ORIGINAL: CGRetired
ORIGINAL: ARUP
Throttle is altitude. Elevator is speed. With this simplistic set of explanations everything else should make sense.
Actually, throttle is distance. If you want to extend your landing approach, tap in a few clicks of throttle. Nurse it down with taps of elevator to get the nose up a tad bit to slow things down a bit. But, as once told, don't get the nose up high enough so you can see the bottom of the aircraft.
CGr.
Maybe think about it like this. If a model is at 50% throttle and pulls into an up line and stops, still at 50% throttle, the elevator stopped the relative forward motion / change in speed and distance. Not the throttle. If that same model then noses over into a down line still at half throttle the elevator or rudder allowed the change in speed and subsequently distance. Anyone remember that pesky distance = speed x time equation.
The throttles primary function is altitude. Speed is secondary.
The elevators primary function is speed. Altitude is secondary.
The ailerons primary function is roll. Yaw is secondary.
For rudder yaw is primary and roll secondary.
Cheers.