Versions overview

Overview of the Standard VBar and Mini VBar hardware versions:

Version VBar Alu (silver)

VBar Standard (black)

VBar Standard Blueline
Silverline

Mini VBar (black)

Mini VBar Blueline
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Control 4.0 yes yes - yes -
Control 5.3 Express - - yes - yes
Control 5.3 Pro - optional optional optional optional
Control 6.0 Pro   yes** yes** yes** yes**
VPlane for VBC   yes** yes** yes** yes**
E-helis less than 1m yes yes yes yes yes
E-helis more than 1m yes yes yes - yes
Nitro helis partly yes yes - -
Scale helis partly yes yes - partly
Swashplate servos 4 4 4 3 3
Governor - optional with Pro optional with Pro optional with Pro* optional with Pro*

  ** V6 Pro for helicopters and airplanes is only available in combination with VBar Control usage.

 

Overview of the helicopter functions V4, V5 Express, V5 Pro and V6 for Standard VBar and Mini VBar:

Function V4
V5 Express
V5 Pro
V6 Pro**
Firmware logo
Control swashplate V4 V5 V5V6**
Control tail rotor V4 V5 V5V6**
Setup wizard - yes yesyes
Preset selector yes - -yes
Direct setup tabs - - yesyes
Standard reciever yes yes yes-
Single line yes yes yes-
Spektrum satellites yes (not Regular w/o spektrum) yes (not Regular w/o spektrum) yes (not Regular w/o spektrum)-
Sensor alignments 4 4 44
Swashplate 120 ° yes yes yesyes
Swashplate 120° rev. yes yes yesyes
Swashplate 90° yes yes yesyes
Swashplate mech. mixing yes yes yesyes
Custom swashplate yes - yesyes
Swash rotation yes - yesyes
Geometry correction switchable always on switchablealways on
Swash servo types digital/analog digital digital/analogdigital
Cyclic adjustment Calculation at www.vstabi.de Adjustment during setup

Adjustment during setup

Adjustment during setup
Collective adjustment yes Adjustment during setup Adjustment during setupAdjustment during setup
Pitch pump yes - yesyes
Cyclic ring adjustable fixed adjustableadjustable
CCPM fine trim yes - yesyes
Heck servo type all all allall
Voltage monitoring - yes (not Regular w/o spektrum) yes (not Regular w/o spektrum)yes (adjustable with App for VBC)
Vibration monitoring - yes yesyes
Autotrim yes yes yesyes
Optimizer swasplate yes - yesyes
Pre torque compensation adjustable fixed adjustableadjustable
Optimizer tail  yes - yes (2)yes (2)
Agility settings yes Dual rate at TX yesyes
Flight style settings - yes yesyes
Expert settings swashplate yes (7) - yes (5)yes
Tail gyro gain settings yes Aux channel yesyes
Stick expo adjustable fixed on adjustableadjustable
Gyro modes HH/Rate HH HH/RateHH
Expert settings tail rotor yes (13) - yes (12)yes
Bankswitch yes (4) - yes (4)yes (4)
Extended vibration display
(Spektrum analyzer)
- - yesyes (live in VBC)
Event logfile - - yesyes
Governor - - yes*yes
PC software yes yes yes-
MAC software yes yes yes-
Control panel software yes yes yes-
PDA software yes - --
Mobile phone software (Symbian) yes yes / 5.2 only Android yes / 5.2 only Android-

 * The e-Governor in the mini can be enabled if used with single line, satellites or bus receivers.

  ** V6 Pro for helicopters and airplanes is only available in combination with VBar Control usage.