Well, my new Black Horse Chipmonk ARF has those strange devices called flaps. This is something new for this WWI boy. So how do you set the things up?

I'm using an Airtronics RDS8000 2.4g and the manual isn't at all helpful. It tells me to use Ch6 for flaps and I can indeed get the three position switch to move one of the flap servo arms to three positions. But that's as far as I can get. I tried connecting the other flap servo (2 aileron servos and 2 flap servos) using the usual Y-harness but that moves the the servos in opposite directions (as with the ailerons). Do I need some different type of harness? Or is there some setting on the radio?

Then there is the matter of "tradition." Traditionally, which setting on the 3-position switch is zero flap? Do people prefer "away" as zero and "towards" as full flap? Also how do people normally adjust flap settings? I would assume that one would set the zero position. But the manual seems to suggest setting the mid-range setting (50% flaps) first and then using the CPA and EPA to set zero and full flap positions.