[NSRCA-discussion] mode 1 and 2 together?

[Adrien L Terrenoire]

 A flying buddy of mine, soe of you may know...Dick Allen has an opinion
on the better of mode 1 or 2.
He flew the early single sticks, then eventually changed to mode 2. His
contention is that "mode 1 fliers are OK, but I would not want my
daughter to marry one"!! Safe for him to say...he has 2 sons.

Terry T.(mode 1)

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:28:12 -0400 Jon Lowe <jonlowe at aol.com> writes:
> I was around also.  All of the very early proportional systems were 
> single stick.  Examples were Space Control, Sampy, the Orbit analog 
> and 
> other analog systems.  The big transition to proportional didn't 
> come 
> along until digital proportional came out, because the analog 
> systems 
> were so unreliable and unstable, drifting drastically with 
> temperature 
> changes.  With the advent of digital proportional came the modes.  
> Mode 
> 1 was designed to ease the transition from reeds to proportional.  
> Heck 
> there was even a digital system which had individual levers for each 
> 
> control just like reeds, made by EK Logitrol, if memory serves 
> corrrectly. Kind of defeated one of the main benefits of 
> proportional, 
> being able to mix controls at will.  Mode 2 was around at the same 
> time, as was single stick.  Most of the early digital systems were 
> available in all three versions.  Mode 2 and single stick were for 
> those who wanted to emulate real airplane controls, and Mode 1 was 
> basically an outgrowth from reeds.  I remember many, many arguments 
> 
> about which was "better" that last even until today.  Most Americans 
> 
> fly mode 2, and most Europeans fly Mode 1, a notable exception being 
> 
> the current world champion.  Thumbs vs. finger flying was also as 
> debatable, thumb flying being a carry over from reeds.  My Dad and I 
> 
> flew mode 2 from the start, although my Dad tried mode 1 for awhile, 
> 
> but went back.   Single stick was very popular with many top flyers 
> of 
> the day, but it phased out over time as they were expensive to make, 
> 
> the American makers of radio gear died off, and new flyers 
> gravitated 
> to dual sticks.
> 
> 
> Jon Lowe
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr. Mike Harrison <drmikedds at sbcglobal.net>
> To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 7:24 am
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] mode 1 and 2 together?
> 
> 
> 
> 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>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> 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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