ORIGINAL: bruce88123
When I'm flying with my students, I am naturally flying and holding their radios while they have the "student" buddy box. Therefore I am exposed to a wide variety of stick settings both in tension and in length. I NEVER tell my students where to set there sticks but I do make sure they know that they are adjustable and how to do it. I also tell them some of the effects it MAY show them or may not. We're all different and fly different. I just try to make sure the students are comfortable as possible with the transmitter, they are nervous enough.
I agree with Bruce here. I show my students the different ways of using the transmitter. I show them using 2 fingers to control the stick, and just using a thumb. By the way, I use my thumbs and think that I do just fine while I'm flying. I let them try with a neck strap and without, that's why I carry extra neckstraps in my radio case. I show them how to adjust the tension on their radio sticks too. But with all of that in mind, I try to discourage them from making adjustments until after they have soloed. Why? Because most students have enough things on their minds to worry about without trying to fool around with spring tensions on their transmitter sticks. Any besides, they won't even be using their own transmitter as long as they are still on a buddy box. I just like to make sure they know what's available to them after they finish training. It's almost like everything else in this hobby, after they have learned to fly they will learn on their own what/how they want to do. Some will like 3D and some will not, some will like precision aerobatics some will not, some will like sail planes and some will not, etc... They just have to try it and see what they like, same thing with stick tensions too.
That's my 2 cents worth
Ken