ORIGINAL: Mode One
ORIGINAL: brett65
ORIGINAL: Mode One
ORIGINAL: brett65
Why do people use different modes when mode 2 is the closest to flying the real thing? The ailerons and elevator coupled to the same control lever with the rudder at the feet? I would crash a different mode aircraft in no time, if I could even take off!
So, what your saying is: Holding a small box in your hands that has small toggles, levers and switches sticking out of it, at various locations, can only be like flying a real airplane if the toggles, levers and switches are arranged in one particular way, then?
I guess I should clarify for you. A control stick in the vast majority of real aircraft controls the elevator and ailerons. Mode 2 and 3, one stick controls the elevator and ailerons. Do you see the similarity now?[sm=75_75.gif]
Actually Brett65, after the lengthy explaination I gave you about why there is a Mode One, I have no idea why you felt you needed to clarify anything for me! If you knew about this subject, you would know that the reality is, "the vast majority of REAL AIRCRAFT" do not have control sticks, they have yokes!
Also, flying R/C is not like flying real airplanes, it's only like flying R/C. If you think it will be easier for you to learn, using a Mode Two transmitter, I urge you to follow this quest. If you ARE flying with a Mode Two transmitter, please enjoy how much you think it replicates the controls of a real live airplane (your words, not mine).
A yoke is a control stick with two grips, not a r/c control stick, and I never implied there was a 9c mounted in the instrument panel of an aircraft. I was simply referring the the combination of the control surfaces (elevator and aileron) on the control device. Whether I call it a yoke, control stick, joy stick, or stick grip doesn't make my point any more or less valid. I don't care about what mode people fly, I was simply inquiring as to why the others were developed and used originally.