Creeper and 4WS

I decided to finally do some searching on how to use the wonderful Spektrum DX6i radio to setup for 4WS.

Currently, I have each steering servo on a separate channel.  This is good as it allows me to independently control front and rear steering.  the downside is that if I want to do crab crawl or tight turning, I have to do some additional focus on how to move the sticks.  My searching brought me to this post on rccrawler.com.  The poster goes through how to setup the available custom mixing to allow changing to and from the crab and tight steering.  this setup allows for 2 of the switches to be configures to turn on and off the 2 additional modes, while still allowing full independent control of the steering servos.  Now this poster's setup is slightly different than what I want, and I was able to easily make modifications to the setup to suit how I control my crawler.  And I even documented step-by-step how I did my setup:

Spektrum DX6i setup for Venom Creeper with 4WS:

Radio mode: 2

Throttle: DIG

Rudder: Front Steering

Aileron: Rear Steering

Elevator: Throttle

Gear: Remote Diff locker

Flap: Lights

1. Turn on your radio
2. Verify that you have correct model selected.
3. Click the scroll wheel to enter settings mode.
4. Move scroll wheel until the Mix 1 is highlighted.
5. Click the scroll wheel, now you'll see the mix screen.
6. Configure MIX 1 as follows:
1. Scroll to INH, click scroll wheel.
2. Scroll to change to ACT, click scroll wheel.
3. Scroll to first selection (default value THRO), click scroll wheel.
4. Scroll to RUDD, click scroll wheel.
5. Scroll to next selection (default value THRO), click scroll wheel.
6. Scroll to AILE, click scroll wheel.
7. Scroll to 4th selection (RATE: L value), click scroll wheel.
8. Scroll to +100 value, click scroll wheel.
9. Scroll to 5th selection (RATE: R value), click scroll wheel.
10. Scroll to +100 value, click scroll wheel.
11. Scroll to 6th selection (SW: default value ON) , click scroll wheel.
12. Scroll to ELE D/R, click scroll wheel.
13. Scroll to 7th selection (TRIM: default value INH), click scroll wheel.
14. Scroll to ACT, click scroll wheel.
15. Scroll to LIST, click scroll wheel to exit MIX 1 setup.
7. Back at ADJUST LIST menu, scroll wheel to MIX 2, and click scroll wheel.
8. Configure MIX 2 as follows:
1. Scroll to INH, click scroll wheel.
2. Scroll to change to ACT, click scroll wheel.
3. Scroll to first selection (default value THRO), click scroll wheel.
4. Scroll to RUDD, click scroll wheel.
5. Scroll to next selection (default value THRO), click scroll wheel.
6. Scroll to AILE, click scroll wheel.
7. Scroll to 4th selection (RATE: L value), click scroll wheel.
8. Scroll to -100 value, click scroll wheel.
9. Scroll to 5th selection (RATE: R value), click scroll wheel.
10. Scroll to -100 value, click scroll wheel.
11. Scroll to 6th selection (SW: default value ON) , click scroll wheel.
12. Scroll to AIL D/R, click scroll wheel.
13. Scroll to 7th selection (TRIM: default value INH), click scroll wheel.
14. Scroll to ACT, click scroll wheel.
15. Scroll to LIST, click scroll wheel to exit MIX 1 setup.
9. Back at ADJUST LIST menu, scroll to Main, and click scroll wheel to exit.

This setup helps a lot, especially when needing to drive in a specific mode for an extended time.  Now I just need to get the trims sorted out.