Okay I didn't know what you meant with channel order so I looked it up and followed the rabbit hole and was finally able to make it work thank you very much (would have been useful if it would have been described what channel order is so that other newbs don't have to climb mount doom alone). For anyone new having the same issue: "Default channel order determines the order in which the four primary controls (Rudder, Elevator, Aileron, and Throttle) are inserted on channels 1-4 when creating
a new model... Any order of the 4 primary controls (T, A, E, and R) can be selected. TAER is the default for Spektrum/JR, and AETR is the default for Futaba/Hitec" (
http://open-txu.org/home/undergraduate-courses/radio-setup/beginning-radio-setup/). It worked for me when I created a new model in AETR (which is strange as its a Spektrum receiver). Anyway now things are finally working cheers!