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1. Mode 1 flyers have a harder time retrimming in flight because they must stop using one of the primary flight controls, e.g. aileron or elevator to trim.
There is a degree of truth to what you say -- but that's why I have my transmitter set up to use cross-trims. This way I can still control the elevator while setting elevator trim and the same goes for ailerons.
2. The throttle stick must have a firm click steps between RPM ranges to keep from having engine speed changes during aileron input. This is very problematic on landing when the engine speed should be controlling decent. Some mode 2 flyers like me remove the throttle stick detents completely for a more liner engine speed control.
I can't agree on this one. I have never had any problems coordinating throttle and ailerons using mode 1. Don't mode 2 fliers ever use the rudder when landing -- surely they're going to have exactly the same problem then. I find myself using the rudder quite a bit on landing -- it's a far more effective way of correcting your heading when you're on the final leg of the approach -- to say nothing of compensating for a slight cross-wind.
3. The position of the aileron stick keeps changing every time the throttle is changed. This makes the aileron input more difficult.
Not true I'm afraid. If this were the case, surely it would make the coordination of roll and pitch *far* more difficult with mode 2 where both are on the same stick. How do you stop small corrections to your angle of bank from affecting the amount of elevator you're holding in a turn -- and how do you stop small corrections to the model's pitch from affecting the amount of aileron you're using?
4. Coordinating the aileron and elevator for smooth maneuvers is really hard. Try a smooth approach to a landing using mode 1 and you’ll see.
Again this simply isn't the case. It's very easy to coordinate both. Do you have trouble changing gear while steering your car? :-)
Bottom line, mode 1 is a just left over from the days of the Stone Age reed radios and is mostly used by the old “gray hairs’ :-). Remember if mode 1 was the way to go the 1:1 aircraft would be that way and they aren’t.
Ah, so you're a troll... damn, I've been suckered :-)