Cessna Finger?

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Strange question, but does anybody get a numb finger tip from pressing the push-to-talk button on the 172 yoke? I can't think of any other reason why the very tip of my finger has no feeling after flying.
 
No, but PTT switches vary a lot and yours may be a sucky one. The $2 ones from aircraft spruce leave my finger dented after a flight and I hate it. My favorite are the big milspec round-metal-dome ones that have an audible snap when pressed.
 
Same here. I have a pointy one that the avionics guy says he can’t replace with a flatter head.
 
Nope. If you have to jam it so hard it leaves an indentation in your thumb, there’s something not right with the button.

I also don’t believe this is a medical diagnosis. :)
 
The technological inadequacy of our planes is astounding. Those itsy bitsy Push to Talk buttons always annoyed the hell out of me. After training I would have holes in my fingers

it is little things like that, literally, that bother me with the overall design and ergonomics of general aviation
 
Scottman said:
It belongs to the FBO... but I'm going to glue a dime to the top of my finger. Good call.
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Awesome. I used to pull a Michael Jackson and fly with a gardening glove on just my left hand for that very reason
 
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Tantalum said:
Awesome. I used to pull a Michael Jackson and fly with a gardening glove on just my left hand for that very reason
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But did you really have to end every transmission by grabbing your groin and screaming "Eeehewww"
 
EdFred said:
But did you really have to end every transmission by grabbing your groin and screaming "Eeehewww"
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What pilots do when they’re solo and behind closed aircraft doors is their business and their business only!
 
Mine barely needs to be touched to open the mic. Maybe need a new similar replacement? Or a spray contact cleaner?
 
Scottman said:
Strange question, but does anybody get a numb finger tip from pressing the push-to-talk button on the 172 yoke? I can't think of any other reason why the very tip of my finger has no feeling after flying.
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Jebus, how hard are you smashing that poor thing?
 
"Rent our planes for $150 an hour and oh by the way, you'll want to superglue this dime to your index finger to avoid numbness when operating the $5,000 radio in this $100,000 contraption"

Yeah, why is General Aviation dying again? :D
 
^that's like going to Hertz and the car they give you is a beat up 1974 Dodge Dart with a TomTom GPS crudely glued into a random part on the dashboard
 
You do know that you can buy a PTT with a big fat button that attaches to the yolk with Velcro and lives in your flight bag, don't you?

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