RE: Mode 1 vs. Mode 2
When people ask this question, they are totally unbiased about the choice they are attempting to make. It's maybe the last time they can actually be unbiased about the subject!
When we R/Cers start out with this discussion, it always seems to get emotional! Why, I haven't a clue!
I will say the question seems to bring out the most inane responses: one being better then the other, one is easier then the other, one is more like real then the other, one is better because the primary controls are on one stick, one is better because the primary controls are divided on two sticks, it goes on, and on, and on, with all these points that are really just plain B.S.!
The bottom line is: I fly Mode One, because that's how I was taught and you Mode Two fliers fly Mode Two, because that is how you were taught! End of discussion!