[NSRCA-discussion] mode 1 and 2 together?

[Ron Van Putte]

That's right.  When flying systems with reeds, you could not actuate  
two switches at the same time unless they were on opposite sides of  
the transmitter, so elevator was actuated by one of the switches on  
the left side of the transmitter, while aileron was on the right  
side.   The early proportional sets were set up to mimic the reed  
setup and that was called Mode 1.

Ron Van Putte

On Aug 27, 2007, at 7:24 AM, Dr. Mike Harrison wrote:

> Ron,
> I was around then and saw it happen.  Reed was set up so that ail  
> was on one
> toggle and elevator was on another.  Mode 2 came later by someone that
> thought 2 was better.
> Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 3:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] mode 1 and 2 together?
>
>
>> OK.  Here's a trivia question:  Why was Mode I configured the way it
>> is?  Hint:  Think reeds.
>>
>> Ron Van Putte
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2007, at 2:53 PM, <glmiller3 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I learned to fly Mode I back in the seventies, and when I competed
>>> back then in ballistic pattern it was Mode I.  I had an absence
>>> during school, etc and when I came back to flying in the early 90's
>>> everyone was flying Mode II so that is the way I re-learned.  I
>>> don't think I could fly mode I anymore.
>>>
>>> George
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