I have a 9CH. For sailplanes, he H version has some switches that are in different spots then tha A version, so I bought the H version.

I use two switches on the right side for timers, one going up and one going down depending on why I am timing. I have a three position switch on the right side of the radio (to the left of the timer switches) that is now my standard rate switch, so all planes get 3 rates and I set up R/E/A for each set. I don't set an aileron rate switch and an elevator rate swith. I basically set up three personalities for each plane that have the surfaces balanced according to that personality.

This link shows the 9CH radio (bottom picture)
http://www.servocity.com/html/9ca_an...fferences.html


The one marked Throttle hold is my up timer (up witch) and the one below it (D) is my count down timer (the down switch). To the left is the three position tripple rate switch I use for all my planes. Tripples personalities get set up immediately then I tune them a I tune the plane. I love it!

For anyone else reading this, the 7CA is shown here so you can see the switches.
http://www.servocity.com/html/7ca_transmitter.html