The Mode Survey - what do you fly?

[Phil S]

Mode 2

Northampton

East Midlands

self taught

[Telboy]

Mode 1 because every one else in club used this mode at the time ( late 60s )

East midlands LARKS club

Currently Spain

Informal club instruction

also mode 2 if slow enough.

[david nichols]

Mode 1 Thumbs planes mode2 Tray & finger & Thumbs helis taught Worcester club 1976 helis self taught, I Mostly fly slope.Age 70.

[David Foster 3]

Mode 1

 

North West of England

 

North West of England

 

Instructor.

 

It might have been interesting to have had a couple of other questions too.

 

5. How long ago. Most RTF models are Mode 2, so many recent converts will be Mode 2.

 

6. Power model or Glider - Most of the old 2 channel proportional radios were Mode 1 as they only had single action sticks, so many older flyers who learned on gliders would have learned Mode 1.

 

David

[Stephen Stokes]

Mode 2

South Hampshire

South

Club Instruction

[Gerry Smyth]

 1 Mode 2

 2 Northern Ireland

 3 Northern Ireland

 4 Club Instruction

Its going to take some counting for this one..

[MikeyC38]

1. Mode 2.

2. South East region.

3. South east region.

4. Instructor

[Ant1]

1. Mode 2.

2. South East (Croydon)

3. South East (Croydon)

4. Instructor/freind

[Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator]

Hi Gerry, yes the counting is definately the hard work bit! But I'm pretty much on top of it I think. All bar the last 10 or so responses are already entered on the spreadsheet and once the data is in there I can "chop it about" fairly quickly.

 

The really time consuming bit is producing the map distribution - I'll just have to get my head down on that one

 

We are passed 400 responses now.

 

BEB

[cagey]

Mode 2

Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Self taught

[John Sparkes]

Mode 1

West Wales

West Wales

Instructor/Self taught

 

I also fly Mode 2.(Self taught)

[J B]

Mode 1

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

Intructor

 

Flew mode 2 but after (several) heart attacks retrained on mode 1

[Brian Hammond]

1.   Mode 2

2.   South East

3.   South East

4.   Self taught

[Adrian Forrester]

1. Mode 2

2.Leicestershire

3. Staffordshire

4. Friend

[Tim Hooper]

1 Mode 2

 

2  Derbyshire Moors

 

3 West Mids

 

4  By a mate.

 

tim

[Keith]

Hi,

 

 I fly mode 2

 

 I learned to fly in the North East

 

 I still fly in the North East

 

 I was taught by an unofficial tutor (mate), who now flies jets

 

Keith

[Evan Pimm]

Being 'international' so to speak (NZ) ;

1. Mode 1 (Learned to fly Mode 2 first)

2. always flown in N.Z.

3. Self taught, now instruct. With modern radios and buddy leads I don't care what the pupils' mode is. 

Evan.

[Skuber *]

1. Mode 2

2. East Kent when I get the chance

3. East Kent

4. Learnt on a simulator and had instruction

[Mike Baker]

Mode 2

Plymouth

Plymouth

Instructor

[Wonwinglo]

1. Mode 1

2. Rhyl, N. Wales

3. N. Wales

4. Instructor/self  taught

[Michael Tinkler]

1. Mode 2

 2. Glos

 3. Kent

 4. Informal instruction

[lemonitart]

1. mode 2

2. lacaster lancs

3. lancaster lancs

4. self taught/ instructor

[Nick Cooper]

1.mode 2

2. South Wales

3.South Wales

4.Instructor

[Professort Twill]

1. Mode 2

 

2. South East

 

3. South East

 

4. Self-taught

 

[Jamie]

Mode 1

South Worcestershire

Evesham

Instructor