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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #25 on: December 02, 2007, 10:27:09 am »
I have a Skysport 6 (T6YFK) TX (purchased about 6 or 7 years ago) and recently obtained a Y-MA8036 spring return kit after a months wait. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be the right kit for my TX. It appears that the axle on the stick is too big for the arm.  Am I doing something wrong or is there another kit for this TX?


My local model shop can't get a kit without knowing the part number!  :(

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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #26 on: December 02, 2007, 10:49:49 am »
Is it possible to go the other way and get a ratchet (or two) kit for a Futaba 6EXA or 6EXP, so I'd have non centering sticks on left and right?
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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2007, 12:07:06 pm »
Hi Andy,

I'll do you a swap - I have ratchets on both stick on my 6EXAP and want to change them both to centering. I'll have your spring centers and you can have my ratchetS
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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #28 on: December 02, 2007, 12:31:51 pm »
Ah, problem there, Wombat. I haven't bought the gear yet!  ::) I'm going to get the restoration done first, and it's taking a bit longer than I thought it might.

Does answer my question, though, you can have a ratchet on both sticks. Did yours come like that or did you have them fitted? And I was wondering why you wanted to go back to centering? I'd have thought non-centering sticks would have been easier for a twin throttle set up.

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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #29 on: December 02, 2007, 12:56:56 pm »
Ahh, well - cut back to plan A.....

The set came with one stick self centering and one on ratchet - I got a Robbe F1545 from Westbourne to do the conversion.

I find the ratchets on the twin screws a bit of a pain - but if I get a self centering kit, it does mean I can try both alternatives and see what I prefer.
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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #30 on: December 02, 2007, 02:12:52 pm »
Last question! Easy job to do? [or maybe if I buy it from Westbourne, they could could fit it before delivery!]
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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #31 on: December 02, 2007, 04:21:30 pm »
Replacing the spring return with a rachet - dead easy - took me about five minutes.
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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #32 on: December 02, 2007, 04:51:09 pm »
To get self centering sticks on the skysport just remove the spring and lratchet assembly which is very eary to do.

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Re: Can u change ratchet stick on trany to a center loaded spring?
« Reply #33 on: December 02, 2007, 05:07:21 pm »
On my Skysport if you remove the ratchet without adding a spring return arrangement the stick just flops about - not what I'm after at all.  :(

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