Tag Archives: DF95

Radiomaster Ratchet on Throttle/Winch Joystick..!!

Are you a mainsheet ratchet fan? I admit that I am, but at our club opinion is pretty passionately divided !!

In my transmitter collection, the Futabas have a ratchet as standard and the Spektrums have a ratchet you can switch on and off from outside the front cover (nice!).

However, I always thought that Radiomaster has no ratchet capability. It turns out that is probably true for my Radiomaster Pocket,… but if you have a Radiomaster with AG01 or AG02 CNC machined gimbals (eg Boxer or TX15 ) there is a ratchet in there. You do have to go inside to switch it on/off or adjust it though.

Ratchet and gimbal tension are both screw adjustable on a simple (crude!) pair of spring friction levers inside. You might also need a little “hack” if you find your ratchet adjustment spring sticks on the adjustment screw thread.

This little video (below) is a tour of the whole AG01 Gimbal joystick. (worth watching if you have a Radiomaster). If you skip forward to minute 4’15” you will arrive at the video section about adjusting the ratchet and gimbal tension – with the “hack” !!

Click here to see it:-

https://youtu.be/K8aRgndgyp0

Running an Open Meeting or Championship?? Thinking of WhatsApp for The Event ??

For quite a while at Datchet, we’ve been thinking about using WhatsApp Groups at Open Meetings and Championships.

We have trialled it at a 10R Ranking and then at the DF95 Nationals. We used it for PRO announcements and live scoring after each race.

It was popular!

Click here to see what we learned :

Datchet Team Do Well at the DF95 Nationals !!

(Craig receiving 2nd prize from Jim!)

Datchet Radio Sailing had a team of six members attend the 52 boat DF95 Nationals at East Kent – plus Jim and Richard on Race Team.

The team put on a great show with some really strong performances. Nigel had a terrific fourth, and Craig was a brilliant second in the Championship – only losing by one place in the final race …. very exciting !!

Click here to see the final Results