helimatt
Elite Veteran
Location: Lafayette, IN
| I spent several sessions on the sim trying to fly pinch method, after watching Nick Maxwell fly in person and generally reading that it seems like the more precise method.
I have short fingers, and try as I might, it never felt comfortable at all. I got better at it, but thumbs still felt much more natural (of course I learned planes and then helis this way on my own). Fying pinch for a while on the sim and my hand starts to cramp up. I got frustrated and I guess I've just accepted that I'll always be a thumb flier, second class. 
Curtis Youngblood's site someone asked him this question- he suggested doing what you like best, and pointed out that if you have short fingers, the pinch method might make it difficult for you to get full stick movement. Now I feel justified.
Never, ever, ever, ever give up. |
