Best way to learn turning?

[FieldRC]

Is it better to start with Bank and Yank, or start building a strong foundation for coordinated turns?

 

[Monte.C]

For me bank & yank was intuitive, so I never got around to getting comfortable with rudder. That's bad.
On the other hand - whatever helps keep your plane in one piece...

 

[Taildragger]

Is it better to start with Bank and Yank, or start building a strong foundation for coordinated turns?

I had to learn coordinated in order to fly my first 4ch plane, it didn't like bank and yank

 

[The Hangar]

Is it better to start with Bank and Yank, or start building a strong foundation for coordinated turns?

Learning to fly is hard enough without trying to do coordinated turns. Once you get to more aerobatic models you’ll have to learn coordinated turns like @Taildragger said.

 

[Taildragger]

Learning to fly is hard enough without trying to do coordinated turns. Once you get to more aerobatic models you’ll have to learn coordinated turns like @Taildragger said.

or in my case more scale. The FT micro beaver does not like bank and yank, nor turn by rudder

 

[L Edge]

2 ways to look at it. If you are happy just flying around, go for it as is.

If you want to do acrobatics in the future and really fly in windy conditions, start learning to use rudder. First, feel comfortable flying the plane so you can put it where you want it to go. To add rudder, go up three crash heights to start practicing using rudder.

In simple fact, if you add flying upside down, can do a knife edge and a good slow roll(using the rudder when needed), you can do anything including 3D. Another thought is if you want to fly a bipe, rudder makes it so easy.

 

[Merv]

+1 on bank & yank
I’ve been flying for 25+ years & don’t use the rudder to turn. My rudder is only used for knife edge & cross wind landing.

 

[Flyingshark]

Is it better to start with Bank and Yank, or start building a strong foundation for coordinated turns?

My first successful flights were on a 3 channel plane. (Rudder Elevator Throttle) I noticed it was much easier to overcontrol the plane and stall when flying bank and yank though, which caused the demise of my first FT LongEz.

I agree with the recommendation to start using 3 channels and learn coordinated turns later, but I think rudder is the way to go. (Like the Tiny Trainer with the polyhedral wing!)

I did that and I turned out all right.