Feature Request - VFR squawk press/hold

Several times I have reached for the IDENT button only to press the VFR button and lost the entered code on the transponder. Reading this forum, I see that this has happened to several users, and that there is a quick 'return to last code' feature already in the transponder. I'd like to suggest adding a 'press VFR and hold' for a brief time (a second would be sufficient) to help avoid the problem of hitting the wrong button, especially when bouncing around in IFR conditions as is often encountered. I think the use of the IDENT button is very common on every IFR flight whereas the VFR button is usually only once per flight, so having to hold it a moment would certainly not be an inconvenience. If there is resistance to making the VFR button press-and-hold, how about making this a set-up option?

Creepy. Just last week I was asked by ATC to ident and just as I was about to push the ident button I "hit a bump in the road" and hit both the Ident and VFR buttons together instead, which of course got an ATC reply that they saw me squawking VFR. Cleared it up by backing up to the assigned squawk and hitting Ident again, but was a bit of a nuisance.

I think a 2 second press might be difficult to maintain in turbulence compared to a 1 second press. 1 second will seem long to the button presser, imho.

LANCE wrote: This is why I like my remote Ident button on my yoke.

Edited by oskrypuch - 04 Jan 2017 at 3:32pm