Finishing joint third in our fleet popularity poll, we have the Spektrum transmitter. (see above!)

We have war stories and praise in equal measure, but Craig is a big fan .. and he gets five votes obviously 🙂 RW adores them – he owns four!

I’ve been ploughing around the internet looking for what radio sailing beginners really need in way of user manuals, and found this…. Have you seen it?

The link to the Radio Sailing Manual below is for the DX6e. The current model at the time of writing seems to be the DX8e…. we shall start work on a radio sailing manual for that soon and publish it as a download on this website.

https://www.amyaclubs.org/HomeImages/HowTo/40.pdf

Honestly, I’m a wuss about these things – and just knowing this manual is available makes a huge difference to my personal views. This manual just makes it all so easy. It takes a lot of the “learner fear” away. Print it out and take a look for yourself. (Only 27 pages and all about radio sailing. My Futaba manual has 167 pages and radio sailing is not mentioned even once. Honestly…)

However I already just added a Radiomaster Pocket to my Futaba in the household transmitter-stable… and if I have to learn a third platform, my head will explode. I might end up with more transmitters than boats at this rate. Then I’d be single again.

(PS A note to Futaba fans : it looks like this Spektrum DX8e model has an adjustable ratchet on the mainsheet joystick)