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Beginners Corner > pinch method or thumbs on top

Pitt
Heliman
Location: Palo Alto, CA

How do you hold your sticks? Pinch method or thumbs on top?

07-22-2002 Over year old.

BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

How??

Two thumbs up!!......

07-23-2002 Over year old.

rickc
Elite Veteran
Location: Creve Coeur IL. (Peoria Area)

I have been a thumb flier for 22 years. To me the thumb and finger method has to many moving parts. It seems that thumbs only is also more precise for myself.

Rick

07-23-2002 Over year old.

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Keeder
Senior Heliman
Location: Saint Louis

Both

I pinch the left stick for minute collective movements, and thumb the right stick.

I love being different!

Keeder

07-23-2002 Over year old.

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Mopzilla
Veteran
Location: Cupertino, CA USA

I pinch it. It's a lot easier to control when you're shaking

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07-23-2002 Over year old.

linus
Senior Heliman
Location: Tennessee

Fingers, fingers, fingers. I was taught to fly planes with the fingers and carried it over to helis. It allows you to fly smoother. I do recommend either a neck-strap or a tray.

07-23-2002 Over year old.

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Jet_Waynger
Senior Heliman
Location: Henderson, NV

Pinch

07-23-2002 Over year old.

cdolor
Heliman
Location: Fair Hill Maryland

I'm all thumbs.

07-23-2002 Over year old.

Sludge
Heliman
Location: Long Beach, CA

pinch method or thumbs on top

I agree with Mopzilla.

With thumbs only I have periodic, random spastic inputs due to pre-crash anxiety. The spasms are much smaller and less frequent when pinching it. Now if I could just get my butt to un-clench....

Sludge

07-23-2002 Over year old.

Mopzilla
Veteran
Location: Cupertino, CA USA

sludge, my point exactly!

Also, with thumbs it is much easier to accidentally do something, and harder to make *small* stick movements. I can still reach all the switches and hold the TX (w/neck strap.)

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07-23-2002 Over year old.

toto
Senior Heliman
Location: Argentina

It´s a personal preference, like mode 1 or mode 2, like single stick or ..........................................

Try and see what is more confortable for you.

Regards,

Toto

07-23-2002 Over year old.

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ScottG
Veteran
Location: Ft Wayne, Indiana

thumbs on the real thing, but pinch on the sim.

Scott

07-23-2002 Over year old.

Mopzilla
Veteran
Location: Cupertino, CA USA

you know what i just realized? I think i do a bit of both. When you say "pinch," do you mean thumb on back of stick, and finger on front? Well, the way I fly is thumbs on top, and then extra support of my finger on the front of the stick. So technically, I am doing thumbs on top, with a finger on the front of the stick. I don't "pinch" it. But I sort of do. I just noticed this a few minutes ago when holding the TX.

Does anybody fly this combo-type way too?

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07-25-2002 Over year old.

Vitya
Veteran
Location: North York, Ontario

Thumb seems preety good for 3d (i don't fly like that yet though

) as you can easily move the sticks and fast as well. However i had my thumb slip off the cyclic once or twice before. Did not cause any problems as i was hovering at the time but lets see what will occur if that happens when you are doing inverted hovering 5 inches off the ground.

Actually as long as both fingers don't slip you will be fine. Just throttle up

07-25-2002 Over year old.

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corey11
Elite Veteran
Location: Bay Area, California

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When you said " when you are doing inverted hovering 5 inches off the ground. Actually as long as both fingers don't slip you will be fine. Just throttle up" Dont you mean throttle down? If you do throttle up, By By to your heli!

07-26-2002 Over year old.

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Alan Szabo Sr
Key Veteran
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

which method

pinch method.

07-26-2002 Over year old.

Mopzilla
Veteran
Location: Cupertino, CA USA

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Dont you mean throttle down? If you do throttle up, By By to your heli!

He means throttle stick down, but throttle goes up and collective goes down. To be able to have 100% throttle at full bottom stick, you must have idle up 1 enabled and set up right.

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07-26-2002 Over year old.

corey11
Elite Veteran
Location: Bay Area, California

You new what i meant though.

07-26-2002 Over year old.

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ncostes
Veteran
Location: US

fingers/pinch/scream/crash/order parts online method

07-26-2002 Over year old.

Mopzilla
Veteran
Location: Cupertino, CA USA

I found that my thumbs seem to be relatively weak, and nervous, so they make accidental movements, so i have an extra support finger on the front of the stick.

But I do find that rudder control without changing the throttle is hard!

ncostes, I'd personally take the pinch/fly/scream/crash/bang head on the wall/go to hospital/get skull fixed/bang some more/etc/come back/wait for parts....

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07-26-2002 Over year old.

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