Single Stick TX verses 2 stick setup????
 

Hello
Does anybody know, or suggest which is better. A single stick tx (for flying a plane such as the EasyStar) or a 2 stick transmitter. I've heard that it becomes harder to recover when disorientated in a single stick set up (stock tx with the EasyStar) - any suggestions?
Thanks again
Rick

RE: Single Stick TX verses 2 stick setup????
 

I think it is all in what you get used to using. We have a guy in our club that flys single stick and he is a great pilot.
I am used to 2 sticks and would find it very difficult to fly single.

RE: Single Stick TX verses 2 stick setup????
 

Single stick - I just think (but don't know) that it would be difficult to twist the stick (rudder input) without an inadvertant aileron or elevator input. I have never tried one though.

Dual stick - What I'm used to and it works well for me.

If there is one (single stick) available for you to try without endangering a plane you might do so. Maybe connected to a simulator? Or 3 mistakes high/buddy box.

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gijoe66,
A lot of it depends on what you learn to do. If you learn to fly a single stick plane then you should be ok. But also remember that the majority of the flying world flys dual sticks, so getting help may be a bit scarce in places because there are few that do fly single stick. But if you have a local resource that can teach you single stick and you feel comfortable with it that way go for it. But if you are still in the planning stages check with your local club and see what they recommend.

Ken

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I think the big question here is are we talking about 3 ch or 4 ch? I have no experience with a single stick 4 channel but think it would be extremely difficult for me to master as I am used to a dual stick radio. I have however used some 3 ch single stick radios just fine. In fact I donated one of them to the PIF thru Ken. These 3 ch single sticks work just fine & are just as easy IMO to use. The elevator & rudder are on the one stick operated by your right hand & the throttle is operated by a thumb-slide with your left hand. Since it works in a sense just like a 4 ch with the only real difference is the rudder being where the aileron would normally be since there is no aileron, you fly it the same way. However any radio that required me to twist the stick for rudder imput as Bruce mentioned would be a total nightmare for me to use!

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Ok I just went to Hobby Lobby to have a look at your EasyStar. The radio in question is a 3 ch single stick like the ones I have. I think this radio will be just fine for this little plane. If you are looking at the RTF version. However if you are looking at the ARF & buying the rest of the radio equipment yourself then you might want to think about spending more money to buy a radio that will carry you in to other planes as you learn to fly. I do have radios like this one though, both with the finger-slide throttle in the back of the radio, & one with a thumb-slide throttle on the front of the radio. Both are just as easy to use as the other & will be just fine for this little beginner type plane, but as I said, if you can afford it, you might want to think about a radio that will carry you further along in the Hobby. I would suggest at least a 4 ch, 6 ch if you can afford it & I would definitely then want a dual stick radio. Of course these are just my opinions & they are very true!:D

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I have been flying single stick transmitters with the twisting rudder knob for 30 years. When I learned how to fly all the top pattern pilots flew single stick. The demise of single sticks has been stated to be economics of the manufacturers. Through the years many two stick pilots have tried my single stick set up and contrary to the posts above, no one has had a problem adjusting to it after several minuts. I am not talking about precision maneuvers but competently flying. It is much harder to go from flying single stick to two stick. If someone would manufacture a new 6 ch single stick system I would be will to pay double the going rate of the two stick system. A those of us who have flown for years with single stick are running out of options as the older systems are becoming to old.

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I've flown 2 ch -2 stick (used to be referred to as Monkey Mode), 2 ch - 1 stick, multi channel (3 or more) 2 and 4 stick and single stick. I agree with WER about flying single stick - it seems to a lot easier (boy, where the old single stick Pro Line, Kraft Signature Series and Airtonics Champion Ship Series radios nice). After a bit of flying all kinds, I find I really don't even think about it - it's more of where are switches located so one isn't inadvertently knocked. The only kind I have to think about is flying mode 1 - for mode 2 fliers that is just bassackwards! It can't hurt to learn how to fly both styles of transmitter is you can, and neither is harder than the other unless you make up your mind you can't do it because it's different.

WER - I recently came across somebody who will make up a custom single stick radio, but don't remember right now where I saw it. You may want to do an internet search for them.

Hogflyer

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http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4155

Might still be there, or JR may still be making them?

I vaguely recall seeing one of these in RCU before on non-US frequencies too.

You might try the JR support forum.

RE: Single Stick TX verses 2 stick setup????
 

My first radio was a single stick. Rudder & elevator and you put in enough glow fuel for three minutes. Every landing was dead-stick, but we all started out with powered gliders so it was all part of the experience. Ah, the simpler times.

But I've never lost an airplane (knock wood) to a dead-stick.

I wouldn't go back to single stick now. Just too used to double. I don't think I could coordinate a turn. As mentioned, it's all what you're used to. It should also be observed that the beautiful Kraft single sticks were wonderful transmitters . . . but did not survive into the 21st century. If single stick was inherently better we'd be wondering why double sticks were no longer made.

Then there's Mode 1 vs. Mode 2; but that's another topic.