Pinch grip issue.

[chrisleematt21]

My understanding is that you can learn to fly anything using either pinch grip or thumbs, but there are differences in the two that will require different radio setups.

• With pinch grip you have more fine control in the centre, but it's harder to reach the full extent of the sticks.
• With thumb you have less precision, but can reach the full throw much more easily.

I'm a thumb flier myself so I tend to run expo to give me more fine control in the centre, with a little deadband around centre too. I have a decent flip rate at around 3/4 of the way to full deflection of the sticks, but I'm quite happy using the full throw of the sticks in flips and rolls if I need to.

If I were using a pinch grip I would almost certainly run way less or zero deadband, and less expo and would be doing much more flying with very little stick movement. I'd also probably run much more extreme throws, so I could get the full flip rate I wanted with about half movement of the sticks I'm using now.

The great thing about computerised radios is that you can tune the way the sticks react so you have exactly the control you need for your type of flying :-) I actually tried AccuRC at Weston Park last year and found it almost unflyable as the model was super sensitive, and I'm pretty sure it was set up for a pinch flyer rather than somebody who uses thumbs. Both techniques work, but they do have different requirements for the radio.

I did think about playing with the settings so I could get full travel with limited movements but then would that make it too sensitive?

[Grumpy]

Anyone else notice that Marius uses reverse stick travel on collective.. i.e. pull on the stick for positive collective and push for negative.

[myxiplx]

I did think about playing with the settings so I could get full travel with limited movements but then would that make it too sensitive?

Put it this way, I've heard of pros who run 22 degrees of pitch. They pinch, so they never use full travel, they just set the model up so they get the rates they want with the movement they're going to be making on the sticks....

[Peteski]

You're right! Why the heck would he do that?

He does it in the bailout video too. Crazy!

Actually makes a fair bit of sense when you think about it. Your elevator works in that sense too.

[Planehazza]

I HATE flying without a neck strap. It just feels weird not having the weight of the Tx supported. I feel like I'm going to drop it or something...