RunRyder - Flying Thumbs - Switched To Pinch Technique

rrTV-PHOTO

New HD TV

HOME rrTV-PHOTO GALLERIES MY GALLERY HELP-FAQ

myHOME PM pmRR MEMBERS 730 ONLINE 25 EVENTS SEARCH REGISTER START HERE

2 pages [ << < 1 ( 2 ) > >> ]

1256 views

POST REPLY

GrandRC	.	CanoMod	.	Futaba-RC
	.		.

Main Discussion > Flying Thumbs - Switched To Pinch Technique

Cessna
Senior Heliman
Location: Tucson, Arizona

The fellow who taught me to fly in the mid 1970s told me to learn with fingers since you will have much more precise control. I followed his suggestion and was never sorry I did.

One suggestion is to lengthen your sticks for flying with fingers.

Just my $.02!

Steve Cass
Tucson

03-24-2003 Over year old.

dadman
Senior Heliman
Location: Rockford M.I.

Thumbs

Because I am new at this, sometimes I have a hard time sorting out what the thread is talking about because of the termonology. I am learning to fly on G2 and I use my thumbs on the sticks. Could somebody tell me what the pinch technique is, and if I should be trying to learn to fly with that method, or is the way I am practicing now the best way to start out. For those of you that wrote in on the thread about 4.8 or 6.0v batteries that was a great thread I didnt know that there was so much to know about batteries.

Thanks you keep writing I'll keep reading
Dadman

03-24-2003 Over year old.

gyan
Key Veteran
Location: Surrey, BC Canada

I'm all thumbs,...expecially just before crash time!!!!

03-24-2003 Over year old.

Want2BRealPilot
Senior Heliman
Location: Asheboro,NC

Dadman, the pinch technique is simply placing the index finger in front of the stick, and placing your thumb behind the stick, therefore sandwiching the stick in between. This is the alternative to placing your thumb on top of the stick. Opinions vary as to what works best, so my advice would be to try it both ways, and see what works best for you. In my case the "pinch techinque" works best for me. I have better control, and tend not to over correct, with this method. BTW, I actually use a variation of this method. I place my index finger in front of the stick, and my thumb on top of the stick. Try it out!
Mike

03-25-2003 Over year old.

G.Man
rrProfessor
Location: Northants, but soon to be Nicosia, Cyprus

Want2b...

Thats exactly how I do it as well....

Thumb on top and finger in front...

Feels right to me...

Don't Email me as I wont reply - PM Only (spam countermeasures)

03-25-2003 Over year old.

groundeffect
Key Veteran
Location: Newfoundland Canada

Got some more flights in today.

I've had about 12 tanks using the pinch
method. I was doing some inverting flying, working on inverted hovering ( high ) and noticed that while using the pinch method my dual rate switch is a little hard to flip.

Maybe I just need a little more time getting used to it, but its odd to flip it right now.

Other then that, its working out great.
I like doing some low ground work, ie: piro hovering, piroing in straight and working on piro circles.... its more precise now then ever.

Dean

A Vision From Higher Up

03-25-2003 Over year old.

HOMEPAGE

midwestpilot
Elite Veteran
Location: Crystal Lake, IL

what do you call your crashes?

If you fly thumbs...we call it - dumb thumb

How about pinchers....- wincer pincher?, did the two finger tangle?

In life there is no spacebar!

Rich Erikson AMA 6175

03-25-2003 Over year old.

HOMEPAGE

FinnDave
Elite Veteran
Location: Kouvola, Finland

Call me unimaginative, but I call them crashes