the best arugment mode 1 vs mode 2 to me would be to use the mode most of the people around you use...here in the states it would be mode 2...because if you have a problem...something in your eye, bee sting, or a cramp, whatever you can yell for help pass your transmitter to a bud and feel comfortable that he at least has been using the same stick inputs off of the same thumbs as you....imange trying to fly an airplane with aierons where the rudder should be.....