Best way to set up transmitter

[wh57au]

Hello all..
For about 10 years I have had a Stepp 3 Glider kit partly built and gathering dust in my loungeroom.
Having come to the conclusion lately that I may never finish it and wanting to finally get flying I have purchased a Super Cub
and am teaching myself to fly it.
Have had maybe half a dozen flights so far and have all along had a nagging feeling that I may be teaching myself bad habits already.
My question is .. How do most people set up the Transmitter ?
What I mean is I have mine set up so that the left stick controls ruder and elevator and the right stick controls the motor.
Should I be learning that way or should I use the left stick for rudder and the right stick for elevator.?

[flydiver]

Depends somewhat on where you live. There are 4 modes but mostly only 2 are used.
Read and set up as appropriate for your location. You will want to do this before your muscle memory becomes well ingrained.
Mode 1 VS Mode 2 Article - www.spektrumrc.com/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=2105
RC transmitter modes for airplanes - www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-transmitter-modes.html
If you are in the USA > Mode 2.

It's useful to fill in your profile more completely so we do know where you live.

Note - don't get confused by rudder vs ailerons. The right-left control can be done with either rudder on 3 channel, or aileron. On the Cub it's rudder. When you go 4 channel with ailerons THAT control stick now becomes the main control and the rudder moves.

[sham]

Mode two is normal for UK also, but whatever is best for you...

Fly is spot on though..

Most people have them set up with throttle and rudder on left stick and aileron and elevator on the right. On the cub, the primary steering is the rudder.. So people use the aileron channel for that instead. As far as I can tell, the main advantage to this is not having to release the right stick for using common switches like flap/gear etc... Not that that's an issue on the Supercub!

Whatever makes you feel most in control is fine though, try them all and pick one that feels natural.

[hghost]

Only bad habits are those YOU consider a bad habit

As long as your flying and having Fun...nothing else matters..Unless you intend on flying RC professionally...

But we all are professionals when we are flying and having fun.

I have came across many who debate the "bad habit" speech.

Over time you will grow and learn to use the Tx as it is designed to be used....BUT the Designer of Transmitters also know not everyone learns the same

Me personally I set up a switch for Aileron-Rudder mixing....on many planes

I am older, my fingers do not work as easy as they use to...my ability to use my Left stick with Throttle and Rudder at times can be difficult, I tend at times
to either throttle down or up when using rudder unintended . I already this year reached with my thumb to throttle down a tad and ended up shutting it off completely
resulting in a crash and broke prop.

It all goes back to what is comfortable to You...after all it is YOU who is flying and in control of the plane

in the U.S. Mode 2 is the standard and is the standard in many places across the world

Throttle / Rudder on Left stick ---- Aileron / Elevator on right stick

the Super Cub being a 3 ch plane...Throttle is on left stick and Rudder / Elevator is on the right stick .

Unless you wish to experiment with rudder control on the left stick to get use to doing it that way, my advice is simply not to..as Rudder is not something
one uses allot except on rolling on the ground ....while in the air aileron does most of the banking control

As i stated earlier, I have the Rudder / Aileron mix on a switch on some planes...simply because some planes like a little rudder on a turn, some do not .
And because i have dumb thumbs and can not get my left one to work well...for my sake and the sake of my planes when needed I have it on a switch and simply switch it on and
it when I bank with the ailerons on the right stick the Rudder moves a certain set rate as well.

I said all that to say this...read the articles Fly gave you a link to, very valuable information

and just do what is comfortable and easiest for you and simply ENJOY and have FUN...that is all that really matters.

[flydiver]

If you absolutely fly by yourself, and likely always will....do what you want.
If you ever think someone else might fly your plane (maiden flight, test flight, trial, just for fun), or you may fly someone's plane you best be using whatever is 'standard' for the area. Otherwise > disaster.
It also helps when you ask other folks (personally or on line), "how do I set up [x] control on the [whatever] transmitter?". If you are using non-conventional stick arrangements, it'll give you even more confusion and grief. Initially the controls are confusing enough without that extra variable.

[wh57au]

Thanks everyone for your help.
I live in Australia and my transmitter is a Spektrum DX4E mode one.
Its just the way it came set up in the box with the Cub S
I doubt if I will ever add ailerons to the Cub but you never know..
SO far it feels quite natural to use the left stick for Rudder and Elevator
as the right stick is not self centering in the vertical plane it stays set wherever I leave
it for the throttle settings.
As a kid I use to like to fly a kite on a windy day and for me its bringing back those kind of fun feelings just being outside with something in the air that seems to be under your control.