Hi everyone first of all congrats on an awesome site.....I have just purchased a VG6000 transmitter which is configerd for mode 1
I desperatly want to change this to mode 2 but there is no info in manual to help me. I have changed the springs and ratchet inside the set but can not change mode....Can any one help me....I have rearanged servos in receiver to what I want in the mean time but this will bring me a mixed bag of problems in the long term for mixing controls.

I would send an inquirey here:

[email protected]

Good luck

O.K thanks will send e-mail now....but going flying tomorow so if anyone can help please leave post as I dout I will receive a reply by then.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I do not think stick mode is programmable by the "end user." I think it has to be done by Airtronics or a service center.

I thought that initally but the diagram in the manual shows the set in mode 2 but my set came mode 1 and as 95% of pilots use mode 2 here in Australia I will struggle to find an instructor....I haven't had relpy from airtronics yet but early days.
Thanks for your post

I believe carrellh will be correct but I believe this is not correct 100% of the time so I did not mention it. I wanted Airtronics to break the bad news to you. Drop a PM to RCKen(moderator), he flies Airtronics almost exclusively and may know the answer also.

BTW - When you get a definate answer let us know please.

Just tried to send message to RCKEN but came back as his message bank full and could not send.......I am new on this site is there another way I can contact him.[]

Tony,
Sorry for the problem with my inbox. It's full right now because they're having a problem with archiving PM's at the moment. I like to save my PM's so that I have them for future reference. Anyway, I went through them and found some I could safely delete, so I can receive PM's again.

Anyway, about your problem. While it's possible that you could change the Mode on your radio yourself, you might want to consider sending it in to Airtronics to have it done. Here is what needs to be done to convert it to Mode 2.
1. Remove the ratcheting mechanism for the throttle on the right gimbal and move it to the left gimbal.
2. Remove the throttle potentiometer for the throttle on the right stick and move to the left stick.
3. Remove the elevator potentiometer for the elevator on the left stick and move it to the right stick.
4. Reset and recenter the potentiometers for throttle and elevator. This one is the difficult one.

Keep in mind that when I say "remove" them you don't actually have to disconnect the wiring for the potentiometers, but rather just take them off of the mounts on the gimbal and move them to the other gimbal. Usually the wiring is long enough to move them around because Airtronics makes them so they can be set as either Mode 1 or 2 with the same components.

The hard part of making this change is getting the potentiometers recentered. Airtronics is setup to do this easily in their facilities, but you'll have to do it by trail and error. You'll need to center sticks and the trims before putting the potentiometers in place. While you have them removed make sure you don't move the pots at all. When you put them back into the other gimbal try to make sure you keep them as close to the original position as possible. After reassembling the radio you may notice that you have issues with the amount of throw or the centers of a channel, if so you'll need to open the radio back up and adjust the centers of the potentiometer for that channel.

Hope this helps

Ken

Hi Ken
Thanks for your e-mail. I have already done the ratchet and gimble conversion, its just the electronis side of it that I need to do. I suspected that swaping over the potentiometer sockets would be the go, but was hesitant to try as I didn't want to risk catastrophic failure to a brand new unit....I will try what you said and advise on the outcome....Once again thanks for your time and advise Regards Tony