<div>Hi,
Anyone like Moed 1 or Mode 2?</div>

i guess it depends on what part of the world you live in, allot of folk fly all the different modes.

the head all on one stick seems to make sence to me, it's more like a real plane or heli , so for me it's  throttle on the left, mode 2 I think

As far as I know, many people are used mode 2.

many people use all 4 modes, again it really depends on what part of the world you live in which is the most common.

I can't do any piro stuff on a sim with Mode 2 as is. But i can at least try... I even can't imagine doing it on Mode 1. I'd like to see someones hands as they do it. That would be like rubbing your stomach and tapping your head at the same time no?

it would be almost identical to doing rolling harriers with a plane.

And  I know that  USA generally use mode 2, but I dont't know any other  countries.

we use mode 2 here in the uk</p>

Hello, Thanks for posting the Mode 2 Mode 1 question.

I learned RC in Okinawa Japan back in 1980 and Japan as well as most of Asia is Mode 1. I learned with the Okinawa RC Club, not the American RC Club, so I learned using Mode 1. Over the years, my main excuse for not changing to Mode 2 is that I have Mode 1 stick instincts, such as if I must chop the throttle, etc.

Mode 1 Pattern Plane flying, you have the tail of the plane on one stick, but I am not a good enough pilot to really know if that makes a difference.

Mode 1 had been a royal pain for me as everyone else at the RC field can't test fly my plane or test hover my heli. There has been tons of advice and help, but no one can fly my stuff. It's the same as if you would show up at the field with a Single Stick transmitter. Simulators were the saving grace, Aerochopper and now RealFlight. In the 80's I remember tying a RC heli to a small step-ladder with a lazy susan if you can believe it.

I actually had to purchase a separate transmitter (mode 2) and buddy cord for test flying purposes when the aircraft was expensive. Sure it would have been easier to just change to Mode 2, but I am hard headed.

I have to admit that my refusal to change to the USA standard of Mode 2 has kept me from really improving my flying skills.

Mode 1 is crazy for Heli 3D as I am now learning. The cyclic is on two seperate sticks. I am used to that an can fly all around and do nose in, but that is about it. I am trying to learn 3D now but all I can do for now is the basics like simple flips. Use RealFlight and watch a Instruction flight of Piro Flip with a Mode 1 transmitter displayed, it's crazy stick movements.

Now, in 2008-2009, with the Spectrum Bind feature, someone else can fly my plane or heli no problem and also I can purchase a cheap electric heli from China with a Mode 1 cheap transmitter RTF. These heli's still need to be looked over and tweaked for proper setup.

Also, I can finally ask a good pilot at the RC field if he would like to fly my plane. I used to have that out, "I wish you could fly my plane, but......"

It was a thrill for me at the 2001 IRCHA Jamboreee just after the F3C World Championships concluded, that a member of the Japan F3C team and the F3C Pilot from New Zealand Aaron Williams flew my heli, both pilots fly using Mode 1. One of those moments where you see your aircraft doing flying you have never seen before! You say "So that is how it's supposed to be done!"

On a side note, Congrats to Japan Mode 1 RC Heli Pilot Hiroki Ito on winning the 2009 F3C World Championship. He is one of the best in the world at 3D and now also a F3C World Champion, just like Curtis Youngblood did some years back. Videos of his flights and others at the F3C Worlds, as well as Videos of Ito's 3D flying are at http://www.runryder.com/
Click on the rrTV link for videos of helicopter 3D and F3C flying.

There are some Youtube videos of Mode 1 3D where you can see the stick movements.

Thanks,
Chuck