by steve h » Sat May 31, 2014 8:50 pm
If youre also a flyer, the right hand stick (elevator) is a great option for jib trim control. You can minimize the unintentional movement by adding some expo to the rudder (plane aileron channel), to soften the middle of the stick. If you have the boat balance correct, you can sail large chunks of upwind legs just by using the jib trim.
Others have used the left/right channel (airplane rudder, left gimbal) for it. Any direction you choose to go, it will take some getting used to, so stick with it.
Some other tips for programming: Dual rates on the rudder. have quite a bit of throw on high rates (for mark roundings, evasive maneuvers, tacking/gybing), and about 10-15 degrees of throw on low rates with a lot of expo to soften the middle of the stick. I use about +40% expo on this channel, and use the low rates on downwind runs, and when the boat is tracking right, on upwind legs.
The Victoria issue of Model Yachting a year or so ago has a couple of other spektrum programming ideas, using two other switches on the transmitter.
#1988 and #1858...aka Frank's boat