The Mode Survey - what do you fly?

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          I fly mode 2

          I Fly in West Sussex

          I learnt in West Sussex

         By a club Instructor

         And still learning something every time I fly too

[Former Member]

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[LHR Dave]

Mode 2

Fly in Surrey

Learnt in Surrey

Taught by instructor

[Mike Bell]

1   Mode 1

2   North East

3   North East

4   I originally learned mode 2 informally from a friend then changed to mode 1 self taught.

 

Mike

[Tomtom39]

1.Mode 2 (found it more natural having flown full size)

2. In The South East

3. South East

4.Self taught - a couple of flights from excellent club instructor having come back to the hobby after long break

Edited By Tomtom39 on 06/01/2010 19:46:05

[Limmy71]

1. mode 2

2. derbyshire

3. derbyshire

4. club instructor

[Dave Towell]

1.Mode 2

2. suffolk

3. suffolk

4. club instructor

[John Muir]

Mode 2

 

East Scotland (Dundee)

 

East Scotland (Dundee)

 

Instructor

 

(In our club of 71 members we have 3 mode 1 pilots. One learned abroad, one in England and one switched as he found it easier)

[Frank Skilbeck]

Mode 2

Gloucestershire/Herefordshire

Surrey

Club Instructor/Friend

[Bob Hann]

  1. mode 2

  2.south west

  3.south west

  4.self taught. ( back in the sixtys)

[buster prop]

1 Mode 2

2.Buckinghamshire

3.Buckinghamshire

4.Instructor at first then self taught

[kenneth stanbury]

1 Mode 3

2 Greenf/Southall

3 This is the best mode for left handers

[Malcolm Fisher]

1 Mode 2 - changed from Mode 1 very early  after starting with R/C multi function gear

2 West Riding of Yorkshire

3 West Riding of Yorkshire

4 Self taught

Malcolm

[Vecchio Austriaco]

1  Mode 2 now , mode 1 when I started

2  Lombardy, Italy

3  Vienna, Austria

4  Self taught  

 

VA 

[Lee Damms]

1 Mode 2

2 South Yorkshire

3 South Yorkshire

4 Instructor

 

 

[Nik Harrison]

1 Mode 2

2 Beverley, East Yorks.

3 Beverley, East Yorks.

4 Self taught.

[winchweight]

1. Mode 2

2. West Mids

3. West Mids

4. Instructor, but he can ( and does without hesitation) fly either 1 or 2

[Max50]

Mode 1

North Wales

North Wales

Self taught (Helis, first) - Instructor (Fixed Wing)

 

[propogandhi]

1. Mode 2

2. Within M25 (except when visiting South Lincs or electric fly-ins)

3. South Lincs

4. Club mates from South Lincs club

[Always broke]

1 Mode 2

2 South West

3 South West

4  Instructors

[michael bundy]

Mode 2

Cornwall

Cornwall

Self Taught

[Mark Jones]

1 Mode 1

2 Shropshire

3 West midlands

4 Instructor

[Matthew Jones]

mode 2

essex

essex

self taught

[Ralph Costar]

Have always flown Mode 2.

Currently fly in Suffolk

Learnt to fly in Sussex

Taught by instructor up to 'A' cert

[Old Geezer]

Mode 2

 

The West Midlands

 

Somerset

 

Informal tuition from someone who had been flying slope and thermal for a couple of years on a SkyLeader 27meg Tx.