diff --git a/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/mixers/quad_x_vtol.main.mix b/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/mixers/quad_x_vtol.main.mix
index 4fd323353a..bd332a2688 100644
--- a/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/mixers/quad_x_vtol.main.mix
+++ b/ROMFS/px4fmu_common/mixers/quad_x_vtol.main.mix
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ R: 4x 10000 10000 10000 0
 #mixer for the elevons
 M: 2
 O:      10000  10000      0 -10000  10000
-S: 1 0  10000  10000      0 -10000  10000
-S: 1 1  10000  10000      0 -10000  10000
+S: 1 0  5000  5000      0 -10000  10000
+S: 1 1  5000  5000      0 -10000  10000
 
 M: 2
 O:       10000   10000    0 -10000  10000
-S: 1 0   10000   10000    0 -10000  10000
-S: 1 1  -10000  -10000    0 -10000  10000
+S: 1 0   5000   5000    0 -10000  10000
+S: 1 1  -5000  -5000    0 -10000  10000