Given the popularity of our radio sailing Beginners Guides to Radiomaster, we have additionally produced a PDF download version of our Radiomaster programming website.
The website will always have the latest thinking on there, so check the website pages if you can. You can access it by clicking on RADIOS on the MENU of this website and you’ll be able to select Radiomaster/Futaba/Spektrum there.
Click here to download the printable manual:-
Our 2025 pdf downloadable transmitter manuals for Radio Sailing Beginners have so far been popular. As I write, the Beginners Guide to programming the Radiomaster has been downloaded 1,075 times in a bit under a year. Doesn’t sound like many? Well according to AI there are only around 19,000 radio sailors in the World. Makes you think.
To upgrade the Datchet Radio Sailing manuals to include some really sexy radio sailing transmitter ideas, we built a website for each brand – we have Radiomaster, Futaba and Spektrum Manuals online now.
If you haven’t seen them, look for the button saying “RADIOS” on the menu (bar or button) of this Club website.
Naturally we thought the websites would sort of take over the popularity. Then something else unexpected happened – the number pdf downloads of the Beginner Manuals actually accelerated and increased.
Consequently now we’re wondering if the websites need to have pdf downloadable versions of their content. Perhaps readers prefer a repined manual to work from.
It wouldn’t take long to do. Let us know what you think!!
On Radiomaster, quite a few of us at Datchet notice a little shimmering on the mainsheet winch… a little shiver or judder. You can feel it best with your fingertip on top of the winch drum screw. It doesn’t seem to present any issues while sailing, but it would be nice to get rid of it. It happens not when sheeted right in or out, but is there in the centre on the mainsheet travel.
Our man in Australia says to try replacing our ceramic antenna ERC receivers with an ER6. NB has done this on the VISS.
However, this weekend, PH suggested he has found the answer by setting the Transmitter packet rate from the original 500/sec to 333/sec.
Very easy to do. Go to the ExpressLRS button of your transmitter system page.
Just access your ExpressLRS button on the Transmitter software to see where you adjust the PacketTransmission Rate.
You can see the field you need to change in this blocked are of the photo. Try that on “333 Full” and see what you get.
I’ve tried this on an ER5Ci receiver with a TX15 this morning. I’d swear my shimmering winch is reduced, but sadly not completely eliminated. It might be specific to the TX15 – we just don’t know yet.
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