I fly Futaba 9z and 9c.

I set-up separate dual rates for Elevator, Rudder, and Ailerons, each with alot of expo. I don't see much point in "weaning" off expo. Expo smooths the flying and lets you fly on high rate all the time. My goal is to adjust throw and expo to a point where I am comfortable at high rate all the time. I use the default switches for these.

I set up flaperons and spoilerons on switch c (also the default, front switch just to the right of center). Center position is no mix, up is elev -> flap (up elev -> down ailerons), down if elev -> spoiler (up elev -> up ailerons).

I set the left rear switch on the top (which is spring loaded) as a throttle kill switch on all my planes. The sliders I use for choke on gas planes, and the other switches I leave for programmable mixes, usually to make Knife-Edge flight easier. Once I get the mix right, I usually take it off a switch and make it active all the time.


Once I have a fun-fly dialed in, I fly most of the time on high rates with high expo and with elev -> flap active including take-off and landing. I use the flaperons for STOL, although fun-fliy planes don't really need it.

I would repeat the warning to be careful with switches, and I try to remember to check my switches before each flight. I once was demonstrating my programming to another pilot - A few minutes later I took off, but with spoilerons (not flaperons) active. This kills the lift. To make matters worse, I did my usual cross-runway takeoff. The plane stayed stuck to the ground and ran into the tall grass at high speed. This broke both elevator counter-balances off and made me look foolish. TOC pilots have crashed planes because of similar mistakes, so be careful.

Leonard