Editing Futaba MA series (section)

==Variants==
[[File:Switch recognition--Futaba--Clicky U mount.svg|right|thumb|Futaba [[keycap mount#Cherry MX mount|Cherry MX-mount]] variant]]

Known variants include:

{| class="wikitable variants-table"
! !!Sub-type!!Type!!Keycap mount
|-
|[[File:Futaba clicky switch, old -- front.jpg|175px]]|| ||Momentary, clicky||Futaba (old?)
|- 
|[[File:Futaba clicky switch, old, heavy -- side.jpg|175px]]|| ||Momentary, clicky||Futaba (old?)
|-
|[[File:NEC PC-8801mkII -- latching action switch, close-up.jpg|175px]]|| ||[[Futaba MA series alternate action|Alternate action]]||Special
|-
|[[File:Futaba MA41 Futaba mount variant.jpg|175px]]||MA-41||Momentary, clicky||Futaba
|-
|[[File:Futaba MA41 MX mount variant.jpg|175px]]||MA-41||Momentary, clicky||Cherry MX
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|175px]]
|MA-42
|Momentary, linear
|Futaba
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|175px]]
|MA-42
|Momentary, linear
|Cherry MX
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|175px]]|| ||Momentary, heavy||
|-
|[[File:Futaba lock -- top.jpg|175px]]||MA-4A||[[Futaba MA series alternate action|Alternate action]], Lock||Special
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|175px]]||MA71||Illuminated, clicky||
|-
|[[File:No photograph.svg|175px]]||MA72||Illuminated, linear||
|}

Most Futaba clicky switches have an inverse cross mount, i.e. the cross is on the [[keycap]], and the slot is in the [[slider]]. The keycap stem and the slider each have a two-stage mount, with a smaller cross followed by a larger cross. These switches have been found with white and cyan sliders. Sejin-made keyboards typically use this slider.

There is also a much less common variant with a Cherry MX-compatible slider; these are found in several Chicony keyboards (including some [[Chicony KB-5161|KB-5161]] and some [[Chicony KB-5181|KB-5181]]) and in some Focus keyboards.

The keycap mount is not believed to be indicative of any difference in keyfeel.

The slider colour does have significance, but the details of which are not well documented. Cyan and blue are reported to feel and sound different.<ref name="KBT-EAT-1010" /> At least two keyboards have been found with a stiffer switch used for the space bar, with a dark grey slider<ref name="ScarFace" /><ref name="Microweb" /> or a cyan slider<ref name="Packard Bell XT" />.

There is also what appears to be an older variant with a different slider. This variant is welded closed along the sides, and is found in the [[NEC PC-8801-KI]].