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I found that using traditional throttle control for modes with altitude hold is not convinient for me. For example I want to fly with alt hold at 2 meters, but without sonar. Sonar doesn't work for me now because of low temp (-12C) or maybe snow absorbs sound very good, I'm planning check it. In my room sonar works, but room is too small to fly :) So, I'm using only baro, and altitude slowly drifts with pressure drift, and I need to correct it. But after each correction I need to search deadzone by throttle stick, wich became very narrow in 2.9.

I'm using now alternative control settings. Throttle stick now centered like pitch (named "Altitude" on the image), so to hold current altitude I need to simply release "Altitude" stick. But for manual throttle modes I need another control, I have selected "LD". Both controls mixed to CH3 and limited to -100%...+100%.

Here is instructions for Futaba 8FG:

1. Open radio and remove panel to have both sticks centered.

2. FUNCTION menu: CH3 THR -> LD

(I have also disabled all trimmers)

3. END POINT menu: set travel and end point for THR to -100%...+100%

4. PROG. MIX menu: select any prog mix channel (I'm using #2) and set parameters to mix THR with J3

5. Check result with SERVO display