If you desire to be the best flyer in your club, you need to fly Mode 1. Most Mode 2 flyers fly Mode 2 because it is like the full scale airplanes. But we are not flying full scale airplanes. When you see a Mode 1 flyer take note as to whether he is or is not the best and smoothest flyer at the field that day.

If you plan to fly pylon, Mode 1 is far better. It is much easier to rotate the wings and then pull elevator around the pylon without moving the ailerons unintentionally.

One of the best model flyers I have ever know, Steve Ellison of Oregon, started with Mode 2 and switched to Mode 1 when he started flying pylon. He never looked back.

Also the very best model pilot I have ever seen fly flies Mode 1, Ted White of Arizona. He never won major contest like the Nationals because he did not practice or commit to it.

Be the expert at your field - fly Mode 1. Don't worry about what the others are flying, you'll be out flying them anyway.

Ralph White
Neoga, IL