"I can't recall seeing anything that enabled or disabled the F Mode switch, so maybe yours is actually just faulty... The documentation is pretty non-existent and the menus suck, but it was hardly wasted money for me. A gamble for sure, but so…"

"I had considered that, but the prospect of having to check the position of the knob as I was desperately trying to regain control of my plane didn't appeal to me..."

"I just chose FLP as the slave channel as I wasn't using it, but I can't see why you couldn't choose another one."

"As best I can determine, it is the number of milliseconds since midnight UTC. i.e. to convert it to local time you need to supply the date and add the number of hours for your timezone. Python for a log I few this morning: In [1]: from datetime…"

"I eventually managed to program my Turnigy 9X 3-way switch, the result is great (I think): http://rcav.posterous.com/programming-an-ardupilot-mode-switch-for-turn"

"I eventually managed to program the 3-way switch on the Turnigy 9X: http://rcav.posterous.com/programming-an-ardupilot-mode-switch-for-turn "