G'day West Coast

I gather that the person that started my current club flew Mode 2 and he insisted that ONLY mode 2 was flown by club members. This had an unfortunate side effect. It stopped many people joining and gave the club a really bad name for being unfriendly and insular. He has long since moved on but the stigma has stuck and we have found it hard to get people to come to our events as a result. Sad really.

Fortunately things are changing. People like me who fly Mode 1 have joined and there is now a small group (about 20%) of Mode 1 fliers in the club. Naturally comments are made about the "correctness" of one method or the other but everyone now accepts that it really does not matter which Mode one flies, it just matters that we fly and have fun.

I currently have four JR 2610 radios; when they turn up cheap, I buy them. I have deliberately converted one to Mode 2. This allows me to let Mode 2 members fly my planes. This has helped to soften the barrier between the modes in our club.

Cheers

Mike in Oz