Spektrum IX12 Sailplane programming 

My pleasure to help making it less intriguing

David, send me you email an I will send you my spm or ispm file for my ASH-31, that should help you quite a bit to see how I did it and put it up to your taste

James, if you want to use a switch, you can. Do do it that way you want to use the camber preset on the flight mode. You can also map the flap channel to a switch and use digital switch to get the proper output you want on the switch position.

When you use a sailplane most of the rc pilots want to control the air speed with the form of the wings. We use throttle stick because its more precise to use the mix between flaps and ailerons... throttle up high speed with flaps and ailerons a little up, throttle down flaps 90 degrees down and ailerons up, the plane decrease speed very fast also include a elevator mix to limit climbing

He should be able to send the settings to you over the internet

I can only compare to the radio I had on my hands (spektrum, Graupner, multiplex...) and would say it is just a matter of adaptation, we get in habits but using the same tool and when we change technology there is a time to adapt (moving from Win 7 to win10, moving from windows to Mac, moving from IOS to android....). I was not used to android (I use IOS on my phone) so there has been a period to adapt, but after a year I still have it and moved close to all my models to it as I like to form fact, so I guess I overcame the difficulties. My thought is no matter what it will be the trend for the radio to make the end user interface more user friendly, so better adapt now as later it will be probably the main technology for radio either with spektrum or other Brands.

@@StephaneRuelle make sense. It really worries me to have that level of electronic device on my controller. We have all had a computer device quit due to battery, start up issues, corrupt file, or something. Would just hate to spend the money and only get 3 years out of the controller

woogieman02 I understand your concern, my understanding is that android is only an interface and the radio keep priority on the program, even with android not booted up you can control the model, so I feel safe there. As far as longevity, I think Horizon / Spektrum is one of the brand that has the best support for their products, so if issue would rise I am sure that they would be able to support the product long after not sold anymore, they are still supporting the JR 12X and 9303 so I feel confortable with the longevity, but futur will tell for sure.

I really like my IX 12 transmitter. When you're not downloading stuff put it in airplane mode to save power. When you don't need the screen put it to sleep in the settings. The screen sucks up 32% of the power used by your transmitter