Overview of the VBar hardware versions:
| Version | VBar Alu (silver) | VBar Regular (black) | VBar Regular Blueline | Mini VBar (black) | Mini VBar Blueline |
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| Control 4.0 | optional | yes | - | yes | - |
| Control 5.2 Express | - | - | yes | - | yes |
| Control 5.2 Pro | - | optional | optional | optional | optional |
| E-helis less than 1m | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| E-helis more than 1m | yes | yes | yes | - | yes |
| Nitro helis | bedingt | yes | yes | - | - |
| Scale helis | bedingt | yes | yes | - | - |
| Swashplate servos | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Governor | - | optional with V5.2 | optional with V5.2 | optional with V5.2 | optional with V5.2 |
| Latest sensor technology | - | - | yes | - | yes |
Overview of the functions V4, V5 Express and V5:
| Function | V4 | V5 Express | V5 Pro |
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| Control swashplate | V4 | V5 | V5 |
| Control tail rotor | V4 | V5 | V5 |
| Setup wizard | - | yes | yes |
| Preset selector | yes | - | - |
| Direct setup tabs | - | - | yes |
| 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 | 4 |
| Swashplate 120 ° | yes | yes | yes |
| Swashplate 120° rev. | yes | yes | yes |
| Swashplate 90° | yes | yes | yes |
| Swashplate mech. mixing | yes | yes | yes |
| Custom swashplate | yes | - | yes |
| Swash rotation | yes | - | yes |
| Geometry correction | switchable | always on | switchable |
| Swash servo types | digital/analog | digital | digital/analog |
| Cyclic adjustment | Calculation at www.vstabi.de | Adjustment during setup | Precision adjustment during setup |
| Collective adjustment | yes | Adjustment during setup | Precision adjustment during setup |
| Pitch pump | yes | - | yes |
| Cyclic ring | adjustable | fixed | adjustable |
| CCPM fine trim | yes | - | yes |
| Heck servo type | all | all | all |
| Voltage monitoring | - | yes (not Regular w/o spektrum) | yes (not Regular w/o spektrum) |
| Vibration monitoring | - | yes | yes |
| Autotrim | yes | yes | yes |
| Optimizer swasplate | yes | - | yes |
| Pre torque compensation | adjustable | fixed | adjustable |
| Optimizer tail | yes | - | yes (2) |
| Agility settings | yes | Dual rate at TX | yes |
| Flight style settings | - | yes | yes |
| Expert settings swashplate | yes (7) | - | yes (5) |
| Tail gyro gain settings | yes | Aux channel | yes |
| Stick expo | adjustable | fixed on | adjustable |
| Gyro modes | HH/Rate | HH | HH/Rate |
| Expert settings tail rotor | yes (13) | - | yes (12) |
| Bankswitch | yes (4) | - | yes (4) |
| Extended vibration display (Spektrum analyzer) | - | - | yes |
| Event logfile | - | - | yes |
| Governor | - | - | 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.