What it is???

[jaguar bone]

Okay - UNCLE!!
I give up trying to figure out what these gadgets are for.
Your best guess ( serious and otherwise is fine) is solicited because I keep saving these things with no idea as to the why-for.
(Yes- I am a hopeless practical saver)

[sweetpea]

The top one is so you can strap the bind plug to your tranmitter or something similar and be able to unclip it for use.

[3ddd]

HERE IS START

[rede2fly]

not shure about the lanyard thingy and the last time i bought servos off ebay they were 821 oand they came with that metal piece there. dont know what its for but i got one too

[as722]

the metal piece is a valve gauge used to set the the valves on four stroke engines.

Albert

[Rolling Thunder]

The metal piece is for a smooth rachet on your throttle I think.

[jaguar bone]

Is anyone using any of these things or do you toss em in a "twilight zone" too?


These parts either came included with a JR airborne pack or my Spectrum radio.

sweetpea- as truly useless as your hunch would assign that clip with lanyard part to be- I think you may be on to it -but wait - why the hell include the male part that engages the other - again for no apparent reason? Maybe IT is another means to use the open end to pass a narrow velcro strap to hold the bind plug till needed.
Gee, All that and I stow the bind plug in the battery compartment.


The metal bar HAS to be radio related as - I'm certain- all these came with a receiver, servos and ect. airborne pack. Might have even been packaged with the servo wheels.

Rolling Thunder- thanks! your suggestion must be right on - tho I would not know how to install. Probably no big deal to figure out once you open up the back of the transmitter.

[MrKiwi]

The first thing is just a little clip, the second thing is the throttle latch on the DX7.

[rede2fly]

mine was also with the servo grometts and screws. but i know for shure its not to check the valve clearence. and the ratchet in the radio for the throttle is way way smaller than that, i have removed it before on another radio. so it aint for that. i just figured it was to strap a servo down or something like that. and by the by, i didnt throw it away either. figured i would use it for somthing never know

[FL. AV8r]

It's a Maximun Yield Flux Capacitor adjustment Lever ! NEVER put it down next to a Pickle,,, If you do, , , it will grow hair and contaminate the WORLD!

[jaguar bone]

sweetpea- I've been stewing on the lanyard concept. It could prove useful if you wanted to hang the bind clip on a nail, hook or whatever. I really believe that is it's purpose.

Guess I'll still keep it all the same. It's a neat "thing" that might prove useful some other way some day. (yep, I am a hopeless pack rat!)

So really the metal bar is the only thing still unresolved (in my mind).
Guess before long I will be taking the back off my transmitter just to put an end to this mystery accessory.

FL. AV8r -I think my brother (WB4ENE) uses a version of those lever things in his antenna designs.
http://ken.crawley.org/3.html

[BillyGoat]

I have no idea what practical application the metal piece has in R/C, but I can tell you what it looks like.

Looks like a retainer clip used to keep an item from sliding off of a rod. As an example you can typically see this application under a bathroom sink on the mechanism that operates the drain stopper.