ORIGINAL: sigrun
ORIGINAL: The Toolman
Whats the verdict, do any good fliers use the finger and thumb method or am I just different?Ronnie
I surmise this is more than likely a troll, but nevertheless;
Whilst it's most common for the majority of people to fly more than competently using thumbs only, and which is certainly the more natural whilst simultaneously supporting the transmitter with the hands, that's plainly just a nonsense which belongs in the same bin as the "can't fly mode 2 without inducing PIOs or inducing cross control interference" and other mindlessly repropogated mythology.
Find a good instructor. How the stud wants to learn to manipulate the control inputs is up to him. Whilst the two conventionally accepted methods are thumbs or fingers and thumbs, he, or she, could use his toes for all I care as long as he could demonsttrate to me that he could do so (a) safely and (b) competently.
Mr. Sigrun, You surmise wrong ol' buddy!
To rest of you fellas, I went out today any flew better than I have on any of my 5-6 previous lessons because I tried the pinch method. I just don't feel in control with thumbs only. The instructor said if that was the way I liked it, to go ahead and do it that way, but he preferred thumbs only. So I think I'll get me a neck strap if thats what ya call it for my radio.
By the way Mr. Sigrun, I own a Komatsu excavator and I only use my thumb and a coupla fingers to run it also.
Ronnie-The Toolman
Lake of The Ozarks
Warsaw, Missouri
Member of the Warsaw RC Club