I flew mode 1 with a sprinkling of single stick pretty much from the mid sixties to about 1994. At that point since most of my friends drifted to mode 11 and most everywhere I attended. So I made the deliberate decision make the change to Mode 11 to be able buy/sell my stuff as well as teach. Mode 1 at that point had become pretty much special order stuff.

I did successfully make the change although with considerable effort at the time and never looked back.

Fast forward to two years ago at the successful completion of my old Orbit 6 to 2.4 and therefore legal to use agine. This of course was and is just a nostalgia project so I built a period correct airplane for it a 1965 Aristo Cat with a modern OS .35AX. Well my old orbit was mode 1 of course so I just decided heck I can handle it just for this airplane.

Come maiden day with my treasured old Orbit I somehow managed a nice takeoff and even an acceptable landing However: Everything in between was, well lets just say exciting. Needless to say I went home that nite and spent midnite oil doing a changeout of the gimble springs and converting it to mode 11.

Never agine for me and just not much point in it.



John