BUILD TUNE RACE RC YACHTS
Know your radio controls
Make the best use of your transmitter

As a player you just want to focus on controlling the controllable - Carli Lloyd
What you need to know
How to use a transmitter menu (Flysky i6)
How to layout the circuit and components on the boat
Operating and setting the Functions menu
Failsafe mode. Lost signal to the boat. Boat sails in circles with sheets eased.
The details
Video of the Flysky i6 setup (14 min)
This is a long post as it explains how the radio controls work. If you know your radio control inside out then please ignore this post. Otherwise read on. Other transmitter brands use similar terms to this page.
How complicated can this be. When I bought my radio system last year I had a transmitter (Flysky i6) with 4 switches, 2 turning knobs, 2 controls that moved 4 ways between them, 4 fine tune buttons and a menu with initially unfathomable navigation. Clearly it was designed for flying a plane or helicopter but it took so long to figure out how to setup 2 channel operation when it could have been so easy.
Putting the bits (receiver, switch, winch, servo) in the boat was little simpler, although I did have to learn how to use a soldering iron so I could replace receiver style connectors with larger XT30U connectors which are more robust in a hostile environment.
So following the RG Winch guide, my layout is as follows. The 1600 mA LIPO battery is connected to a switch fitted on the bulkhead aft of the foredeck. The switch is connected to the RG winch and then to the 3rd channel of the 6 channel receiver. Channel 1 on the receiver is reserved for the rudder servo. Power to the receiver runs through channel 3 so the receiver battery slot is left empty. Note I have removed the switch and added its weight to my correctors in the bottom of the hull.