 minutes ago, Marauder said:

 

I like the idea of a remote PTT.

As for functionalities, I have the flip/flop capability on the right side of the yoke. The left side has the IDENT button.




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Very cool!  Especially the ident function.

-Seth