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Ken Read Profile on his Move into IOMs….!!

I managed to miss this article last year. A pretty nice piece on Ken Read (Americas Cup and Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, I think) and Ken’s move into IOMs.

A nice read (sic)

Beginners Guide to Transmitters : Installing “Ken Read” Reaching/Downwind Mode on Futaba T6K…!!

We have just published version 9 of our Radio Sailing Guide for the Futaba T6k.

Earlier this year, mega-star yachtsman, Ken Read published a one hour Youtube video on setting up the DF95. The last part of the video is about exploiting the transmitter.

In his concept, he uses one of his two-position switches to give himself an upwind mode and a reaching/downwind mode for mainsheet sensitivity.

We have taken this idea and added it to our “Advanced Topics” section of the manual. We have used a three position switch on the Futaba to give us Normal, Pinch and Puff Modes. We have integrated Ken Read’s idea into our “Puff Mode”. See section 4.2.3.3 of our manual to see how you can give it a try.

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