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Remember that Channel Mapping is used to set the input channels for your
transmitter. This means that you are setting the channels used to monitor physical
movements or positions of your transmitter’s sticks, switches, and knobs. Unless you
change transmitters, you should only need to set this once. Only use the Channel
Mapping… menu item to tell RealFlight which channel your controller is using for
each stick/knob/switch input, not what control function you want that
stick/knob/switch to perform.
The Software Radio controls mixing, exponential, and other channel processing that a
computer radio would normally perform. The Software Radio determines the control
function you want each stick/knob/switch setting to perform. You will most likely
want to adjust this differently for various aircraft. For example, the mixing utilized for
your glider will probably not be very useful on a jet.
The Electronics options modify the servo properties (e.g., servo speed) as well as
adjusting the input channels in the same way as the Channel Mapping… wizard.
However, changes made using the Electronics options only apply to the particular
aircraft that you are editing. Use the Electronics options only when you want to edit a
specific servo property (like servo speed) or if for some reason you need to reassign an
input channel for only one aircraft. In most cases, you should not need to do the latter.
Instead, you should normally use the software radio to configure control outputs.
A good rule of thumb: if a setting will not be the same for every aircraft, you should not try to
implement the setting by using the Channel Mapping… menu item. Instead, adjust the Software
Radio.