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How do you hold your transmitter sticks
03-03-2009, 03:37 PM
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It must be how your brain learns and when. I learned to fly planes with my thumbs (25+ years ago), more recently I learned to fly helicopters with my thumbs and index fingers. I too have tried to fly planes with the two finger method but the brain refuses to destroy those old neurons. I also recently tried to fly helis with thumbs, all went OK until I turned nose in, I quickly went back to thumb and index.
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03-03-2009, 04:20 PM
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ORIGINAL: rjbob
Ya...me, too. I have to hold the transmitter. A strap bothers me.
ORIGINAL: AndyAndrews
Thumbs for me. I like holding the transmitter flying with thumbs.
Thumbs for me. I like holding the transmitter flying with thumbs.
you can still hold the transmitter while pinching the sticks without relying on a neck strap.
03-03-2009, 04:21 PM
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ORIGINAL: LGM Graphix
LOL, this could be taken so many ways.....
ORIGINAL: DougV
I pinch my sticks as well.
Doug.
I pinch my sticks as well.
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LOL, this could be taken so many ways.....
03-03-2009, 06:54 PM
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Thumbs and pointer, it feels like a potentiometer to me, where my thumb will give an input and my pointer will add or subtract small amounts of "trim" to make smooth movement. Like a command and feedback system. Dunno if this sounds stupid, but it works 4 me.
03-03-2009, 10:13 PM
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RE: How do you hold your transmitter sticks
ORIGINAL: Ali
I guess I must suffer from Dumb thumbs and a lack of precision then as its thumbs for me all the way!
Regards Al
I guess I must suffer from Dumb thumbs and a lack of precision then as its thumbs for me all the way!
Regards Al
I have flown many ways, and given each a good effort:
single stick
thumbs/fingers
strap/no strap
mode 1
tray with big ***** harness and long sticks
.....and I settled on just my thumbs and holding the transmitter down below my belt
03-03-2009, 10:20 PM
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ORIGINAL: rcjets_63
Where's the voting button for "clenched in a death grip"?
Where's the voting button for "clenched in a death grip"?
03-04-2009, 03:51 AM
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RE: How do you hold your transmitter sticks
Hi there,
Just to give a another perspective! I use both methods! The Left and the Right stick! I usually prefer the Right one.....two can be so confusing![:@]
SORRY!
Thumbs.
H
Just to give a another perspective! I use both methods! The Left and the Right stick!
I usually prefer the Right one.....two can be so confusing![:@]SORRY!
Thumbs.
H
03-04-2009, 09:53 AM
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RE: How do you hold your transmitter sticks
I like to pinch my stick with a strap-on. I also like the reverse grip on my stick but ONLY after 9pm. [sm=drowning.gif]
03-04-2009, 10:22 AM
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ORIGINAL: quist
I have always been told that the pinch is more precise. But then I watch the best competition pilots in the US (Shulman's, Mark Leseberg Jr, Andrew Jesky, Qui Que Somenzini) They all fly thumbs.
I have always been told that the pinch is more precise. But then I watch the best competition pilots in the US (Shulman's, Mark Leseberg Jr, Andrew Jesky, Qui Que Somenzini) They all fly thumbs.
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03-04-2009, 11:01 AM
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RE: How do you hold your transmitter sticks
Back in the day, Transmitters had 2 closed gimbals. remember them. their weren't any switches.
I wonder if it is easier to operate the switches using only the thumbs. Or are loose fingers tripping over switches
dropping flaps than retracting the landing gear while taxiing out![X(]
I wonder if it is easier to operate the switches using only the thumbs. Or are loose fingers tripping over switches
dropping flaps than retracting the landing gear while taxiing out![X(]
03-04-2009, 12:20 PM
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ORIGINAL: drdoom
Back in the day, Transmitters had 2 closed gimbals. remember them. their weren't any switches.
I wonder if it is easier to operate the switches using only the thumbs. Or are loose fingers tripping over switches
dropping flaps than retracting the landing gear while taxiing out![X(]
Back in the day, Transmitters had 2 closed gimbals. remember them. their weren't any switches.
I wonder if it is easier to operate the switches using only the thumbs. Or are loose fingers tripping over switches
dropping flaps than retracting the landing gear while taxiing out![X(]
I don't suppose there are too many on this forum that can relate back to those ancient times.
Craig
03-04-2009, 12:37 PM
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Craig,
I never had a reed set myself, but I did have an Ace Pulse Rudder-only with one stick that just went side-to-side. Used thumb on that one - not that it made much of a difference in where the plane was going... I also remember that a lot of the kits I built back then had drawings of how to mount escapements on the plans...
Bob
I never had a reed set myself, but I did have an Ace Pulse Rudder-only with one stick that just went side-to-side. Used thumb on that one - not that it made much of a difference in where the plane was going...
I also remember that a lot of the kits I built back then had drawings of how to mount escapements on the plans...Bob
03-04-2009, 12:44 PM
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ORIGINAL: rhklenke
Craig,
I also remember that a lot of the kits I built back then had drawings of how to mount escapements on the plans...
Bob
Craig,
I also remember that a lot of the kits I built back then had drawings of how to mount escapements on the plans...Bob
Been there, done that. Almost unimaginable the technology advances since then. Makes me feel like an OF.
See you at FL jets?
Craig
03-04-2009, 01:18 PM
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ORIGINAL: CraigG
See you at FL jets?
Craig
See you at FL jets?
Craig
We're thinking about making it down for Super Jets South this year...
Bob
03-04-2009, 03:18 PM
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ORIGINAL: rhklenke
Craig,
I never had a reed set myself, but I did have an Ace Pulse Rudder-only with one stick that just went side-to-side. Used thumb on that one - not that it made much of a difference in where the plane was going... I also remember that a lot of the kits I built back then had drawings of how to mount escapements on the plans...
Bob
Craig,
I never had a reed set myself, but I did have an Ace Pulse Rudder-only with one stick that just went side-to-side. Used thumb on that one - not that it made much of a difference in where the plane was going...
I also remember that a lot of the kits I built back then had drawings of how to mount escapements on the plans...Bob
03-04-2009, 04:34 PM
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RE: How do you hold your transmitter sticks
My first radio was a Kraft single channel with a Bonner VariComp escapement and an SN escapement for three position throttle control. I built an Esquire powered by a Fox 15 R/C.
When I got back from 'Nam and bought my first propo radio, I just sat at a table just amazed that when I moved the sticks, the servos followed the stick motion. My first multi model was a Sr Falcon with an OS 40 and Kraft radio. I was stationed in Columbus Ohio and flew it off I-70 that that was under construction at the time (1969).
BRG,
Jon
When I got back from 'Nam and bought my first propo radio, I just sat at a table just amazed that when I moved the sticks, the servos followed the stick motion. My first multi model was a Sr Falcon with an OS 40 and Kraft radio. I was stationed in Columbus Ohio and flew it off I-70 that that was under construction at the time (1969).
BRG,
Jon