macaddicted

A newbie question: what do you usually use a 7th channel for? I've been looking at the 6 and 7 channel radios and I can't figure out what I would control with the 7th channel.

Thanks

LesUyeda

1. Ailerons
2. Elevator
3. Throttle
4. Rudder
5. Retracts
6. Flaps
7. Bomb Drop
8. Sliding Canopy
9. Smoke

Les

Thud_Driver

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http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_20...tm.htm#2048210

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_17...tm.htm#1750935

Stop thinking in terms of Y harnesses, Y pushrods, rudder/nosewheel on same servo, etc. Start thinking in terms of a servo(s) per surface, or a servo per function and then a channel per servo. Use the programming and mixes in the radio to set it all up. Of course we're talking airplanes a little more advanced than simple trainers here.

Ever wonder what to do with those seemingly useless rotary knobs on the transmitter? Use a separate servo for nose wheel steering and mix the rudder to the rotary knob channel. Now you can set up the nose wheel to move when the rudder moves without the trim affecting it. You use the knob to adjust the centering and you can set the throw independently of the rudder.

ZAGNUT

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even with a seemingly simple plane like the ultra-stick you can eat up channels:

1. throttle
2. ailerons
3. ailerons
4. flaps
5. flaps
6. elevator
7. elevator
8. rudder

by having each control surface on its own channel instead of paired to a single channel with a "Y" allows all kinds of interesting mixing like "crow" and "tailerons" to be used.

still need another channel for smoke[]

dave