Denis Watkins Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Just buddy up and fly any mode guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Or transfer programmes between trannies if they're compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 In general I would agree with the "whatever works for you" theory, but as always there are exceptions hat prove the rule. One good example is DLG - right handed mode 2 fliers are at a marked advantage on turnaround (rapid catch and throws) since their left hand is free to stow away the flaps/brakes as the right hand reaches out, grabs the tip and chucks it again. As a mode 1 flier I have to use some trick mixing on my Taranis to address this, but it's still not as elegant as if I were on mode 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 As Martin Harris said: '' Muscle memory can be a powerful friend - or a deadly enemy! '' And I would add: The power of habit or an old dog new tricks. I think, we're here already had a survey that showed that 80% of the RC pilots flying in the mode 2, and I am one of them .... it's nothing special but ,for me, there's no way to change the mode, because after so many years I do not think I could accept another mode without '' serious '' consequences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIM Shaw Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Right handed Mode 2 fliers are also at an advantage launching by themselves, particularly on the slope. Less so with power perhaps, as clubmates tend to snigger at me opening the throttle with my teeth.... But I support the "stick with whatever you were taught to fly" principle. I used to run boats and car on twin stick sets, but I fly mode 2, simply because the first group of guys I met when I joined a club flew that way in 1986. I have "rescued" the odd trainer on mode 1, but like to get rid of that responsibility as fast as possible. If you remember throttle controls your height, elevator controls your speed, I can usually get it down alright, as you are pulling back on both sticks, but you will likely be in trouble if you have to go around again. We also had a guy who flew mode 2, throtlle reversed, and he would not change it, saying its the natural way a throttle should work. Told him I'd hate to drive his Merc, must be a devil seeing where you are going while pulling on the accelerator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangster Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I ,a mode1 flyer remember commenting to a mode 2 flyer that I thought mode 2 flyers had an advantage when hand .launching. I had just had a particularly hairy launch as was desperately groping for the right stick to use aelerons to level the wayward beast His reply was that I would have been worse off on mode 2 as I would not have elevator either Seems that many right handed flyers cannot handlauch left handed. Surely teeth or nose to advance throttle when hand launching is common to both modes Or is that mode 73.6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C. Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 The real advantage of mode 2 is that while keeping some modicum of Crontrol with my right hand i can also at the same time_ waft away annoying flies spiders etc, wipe running nose, and scratch the parts that need scratching with my left hand. Mode 1 fliers are in awe of my prowess. 😂😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christy Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 To answer a couple of questions posted a while ago in this thread, there used to be a young pilot a few years back who flew aeroplanes mode 1 and helicopters mode2. He has gone on to become an accomplished full-size aerobatic pilot! And I know at least one helicopter pilot who flies mode 3 (or is it 4?) ie: left handed mode 1 ("aileron" and throttle on the left stick, "elevator" and tail rotor on the right.) Back in the early 70s, down here in the South West, one of our pioneer helicopter pilots, who flew aeroplanes in mode 2, built himself a single-stick "cuddle-box" to learn helicopters. His argument was that since the two were so different to fly, there was no reason not to change from his familiar Tx. He also pointed out that it avoided the confusion between left and right tail rotor caused by watching the tail instead of the nose while hovering, as all you had to do was twist the knob in the direction you wanted the heli to rotate! Clockwise or anti-clock, rather than left or right. He became very proficient, so it obviously worked for him! Now I like cuddle-boxes, and have been flying one for a few years now, but I hesitate to fly a heli with it. Its not the aerodynamic controls that bother me, but having the throttle and collective on a very short throw lever. On an aeroplane, the throttle is not a particularly critical control, but on a heli, the throttle / collective is very sensitive, and needs precise operation. Not easy with a short lever, especially when its under your forefinger rather than your thumb.....! -- Pete Edited By Peter Christy on 03/01/2017 17:14:22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Yes - I'd agree - I am a right handed mode 2 flyer and don't find hand launching easy. I can't chuck left handed, It could go anywhere!! So I have to throw right handed and get my hand back to the right hand stick ASAP. In practice I'm often heard calling "Can anyone give me a hand launch please"! I guess left-handed mode 2 flyers do have a bit of an advantage - possibly? Any experiences? BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai Fledermaus Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Posted by Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 03/01/2017 18:06:48: Yes - I'd agree - I am a right handed mode 2 flyer and don't find hand launching easy. I can't chuck left handed, It could go anywhere!! So I have to throw right handed and get my hand back to the right hand stick ASAP. In practice I'm often heard calling "Can anyone give me a hand launch please"! I guess left-handed mode 2 flyers do have a bit of an advantage - possibly? Any experiences? BEB I'm left handed and I used Mode 2. The main problem for me whilst hand launching, is getting a face full of 2 stroke exhaust residue. Edited By Dai Fledermaus on 03/01/2017 19:55:10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunie Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Well, I'm a left-hander flying mode 2, I still can't chuck left-handed! I have excellent throttle control at take-off! Shaunie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron evans Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Well Mr Fledermaus, there is a remedy for the face full of 2stroke oil on launch.....and it begins with E Ron Edited By ron evans on 03/01/2017 21:36:51 Edited By ron evans on 03/01/2017 21:37:44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Elmet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Earmuffs? BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 2 stroke is good for the complexion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron evans Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Come on lads, you can do better than that.......another clue.....it ends with a C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Beeney Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Elastic? PB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron evans Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Getting closer Peter, but that would be stretching things too far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Beeney Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Touché, Ron, but I really wouldn’t want to be winding you up, either… PB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron evans Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Going to bed now before I snap,......g,night all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 So long as it is fun does not matter if it is 1.2.3 or 4 mode.Although mode 2 is the correct mode as we all should know .Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stainforth Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Posted by ron evans on 03/01/2017 21:36:07: Well Mr Fledermaus, there is a remedy for the face full of 2stroke oil on launch.....and it begins with E Ron Edited By ron evans on 03/01/2017 21:36:51 Edited By ron evans on 03/01/2017 21:37:44 I struggled hard to get this one, but finally got it... Electrocution!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Well, it's obvious to me, Ron - an energetic chuck to get the model away... If the exhaust bothers you though, simply launch inverted. No need to resort to alternative power sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Posted by ron evans on 03/01/2017 21:36:07: Well Mr Fledermaus, there is a remedy for the face full of 2stroke oil on launch.....and it begins with E Ron Edited By ron evans on 03/01/2017 21:36:51 Edited By ron evans on 03/01/2017 21:37:44 Somehow I don't think that it will ever catch on for control line combat though. But then a little oil never bothers us old types who learned to fly in the days when there were only dry batteries and they NEVER burst into flames while being charged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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