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Thumbs vs. Pinch method
I fly thumbs only
  50% (142)
I fly forefinger and thumb AKA, the pinch method
  49% (137)


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Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/7/2010 12:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok I know this topic gets beat to death on a regular basis. However I'm NOT looking for opinions over which one is best.

The reason for the poll is I'm writing an un-biased thumb vs. pinch article for our club newsletter. Polls in the past polled the general R/C population and those results consistently come out pretty even between the two.

So the reason for this poll in this forum is to see if the results are the same for those that fly competition.

I’ll also welcome any insight that may help with the article.

Thanks for participating.

I will be posting the same poll in the Pattern section.


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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/7/2010 1:25 AM   
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I fly pinch on my helis, thumbs on my planes

I didn't even realize I was doing it till someone that spots for me a lot asked me about it.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/7/2010 1:59 AM   
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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/7/2010 2:11 AM   
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I fly thumbs on the throttle/rudder and pinch the right.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/7/2010 3:58 PM   
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Hmm.....hard question.

I fly pinch on my helis, thumbs on my planes

I didn't even realize I was doing it till someone that spots for me a lot asked me about it.


Well since this is the IMAC form choose the option that applies to airplanes.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/7/2010 4:03 PM   
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You missed one option,

I fly thumbs on the throttle/rudder and pinch the right.


Just trying to keep it simple. If you anaylize it there are several other options that could be added to the mix.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/7/2010 9:37 PM   
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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/23/2010 12:38 AM   
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You missed one option,

I fly thumbs on the throttle/rudder and pinch the right.


I do this as well, and this is the first time I've run into someone else who does it.

I also use a neckstrap which really helps me keep the TX stable.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/26/2010 7:49 AM   
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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 1/27/2010 5:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sounds like you probably bend the sticks a bit over time as well?

Neck straps are certainly not for everyone.

Just like your style holding the sticks, or where you put your other fingers on the transmitter, or which finger you use on which switch, or how you program, how much expo, rate switches (all together, or on each control) and all that good stuff.

I don't think any of it has a better or worse, just preferences.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 2/4/2010 10:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		I pinch with my heli's and fly thumbs with my planes and then to make things even more interesting prefer to fly fly Mode 2 with my heli's and Mode 3 with my planes.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 2/7/2010 2:21 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Mastertech

You missed one option,

I fly thumbs on the throttle/rudder and pinch the right.


I do this as well, and this is the first time I've run into someone else who does it.



I also use a neckstrap which really helps me keep the TX stable.



I do this too. I dunno, for some reason I just can't pinch the left stick at all, it's just not comfortable. But it's made all the difference in my flying by pinching the right.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 2/21/2010 8:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		I do both. Thumbs on take off and aerobatic flight.

Pinch on landing or touch and go both hands.
I can blimp the throttle and finely handle elevator/aileron controls pinching, when it counts most, near the ground.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 2/23/2010 6:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		I use both methods depending on what kind of flying I am doing.

For more precise maneuvers I use the pinch method and for yankin and bankin I use the thumb method. I takeoff and land using the pinch method also.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 2/25/2010 8:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		dang im confuse.....what do you call pinch? i know thumbs means, i fly thumbs and finger.


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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 3/5/2010 5:13 AM   
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dang im confuse.....what do you call pinch? i know thumbs means, i fly thumbs and finger.

If you hold the sticks between your thumb and your finger thats  "pinch"      I use thumbs when I hold the transmiter and pinch when aI use a tray, which mi do most of the time    Dave

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 3/11/2010 5:41 AM   
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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 5/3/2010 8:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		I fly um, neither.  I have my thumbs on top of the sticks and my index fingers curled around the top of the sticks, it feels most natural for me.  I "push up" on the sticks with my thumbs and pull down with my index fingers, that just makes the planes motions and my motions feel more natural.  Does anyone else do anything similar?


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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 6/2/2010 8:33 AM   
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I fly um, neither.  I have my thumbs on top of the sticks and my index fingers curled around the top of the sticks, it feels most natural for me.  I ''push up'' on the sticks with my thumbs and pull down with my index fingers, that just makes the planes motions and my motions feel more natural.  Does anyone else do anything similar?



Yup. That's exactly how I fly.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 6/16/2010 10:28 AM   
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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 8/3/2010 3:48 AM   
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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 8/3/2010 6:42 AM   
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I fly um, neither.  I have my thumbs on top of the sticks and my index fingers curled around the top of the sticks, it feels most natural for me.  I ''push up'' on the sticks with my thumbs and pull down with my index fingers, that just makes the planes motions and my motions feel more natural.  Does anyone else do anything similar?



I'm somewhere in this camp. Pseudo-pinch. I wear a neck strap but still primarily hold the radio in my left with thumb on throttle/rudder (mode 2). My right is mostly thumb but I "cover" with curled index. Probably to prevent thumb slip-off.

My rates and mix switches I assign to the right and the left is the low-idle, kill, gear, flaps - all the landing type controls.

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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 8/4/2010 10:11 PM   
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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 8/4/2010 11:17 PM   
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RE: Thumbs vs. Pinch method - 8/19/2010 5:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Right stick = pinch
Left stick = thumb

(that makes 3 of us ???)


Back in the days when slotcars were a big thing, they discovered that guys who worked the throttle with just their thumb weren't as fast as guys who used their index finger on the throttle. At first the index-finger guys took heat for "affecting a look". After awhile that vanished because they were the ones who won all the time. Others picked it up and started winning all the time too. Everybody picked it up and everybody was winning again. The index finger was more accurate, faster, and had more "reach".

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