VPforce Controls•3y ago

Thank you! I think it was good price, I paid double of this for the Komodo. Don't like the 3d print

Thank you! I think it was good price, I paid double of this for the Komodo.
Don't like the 3d print surface though

keem85OP•3/2/23, 9:38 AM

Also I think microhelis stopped selling, but I'm not sure

keem85OP•3/2/23, 9:38 AM

I also need to find a way to bend a tube to fit the Rhino

keem85OP•3/2/23, 9:39 AM

That's the second part of my challenge

ju_caesar•3/2/23, 9:39 AM

It does say for me at least that it is shippable, but with 60 days of production time.

Kkeem85 I also need to find a way to bend a tube to fit the Rhino

ju_caesar•3/2/23, 9:40 AM

Yeah that is quite the challenge. Most companies that could easily do it and to your specifications don't sell to normal consumers like us.

keem85OP•3/2/23, 9:41 AM

I can only dream

Kkeem85 Thank you! I think it was good price, I paid double of this for the Komodo. Don'...

ju_caesar•3/2/23, 9:42 AM

What is the komodo made out of?

keem85OP•3/2/23, 9:43 AM

I think nylon 3d print: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqr8oXySFKw

YouTube3DPRINTUK - Additive for Manufacture

3DPRINTUK - Komodo simulations - MJF12 Case Study

Komodo Simulations manufacture their high end, helicopter control sticks and simulator parts using our Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing service.

Material: Nylon 12

To achieve the professional finish, the raw printed MJF part goes through our polishing and dyeing post processing services.

Parts can be ordered on demand, in any quantity, 24...

keem85OP•3/2/23, 9:45 AM

The creator is very kind and helpful, once you get a hold on him. But he can stop answering for a long time and you have to persistently send him mails to try and wake him up.
Allthough I'm happy with this product, I don't think I will go to him for more.
Microhelis seems like a good option number two.
I just have to do some research on button soldering and tube-bending.
Kind of hard to plan without having all the measurements beforehand.

AAndyHill It would be suprising to me if you could make a custom grip completely without s...

Mike (Mugs)•3/2/23, 9:57 AM

the guys at authentikit do a good job of custom controls and no soldering https://authentikit.org/

AuthentiKit.orgspit40

AuthentiKit - Freeware Flight Control System

Replica Controls for Flight Simulation - Immerse yourself completely

VPforceBot•3/2/23, 12:20 PM

:package:

RHINO #0059 Has Shipped!

AndyHill•3/2/23, 12:31 PM

Those authentikits look kind of interesting but what's wrong with them, prices for stuffs in double digits doesn't sound like 2020's

Polack-1•3/2/23, 12:59 PM

Oh boy, my number is 10 away now. Can hardly believe it.

KKalixto I've got the grip ready, and I moded a thrustmaster with a teensy PCB, my questi...

TheAmazinGreat•3/2/23, 1:23 PM

This looks great! Did you model this yourself? Walmis had mentioned to me in a previous post that with a shift register + an Arduino as an SPI slave you can have both digital and analog inputs to the Rhino/VPForce board. I’m currently in the R&D phase on that but not very far yet.

keem85OP•3/2/23, 6:54 PM

Can the rhino be put the other way around? Base Buttons facing forward.. To t get the grip as close as possible.

Kkeem85 Can the rhino be put the other way around? Base Buttons facing forward.. To t ge...

walmis•3/2/23, 6:55 PM

Yes, definitely

TTheAmazinGreat This looks great! Did you model this yourself? Walmis had mentioned to me in a p...

Kalixto•3/2/23, 7:51 PM

Thks, took some time.

TTheAmazinGreat This looks great! Did you model this yourself? Walmis had mentioned to me in a p...

Kalixto•3/2/23, 7:53 PM

Hope to buy the kit soon so I can finish the build. I'll look into SPI SLAVE ARDUINO

AAndyHill Those authentikits look kind of interesting but what's wrong with them, prices f...

Mike (Mugs)•3/2/23, 8:51 PM

Learn to Solder then

all the 3D print files are free

and you can use their bill of materials as a DIY starter for 10

RustBelt•3/2/23, 10:19 PM

No need to solder that. Just need to make an adapter for the arm itself. Plug the Komodo grip’s plug into the Komodo base to use it only for buttons and use the rhino for the cyclic axis.

RustBelt•3/2/23, 10:21 PM

@andyhill Authentikit is cheap because it’s a kit. You 3d print the big bits, then put em together with hardware and discrete components like hall sensor 3 pins and tact switches.

RustBelt•3/2/23, 10:24 PM

Their hall sensor “unit” is quite slick and easy to put together. And since you get the file, you can design around it easily for whatever you like.
It is kinda chunky though. So it can’t go IN a grip.