RE: mode1 or mode 2 radio
I am left-handed flying Mode 2. I use both sticks constantly. As far as the mixing ail and elev., that can be avoided by putting more spring tension on the gymbals. You can feel the neutral position much easier and avoid mixing. That is also why I use a tray without the handrests. I can't comfortably hold a transmitter and make precise control inputs. Your thumbs don't move in a straight line. They move in a semicircle. Hard to make a straight line elev. input without mixing aileron. The tray and increased spring tension help that plus in hot weather the trans. doesn't get slick with sweat. And then some of us mouth-breathing, knuckle-draggers don't even have an opposed thumb(you know who you are!!) and could benefit from a tray!!!! (To paraphrase an old Bill cosby joke the response to that is: " I don't drag my knuckles and quit talking about my mouth-breathing!!!)