ORIGINAL: Steve Landron
As you can tell from the many different posts, it's all about choice. The best advice given is if you're a new to the hobby and trying to learn to fly RC, fly what your instructor fly’s, it's that simple. My choice is mode two for a number of reasons, #1 it's closest to full size configuration for me, aileron/elevator on right stick (I have about 30 hours dual time) and of course most importantly I'm comfortable with it.
Steve [8D]
Steve, what type airplanes do you have 30 hours in. I have maybe 1 hour in a Citabria Scout and the rest (160 hours) in Cessna 150,152s and 172s. I consider only the 1 hour in the Citabria would be somewhat similar to Mode Two. The Cessna time is similar to Mode Three, or Mode Four (unsure which) with Elevator & Ailerons on the left and Throttle on the right, then there is the pesky problem of how using a stick to control what all full scale airplanes have controlled by the feet: THE
RUDDER, how is this like anything at all, in full scale aviation?
However, if you Mode Two guys want to hang onto your fantasy of your Mode being more like flying real airplanes, Good Luck With That! I'll stay with believing my flying Mode One is exactly like flying R/C airplanes!