The Mode Survey - what do you fly?

[Spider]

Mode 2

East Midlands

Trinidad West Indies

Self taught

[Pete Reay]

1.Mode 1

2. South Essex

3.South Essex

4.Self Taught - 35 yrs ago

Progressed from control line to free flight then single channel to Futaba proporsional.

.

[SebKat]

1. Mode 2

2. Hampshire

3. Edinburgh

4. Self taught

[Arkle]

1 Mode 2

2 Hants

3 Hants

4 Instructor

[James Ellis]

I learnt to fly mode 1 at the Wereham Model club in Dorset.

 

I flew mode 1 until I learnt Helicopters about 4 years ago, when I switched to mode 3 (I think).  I started tyrying to fly Heli's with the swash plate on 2 seperate stickes (mode 1), but soon switch to mode 3 so that my swash plate is on my left stick.  Soon after I converted my aeroplanes to the same, so I fly elevator/ailerons (left) and throttle/rudder (right).

 

So nowI fly mode 3.

[Christoph Preinfalk]

1. Mode 2

2. New Jersey, USA

3. see 2.

4. Instructor

[Rob Faulkner]

1.  mode 1

2.  Derbyshire

3.  Derbyshire

4.  self taught ~ gliders initially, launch with right hand, left hand on elevator/rudder stick.   We all flew the same mode so we could help each other.

Rob

[BUSH FLYER]

1). Mode 2

2). Moray (Grampian)

3). Moray (Grampian)

4). Self taught. Helicopter .  Returned to Fix wing after a long break, with an Instructor

Edited By Instaurator on 12/01/2010 16:41:48

[Chris Hornby]

mode 2 dorset  dorset instructor

[Richard Hodge]

 I fly Mode 2

 

 I fly in Southwest Scotland

 

 I learned in  Southwest Scotland in the early 1970's

 

 Instructor at the old Irvine Model Club

[MCTech]

Mode 4. Tried mode 2 for a while but  switched to mode 4.

Ireland

Instructor at beginning and remainder self taught.

[cymaz]

Mode2

Cornwall

Cornwall

BMFA club / instructor

[iawnski]

   MODE  4    NORTH WALES  / NORTH  WALES /  SELF TAUGHT                                                                                              

[Roger Bird]

1.)  Mode 2

 

2.)  Essex

 

3.)  Essex

 

4.)  Self taught

[Geoff Daunt]

1 Mode 2

2 Was West Yorkshire....now Spain.

3 West Yorkshire. (leeds)

4 Self taught (with a little help)

[Malcolm Farrington]

Hi,

I fly Mode 1, in West Sussex. I learnt in the West Midlands with the help of a club member/ Instructor

[Phil Horne]

Mode 1

 

Fly in Surrey

 

Learnt in Essex

 

Instructor 

[steve farnworth]

i fly mode 2

fly in south west

learnt to fly in bedfordshire

self taught

[Bob S]

mode 2  

n.yorkshire  

s.e. london  

self taught with a few pointers from friends

 

I learnt to fly at croydon airport and epsom race course, flying mode 1, as everybody (more or less) flew that mode.  I changed to mode 2 about 5 years ago, as most of the RTF models are that mode.  I have always been able to fly both modes so that I could help out newcomers.  Now though I fly more or less exclusively on mode 2.  So I flew mode 1 for about 30  years.

        There was always a N. S divide,  south prefering mode 1 and N mode 2,  but I think that has now changed because of the RTF preferance of modern modelers.

 

 

   Good luck all and smooth landings.    Bob (York N.Yorkshire)

 

[Neil Dunn]

1. Mode 2

2. West Central Scotland

3. West Central Scotland

4. Self taught

[alfred alderson]

1 mode 1

2 West Midlands

3 West Midlands

4 Mostly Instructor

[Tony Charnock]

I bought a 27mgh Accoms 2 channel set and tried to teach myself on a Mini phase glider  on the slope. No success.

I was taught  Mode 2 as this was the more popular one in use with the Dark Peak Club in Derbyshire. A big thank you to John Whiteside for his patience.  I have flown Mode 1 but it's like patting your head & rubbing your chest, or is it the other way round?

I still fly Mode 2, slope & electric now on the Isle of Man.

T.C.

   

[Mike Rondel]

1. Mode 2

2. Jersey, Channel Islands.

3. --ditto--

4. Self taught, early 1960's, on single stick home made "Galloping Ghost" equipmment, as did the majority of club members at the time.   Currently, the JMAC has about 70 members, and I believe only 1 flies Mode 1.

[Chris Marshall]

1 Mode 2

2 Oxfordshire

3 Oxfordshire

4 mostly self taught

[Jeff Powell]

Mode 1

Pembrokeshire

Glamorgan

Club Trainer

 

I was taught to fly by instructors who had previously flown reeds so automatically converted to Mode 1.

 

Very interesting question BEB and I look forward to seeing the results.

 

Regards