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[cassf1]

Hi

I have futaba 6exa it has the 4 stick channels 1 toggle switch for ch5 (gear) 1 toggle switch says AIL/ELEV and 1 twistable switch ch6 (flaps).
I was wondering if it possible to change ch6 to the toggle switch AIL/ELEV.
Back of toggle has 1 orange and 1 black wire
Back of twist switch has 1 orange,1 black and red wires

I tried swapping the oranges round didn't do much does anyone know if the red will need to go on toggle with the black thats there and disconnect the orange and tape it up.Or is this not possible

Thanks

[andyn]

It should be possible to omit the red wire and just have orange and black going to a switch.

[cassf1]

What i want to do is turn the toggle type switch (AIL/ELEV) into channel 6 instead of the rotary switch the red wire is on rotary switch along with an orange and a black

The toggle switch has a black and a orange

So i was thinking disconnect orange from toggle and replace with red from rotary

[andyn]

I don't think you should remove the dual rate switch, that will probably mess it up. New switches are only a few pence each at maplins. Just replace the pot for the switch.

[cassf1]

Thanks which of the 3 wires on the rotary switch would i need

[andyn]

Well if you have an orange and a black on the switch, I presume you need the same off the rotary.

[cassf1]

Don't think I'm doing a good job of explaining this sorry. What i want is to make the functions of the rotary switch which has 3 wires into a toggle switch like channel 5 already is and only has 2 wires

[cassf1]

I thought it would be the orange wire that changes the rate as there one on both the duel rate and the rotary(channel 6)

[Ghost in the shell]

i have the T6EXA, if you want two flick switches, get the V2.  personally its a backwatd step.

oh if you do, bye bye warranty!

best way to do it, is just rig a plug in radio microswitch into the ch6 slot on the rx. 

the dual rates only work on ch1 and 2. 

[OMK]

If I understand your question, are you are looking to simply swap the rotary pot for a toggle switch? If so, then it can be done with your particular transmitter. You will need a single-pole, double-throw (SPDT) toggle switch. A SPDT switch will have three contacts on the rear.
You could even use a centre-off toggle switch, which would effectively give you three positions of the servo: left, neutral and right (the neutral position of the servo would be with the toggle in the centre position). But it's more than likely that you would also need a couple of discreet resistors.

Holler if you need a sketch.

[cassf1]

Hi PMK   

Yeah you have got what i mean. I wanted to turn the rotary switch function into the toggle which is used for duel rate and and have no duel rate. And as you have explained a toggle switch with 3 contacts sounds good so i guess black to middle colour either side for direction.

Now I'm wondering could i use the D/R switch and tape these wires up or do these wires need connecting together (black +orange)

Thanks

[Ghost in the shell]

cass, don't bother, you'll seriously upset it and probably loose functionality on ch1 and 2 as the dual rates are critical to its operation.

[cassf1]

Thanks for the warning after you said that i checked the operation cause i removed the orange wire and connected the other before i posted then changed them back.

Well when i tried channel 1 and 2 they worked fine then flicked the D/R and channel 1 didn't work in this option so i reset the transmitter and now all back to normal

[Ghost in the shell]

cass, sounds to me like you want to function nav lights or something, to be honest, i'd leave ch6 well alone, as your next model may want 5 proportional channels,

you can get very good switches that are momentary or latching, ACTION is one suchg maker, so speak to FLJ and he'll advise you.

[cassf1]

Ok mate thanks for advice and yeah was to opperate two drop doors on a bait boat just thought the two switches on front would be good door 1 and door 2

[Ghost in the shell]

idea...

you have 6 channels, and as its a baiter. it will probably steer like a tank, ie: one motor stops or reverses to make a turn.

plug your esc's into ch1 and ch2, then enter the menus's scroll down to mixing and engage ELV mixing you can then use ch3 to work one servo for hopper 1, then ch6 to work the servo for hopper 2. 

I have manually isolated channels on nord icelandia, so i can function lights without functioning the stern frame.  this gives me another idea.  two springloaded switches either side of a servo.

working diagonally across the servo, use the spring loaded switches to break into the red and white wire of a servo extention lead.  this will go back to a Y-lead from ch5.  use ch6 to work the servo to press the spung switches, and ch5 to function the hoppers.  up for up, down for open.

you can have the servo centred, and the doors closed, flick the ch5 to down, then rotate ch6, that will swing the servo to push the switches.  once they make contact, the hoppers will spring open. rotate ch6 the other way, and it will close the other jhopper switches and *bang* second hopper drops its bait.  flick ch5 back up, the hopper will close, rotate ch6 till it contacts the fiorst set  and that hopper will close. 

[OMK]

Since you now mentioned D/R switches, then, as Ghost has said, I wouldn't recommend you mess with them. Dual-rate functionality is designed specifically for that purpose and it's not easy to adapt them for anything else.
On the other hand, if you wanted a simple swap from rotary to toggle then this sketch would have done the trick.