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<DIV>There is also mode 3, that Ivan Christensen flys. That is mode 1 backwards.
He flys with ail and th on left, ele and rudder on right! Now THAT would drive
me crazy.</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry T.</DIV>
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<DIV>On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:07:42 -0700 (PDT) Bob Richards <<A
href="mailto:bob@toprudder.com">bob@toprudder.com</A>> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>When I worked at a hobby shop in the late 70s, we sold a boat load of the
Cox Centurion .049 powered plane, and the associated 2 channel 2 stick radio.
Elevator on the left, rudder (roll control) on the right. Funny thing is,
I had no problem flying those. Just recently, a friend of mine let me fly his
mode 1 plane (at altitude) and I did ok with it, but really had to think about
it. It was just wierd.</DIV>
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<DIV>There is a mode 4, which is mode 2 with the sticks swapped (throttle and
ail on left, elevator and rudder on right). I think I would have an easier
time with that. </DIV>
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<DIV>Maybe not. :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>Bob R.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Ron Van Putte <vanputte@cox.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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right. When flying systems with reeds, you could not actuate <BR>two
switches at the same time unless they were on opposite sides of <BR>the
transmitter, so elevator was actuated by one of the switches on <BR>the left
side of the transmitter, while aileron was on the right <BR>side. The early
proportional sets were set up to mimic the reed <BR>setup and that was
called Mode 1.<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR>On Aug 27, 2007, at 7:24 AM, Dr.
Mike Harrison wrote:<BR><BR>> Ron,<BR>> I was around then and saw it
happen. Reed was set up so that ail <BR>> was on one<BR>> toggle and
elevator was on another. Mode 2 came later by someone that<BR>> thought 2
was better.<BR>> Mike<BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From:
"Ron Van Putte" <VANPUTTE@COX.NET><BR>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"
<NSRCA-DISCUSSION@LISTS.NSRCA.ORG><BR>> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007
3:11 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] mode 1 and 2
together?<BR>><BR>><BR>>> OK. Here's a trivia question: Why was
Mode I configured the way it<BR>>> is? Hint: Think
reeds.<BR>>><BR>>> Ron Van Putte<BR>>><BR>>> On Aug
26, 2007, at 2:53 PM,
<GLMILLER3@SUDDENLINK.NET>wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>> I learned to
fly Mode I back in the seventies, and when I competed<BR>>>> back
then in ballistic pattern it was Mode I. I had an absence<BR>>>>
during school, etc and when I came back to flying in the early
90's<BR>>>> everyone was flying Mode II so that is the way I
re-learned. I<BR>>>> don't think I could fly mode I
anymore.<BR>>>><BR>>>> George<BR>>>
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