Less Reading, More Flying: The GX12 Switch Hack TL;DR

Let's be honest, you saw the length of our last post on setting up Ardupilot flight modes and thought, "absolutely not." We get it. You've got drones to fly, or more realistically, crash. So here's the gist: the Radiomaster GX12 is pretty clever, letting you turn its assortment of top switches into something genuinely useful, like a single six-position switch. Less fumbling, more flying.

The magic happens in two places. First, you dive into the Model Setup menu and find "Customizable Switches." Here you can group the physical switches into a single virtual one, assign some flashy LED colours so you don't arm your drone when you meant to turn on the lights, and tell it how to behave. Once you've created your masterpiece, you pop over to the Mixers page and assign that new group to a channel. Simple, really.

Why bother? Because now you have a dedicated six-position switch for all your Ardupilot flight modes without needing a radio the size of a suitcase. No more cryptic switch combinations to remember in a panic. If this dangerously brief summary has piqued your interest, or you just want to see exactly which menus to prod, the full, unabridged guide awaits your click. Don't say we never do anything for you.