ORIGINAL: CGRetired
How do you instructors teach your students to control the transmitter?
Do you use the thumbs method (thumbs on top of the control stick) or pinch inbetween the thumbs and fore-finger method? (or for that matter, any other method that you feel is best, and please.. explain why).
Just curious as to your teaching method and what method works best.
I don't actually teach my students to use either method as a preference. I let them use whatever feels best for their situation. Most pattern pilots, though, prefer the pinch between the thumbs and forefinger method.
DS.
ps. I'm sure that there is more than one that will tell me the 'between the cheek and gum' method is best, but this is mainly directed toward non-red-necks... oops, sorry for that..
I'm with you. I personally fly the pinch, however I provide the student both options and allow him/her to experiment prior to getting into landing pattern practice. They can choose whatever feels good. Nice to see so many that do the same.
I have one OLD RC Manual from around 1985, that makes a big deal of pinch being the most proper method. However even back then the author conceded that thumbs are Ok if the user just must do so. So, guys, some of you are just "OK".
Joking of course. Heck, I even have friends that fly thumbs! [sm=omg_smile.gif]