As my name should inform, I am a Mode One flyer, been so for 34 years. I also had my pilot's license. Attempting to link flying R/C and full scale airplane to one Mode or the other just doesn't hold water. The brain makes the adjustment automatically without a thought about it; or, single slip or stutter! After flying Mode One for 6 years, I soloed a Cessna 152 in 9 hours and was a quick study as my understanding of R/C flight was a real asset to me!

As far as skill and one Mode in comparison to the other, there are great R/C pilots using all the modes, I, II, III and IV, so this doesn't hold water, either! Probably the best R/C flier today is Quique Somenzeni and he flies Mode One. In the past a fellow named Hanno Prettner was the best and he flew Mode One.

It boils down to how you learned to fly, only!! The only drawback to not flying Mode II in the U.S., is the vast majority of R/Cers fly Mode II, so getting; or, giving help will be limited!

The rest is an endless and valueless argument that goes on adnausium about why one Mode is better than another and is simply based on peoples closed minded, narrow perceptions!

If you are close by, I offer my service to anyone interested in learning to fly Mode One.