All this stuff about Mode 1 and Mode 2 is neat reading. I started RC from CL and FF competition around 1970. Therefore mode 1 was definitely not in the line as I was well use
to handling a throttle in the left hand and the right hand was for pitch and bank, both USAF days and as a co-pilot in the airlines.. Then a few years later I moved over to a left seat in the airline game, and thanks that training was all simulator time so as to get rid of most of the brain thing as mentioned above. Certain habits are definitely a controlling factor. My hat is off to those that can do either well enough to not crash a RC machine. HA! Mode 1 is a true skill, one I will not be using in my remaining years.