Hi, I am just learning to fly helicopters, and don't know which mode to pick. I can't pick mode 2, because I have my throttle on the right side of the controller.

I have been learning mode 1 on my flight sim for a day now, and can probably get use to it. However, can someone tell me if having my aleron and elevator on the left, and throttle and rudder on the right is an actual mode, maybe 3?

If this is a mode, would you suggest I learn the cusotm mode above (my friend has it, and he told me it was mode 3), or should I learn mode 1?

I just want to pick a good mode thats well known, however also a good mode for beginners to learn and advance easily.

Any help would be appreciated!
Matt.

Yep, its mod three.

I started flying mode 1 because everyone in Japan does but really didn't like it for helis so I switched to mode 2 and have got to the point where I am much better now than I ever was under mode 1.

Mode 2 makes most sense to me since all your cyclic input is on one stick. Also, if I were get that far, piro flips are best done in mode 2

You may be able to change the throttle stick position with a little digging into the manual and some screwdriver work

This might help you

http://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-...ter-modes.html

You should pick a mode which you are good. You can change the mode of your transmitter - [link=http://www.hobbyjapan2000.com/eSkyModeChange.html]refer to this mode change reference[/link]

The modes:

Thanks tippy, that help lots . So even if most people in australia fly mode 1, and thats what most people in the hobby shops fly, u recon if im best at mode 3 i should go for that? Also, if i do get into 3D flying or aerobatics, will mode 3 give me and disadvantage over mode 1?

looks like mode 3 will be fine, although to me it makes the most sense to fly mode 2, but then again I am from the US where that is what we fly anyways =)

The main thing is never let someone else fly your bird because the controls will all be very different and they will probably crash it =)

It's easier to switch the mode controls on an airplane, but I've never really seen anyone that is proficient at doing it with a heli.

Didn't read my post?

Changed from Mode 1 to Mode 2 with one week of practise on the simulator.

before we get a flame war going... maybe I oughta reexplain what i was saying. All I was saying is if you fly mode 3, don't go to the feild and let someone else fly your bird because they will probably crash it. I have heard of guys adjusting from a mode 2 to a mode 1 airplane in flight, but I have never heard someone adjusting from mode either mode 1 or 2 inflight with a heli to mode 3 =)

If you had a week to practice on the sim that might be a different story, but that's not really what I was talking about. I was talking at the field and letting someone else "help" you with your heli like adjust the tracking or the trim or something. All it does is take a bit of support out of the equation that may or may not be needed.

hopefully that makes more sense now.