I've been flying fixed-wing for years and enjoy that a lot. For my fixed wing planes, I have used a mode 1 transmitter. Years ago I got some mini coax helicopters and eventually got a MSR as well, and because I already used mode 1 I tried flying mode 1 with these too. But I never really got the hang of it so gave up and stuck with planes.
Fast forward to now and I really want to get into Quad's, but am worried about the troubles I had with my mode 1 heli experiences.
I decided to practice with a simulator and got Freerider FPV working with a xbox controller (and will eventually get my existing transmitter working with it) and I decided to play with mode 1 vs mode 2 with the quad in the sim, since it's easy to swap. I found I seemed to much prefer mode 2 for quad flying in the Sim, even though I'm a mode 1 guy for planes (it seemed to make sense to my brain that the roll and pitch on one stick for the quad). Oh dear.
So what do I do? Buy two transmitters, one for planes and one for quads? Get a tx that is quick to switch between the two modes depending on what I'm flying? Train myself to use mode 1 for both planes and helis, or retrain myself to use mode 2 for planes and learn quad's on mode 2? Or should I just use a mode 1 transmitter and learn mode 3 for my quads (which would mean much less configuration change between mode 1 and 3 on the tx).
I'm looking for suggestions and ideas from those who are experienced in what you think might be the best way to go here.
fire away...
Fast forward to now and I really want to get into Quad's, but am worried about the troubles I had with my mode 1 heli experiences.
I decided to practice with a simulator and got Freerider FPV working with a xbox controller (and will eventually get my existing transmitter working with it) and I decided to play with mode 1 vs mode 2 with the quad in the sim, since it's easy to swap. I found I seemed to much prefer mode 2 for quad flying in the Sim, even though I'm a mode 1 guy for planes (it seemed to make sense to my brain that the roll and pitch on one stick for the quad). Oh dear.
So what do I do? Buy two transmitters, one for planes and one for quads? Get a tx that is quick to switch between the two modes depending on what I'm flying? Train myself to use mode 1 for both planes and helis, or retrain myself to use mode 2 for planes and learn quad's on mode 2? Or should I just use a mode 1 transmitter and learn mode 3 for my quads (which would mean much less configuration change between mode 1 and 3 on the tx).
I'm looking for suggestions and ideas from those who are experienced in what you think might be the best way to go here.
fire away...
