What do they call Kimbro's mode? He pushes for up and pulls for down... and I'm not even sure he has a throttle stick either. I think his throttle is on a switch - switch on is full throttle and switch off is idle. ;-)<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Ron Van Putte <<a href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">There must be something about the Canadian air or being cooped up all<br>winter or something like that which makes the Canadians use those<br>
weird modes. I think it was Ivan Kristensen who started it years ago<br>by using something like "Reverse Mode 1".<br><br>Ron VP<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>On May 19, 2008, at 3:43 PM, krishlan fitzsimmons wrote:<br><br>> I find it strange that some radios call it mode 3 and some mode 4..<br>> You also fly this mode Chad?<br>><br>> Chris<br>
><br>> Chad Northeast <<a href="mailto:chadnortheast@shaw.ca">chadnortheast@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> Every Futaba radio back to like the 7Super series can switch the<br>> mode 3 electronically. The 9Z, 14Z (therefore 12Z) go one step<br>
> further and allow you to put anything on the sticks, so you can<br>> assign them in whatever crazy way you wish!<br>><br>> One thing NOT to forget when doing this is trim things dont always<br>> move with the trims, so when you move the rudder and aileron trims<br>
> across whatever they were set to they will stay at.....so if you<br>> had a lot of rudder trim in the model, when you cross the trims you<br>> will now have a lot of aileron trim.<br>><br>> After many years of switching radios to mode 3 (or mode 4 as some<br>
> of the radios call it) I have found this out the scary way a few<br>> times :)<br>><br>> Chad<br>> (from a nice balcony in Nafplio, Greece!).<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: Derek Koopowitz <<a href="mailto:derekkoopowitz@gmail.com">derekkoopowitz@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Date: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:48 pm<br>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Mode 3 Futaba Jr Q?<br>> To: General pattern discussion <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
><br>> > Chris,<br>> ><br>> > Let's experiment with my 14mz this weekend... I'll bring along a<br>> > spare RX<br>> > and we'll plug some servos into it and then we can see if we can<br>
> > change it<br>> > to how you need it - making sure that the mixes work as<br>> > advertised as well.<br>> ><br>> > -Derek<br>> ><br>> > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:46 AM, krishlan fitzsimmons <<br>
> > <a href="mailto:homeremodeling2003@yahoo.com">homeremodeling2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > Ok, thinking of getting a new radio before the nats as my<br>> > Stylus's are<br>
> > > pretty old and I'm not sure I can do without them to have them<br>> > serviced as I<br>> > > really need the practice.. lol.. My question, I have heard<br>> > that the 14MZ has<br>> > > assignable stick channels. Therefore allowing me to switch the<br>
> > "normal" mode<br>> > > 2 sticks to my mode 3 . Which is to reverse the aileron and<br>> > rudder sticks.<br>> > > Ail Throt left, Rud Ele right stick.. Can the 12Z do this?<br>> > Also, what about<br>
> > > the 10x or 12x?<br>> > > Yes, I could purchase a radio and have it rewired, but not<br>> > sure I'd get it<br>> > > by the nats with the lead times that Radio south has.. I know<br>
> > they are busy<br>> > > at this time of year.. My reason for not sending my radio's<br>> > in.. lol.<br>> > ><br>> > > Thanks,<br>> > ><br>> > > Chris<br>> > ><br>
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