Originally Posted by
skylark-flier
As far as I know there's no "norm" for switches. However, in my experience, it's best for "Power On/Off" on the plane to be positioned so "On" is toward the rear. This goes back to (and here's where I show just how old I really am) the days of hand-launching - you COULD turn the switch off during hand launch if "On" was toward the front. The history is there, a lot of lost planes too.
As far as high/low goes, IMHO it's only right for high to be up (forward) and low to be down (back). Just kinda makes sense to me that way, and it's how I've got my own planes set - however, once again, I don't think there's any "right" way to do it. It's pretty much what works for you.
Mostly agree except on those rate switches on the top of the transmitter I use forward/low and back/high My thought process is the natural moverment in an emergency is down or forward.
As for the main power swtich I agree with rearward/inward for ON. The thought process is you do not want a mid-air, even with a bird, to turn theplane off.