ORIGINAL: Salinas Hawk
The separation of aileron and elevator seems superior to me, more precise; and the rest of the world swears by it.
However, if the real thing (fighters and sport planes) use a mode 2 configuration, then the argument is seemingly over. Mode 2 is King.
But please consider arcade flight vs. full scale flight. Also, how do these skills cross over.
I mean...I respect RC car driver skills, but let's be honest, Daytona 500 stock car drivers are not on this forum asking rc drivers for advice.
Is there really a connection between rc flight and full-ized pilotingv skills? I haven't the slightesst idea; thus the post,
Respectfully, Salinas Hawk
G'day Mate,
Here in Australia, our most common mode is mode 1, I have been using it since 1981, & as an Instructor, I find it is easier to teach mode 1 than mode 2, reason being, we can have both people using the TX at the same time, the student starts out using the right stick, throttle & ailerons, or whatever the primary control is, & the instructor has the elevators & the rudder, even if the student gets into trouble, the instructor can still level the wings with rudder, & save the plane, without having to wrestle the TX back from the student, as long as he or she lets go of the stick. Then we swap, & the student uses the elevators. It is a good way to learn & a good way to teach. It is a lot harder with mode 2, as the student has the TX, with all the mistakes he or she will make.
But we also have a course to become an instructor, & guidelines about how to teach, it has worked well here for many years, maybe it should be looked at by your governing body.
One last thing, I have heard for years that mode 2 is more natural, because it is like a "real plane's controls", I have one small problem with that, in a full size aircraft, you are IN the plane, in our case we are standing outside looking up at it, so there is no real reason to use mode 2, other than, having someone able to teach you. If you stick to mode 1 you will be like some of us in the rest of the world.