Hi. Got life in one axis of my kit build for the first time. (Waiting on belt for other axis) It all

Hi. Got life in one axis of my kit build for the first time. (Waiting on belt for other axis) It all feels really nice, however there is quite a lot of natural dampening going on. I want to use this for helis as well, which will mean I want an almost "floppy" stick with very little resistance/dampening. How can I achieve this ? Natural Damping compensation goes some of the way, but any higher than about 17% and I get sound uncontrolled bouncing off the limits.

Will3DOP•3/18/23, 5:12 AM

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PiNKSH!T•3/18/23, 5:15 AM

nice work m8, what's the 'extra' roller for that looks adjustable, at the fron of the picture touching the belt. Is that just to adjust the belt tension?

PPiNKSH!T nice work m8, what's the 'extra' roller for that looks adjustable, at the fron o...

Will3DOP•3/18/23, 5:21 AM

Thanks. Yes it is for tensioning. Also helps to engage more teeth on the small pulley.

WWill3D Thanks. Yes it is for tensioning. Also helps to engage more teeth on the small p...

ju_caesar•3/18/23, 1:57 PM

Very nice.
Which motors do you use?

Wwalmis Oh jeez, reverse polarity could kill most ICs, depends on luck. That TVS took th...

Smorgus•3/18/23, 5:15 PM

What were the specs for that diode? Looking to replace it

SSmorgus What were the specs for that diode? Looking to replace it

walmis•3/18/23, 5:17 PM

It's SMAJ24A

leninjahd•3/19/23, 4:37 PM

Is there a way to mount the Rhino with the VIRPIl mounts? https://virpil-controls.eu/shop/desk-mounts-adapters.html

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Hextopia•3/19/23, 4:37 PM

You'd need to build an adapter plate for it, and even then I'm not sure if it'd be a good idea given the force the base can put out

leninjahd•3/19/23, 4:38 PM

Is there a better Solution for Center Mounting?

Hextopia•3/19/23, 4:38 PM

I originally thought about doing it for my setup, but ultimately opted with mounting the base to a thick board and sitting my chair on the board

HHextopia I originally thought about doing it for my setup, but ultimately opted with moun...

PiNKSH!T•3/19/23, 4:39 PM

pretty much the exact thing I've done for the time being

HHextopia I originally thought about doing it for my setup, but ultimately opted with moun...

Magpie•3/19/23, 5:16 PM

That's how I started. This is how that board somehow has ended up

MMagpie That's how I started. This is how that board somehow has ended up

skyPickle•3/19/23, 6:44 PM

awesome. Where'd you get that CDU?

Jju_caesar Very nice. Which motors do you use?

Will3DOP•3/19/23, 6:47 PM

86BLF04. The biggest ones.

SskyPickle awesome. Where'd you get that CDU?

ddrake1984•3/19/23, 9:21 PM

Tek Creations

MMagpie That's how I started. This is how that board somehow has ended up

Stoned Kakapo•3/20/23, 2:08 AM

Very sweet build!!

WWill3D Hi. Got life in one axis of my kit build for the first time. (Waiting on belt fo...

walmis•3/20/23, 9:31 AM

The damping compensation is essentially negative damping, so you can find a value that's on threshold of stability. A nudge test is a good indication. If you nudge it and it starts to accelerate it means the value is too big.

Reed•3/20/23, 3:08 PM

That’s amazing.

Wwalmis The damping compensation is essentially negative damping, so you can find a valu...

Will3DOP•3/20/23, 6:10 PM

OK, thank you.

MMagpie That's how I started. This is how that board somehow has ended up

RustBelt•3/20/23, 10:32 PM

It’s a dangerously slippery slope for the poor wallet.

MarshmallowBBQ•3/21/23, 5:17 PM

What is the approximate shipping cost to Indianapolis US for motors kit?

MMarshmallowBBQ What is the approximate shipping cost to Indianapolis US for motors kit?

walmis•3/21/23, 5:24 PM

It's roughly 50EUR using FEDEX for the smaller motors kit

skyPickle•3/21/23, 9:07 PM

dont forget you'lll also get a bill from fedex for $35 for import tariff

SskyPickle dont forget you'lll also get a bill from fedex for $35 for import tariff

TheAmazinGreat•3/21/23, 9:16 PM

Kits might be less than the tariff threshold.

Ye Old Grog•3/21/23, 10:02 PM

I didn't get hit with a tariff for my motor kit

FlatSpin•3/21/23, 10:04 PM

$800 above gets hit into the US.

ddrake1984•3/21/23, 10:37 PM

anything over $1000 in Australia gets hit with Import tax

ddrake1984•3/22/23, 9:01 AM

does anyone have the WinWing F18 grip? for some reason my right hat switch does not work (up/down/left/right), but the push does work

walmis•3/22/23, 9:04 AM

It's mapped to a hat as I recall

walmis•3/22/23, 9:05 AM

@mike_aka_mugs has this grip

Wwalmis It's mapped to a hat as I recall

ddrake1984•3/22/23, 9:10 AM

ah, apologies, it works in DCS, didn't show up to be working in the vpforce program

ddrake1984•3/22/23, 9:10 AM

the button it's assigned to is 45,46,47,48

amadeus•3/23/23, 1:21 AM

Question: when updating firmware, will existing settings be wiped out? Just want to check if I should screenshot them before updootin

Aamadeus Question: when updating firmware, will existing settings be wiped out? Just want...

walmis•3/23/23, 5:46 AM

Nope, it should migrate automatically. But you can always export them to a file as a backup.

PiNKSH!T•3/23/23, 6:26 AM

Ummm bugger, I seem to have lost all my config's. I just did the firmware update & downloaded the newest config app, when I moved my config folder I made to the new app to tidy things up I launched the config app & when I try to import my configs they're gone?

PiNKSH!T•3/23/23, 6:30 AM

I found them

PiNKSH!T•3/23/23, 6:30 AM

amadeus•3/23/23, 6:53 AM

so one question i have -- it would be nice to be able to manually define the center position raw value -- i'm finding that with calibration and tweaks -- it's basically impossible for me to get my Y axis to have 2048 as my center without severely limiting the throw (or I am perhaps doing something wrong?)

amadeus•3/23/23, 6:54 AM

after a calibration and some manual tweaks of the end points -- i have around these settings (was able to tweak X to have 2048 exactly tho

walmis•3/23/23, 6:55 AM

You don't need to

walmis•3/23/23, 6:56 AM

Just run the calibration and the values will be "correct"

amadeus•3/23/23, 6:56 AM

i guess i am confused by this note then:

walmis•3/23/23, 6:57 AM

Yeah, this is for when you are putting on belts, so the motor encoder values are not in between turns.

Aamadeus i guess i am confused by this note then:

PiNKSH!T•3/23/23, 6:57 AM

PiNKSH!T•3/23/23, 6:57 AM

that's mine & my Rhino acts fine

PiNKSH!T•3/23/23, 6:58 AM

though if you don't know it wrong you won't know it's wrong so always ask

PiNKSH!T•3/23/23, 6:58 AM

is mine wrong?

amadeus•3/23/23, 6:58 AM

well each device will be different

amadeus•3/23/23, 6:59 AM

but yeah -- what walmis said makes sense, i should mostly ignore how those C values turn out, since calibration will basically sort that

Hi. Got life in one axis of my kit build for the first time. (Waiting on belt for other axis) It all

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