What’s the mounting situation on a MonsterTech base? I see the adapter in the form but is it functio
What’s the mounting situation on a MonsterTech base? I see the adapter in the form but is it functionally fine with the force feedback and such?
AI don't know about the Monstertech base, but whatever your solution, it will need to be solid through and through. The Rhino weighs over 5kg, but that's just the start. It's going to push and pull and shake and rattle a lot if you use it at high settings. My gut feeling is that aluminum profile -based setups (like I think monstertech is) are fine as long as they are very solidly attached to something really sturdy and heavy
II’m about to hook mine up to a monster tech desk mount. We’ll see how it does. I can post in a day or two
ANo issues yet
M
same
KIt feels as smooth, if not smoother than a high end non ffb base, such as the Virpil WarBRD. Yes, that smooth! I was a skeptic until I got mine, too. You will be pleased.
NAlright noted, the standard table-mounted MonsterTech probably isn’t gonna do then
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is SMOOooth........ 
I fly VR only and I can't tell whether it's sticking up in some viscous fluid or suspended by 
sLYes, smoother than Gunfighter MK II (which is a smooth base)
IJust got home to check mine out. Looks really nice. Unfortunately with the monstertech mount it doesn’t come with hardware. So gonna have to run to the hardware store before I can try it
AWhat’s missing from what they sent you?
IBolts and nuts to connect to the base. But no big deal really. I guess I’m not really sure if that’s to be expected or not.
TFreejoy?
WYeah, it's a good idea to start adding those along it with the plate 
Gjust a question, how does the FFB feel with 200mm Virpil's extension?
AHow odd, those have always been included when I’ve ordered
MGood but I wouldn't turn down having stronger motors
Gand is it possible to modify Rhino's with a stronger motor?
MThere's a kit you can use to start making your own with stronger motors. A lot of inventive people here have taken a myriad of approaches with them
INo biggie. But yeah doesn’t hurt!
J!status
VHey @jakesixx33,
So the last Shipped RHINO is #0073 on 2023-04-06
Average waiting time from preorder to shipped is 150 days, median is 190 days, max is 214 days
74 Rhinos are shipped in total
So the last Shipped RHINO is #0073 on 2023-04-06
Average waiting time from preorder to shipped is 150 days, median is 190 days, max is 214 days
74 Rhinos are shipped in total
T@walmis can you confirm that the motor axle of the 86BLF04 is as in the picture, 12,7mm diameter with two flats?
WYep, that's correct
Nso i have been thinking of making a ffb joystick of my own and while the hardware side is not really a problem for me i dont know much about the software side
Nso my question was what kinda software are you using and would it also be usable for brushed motors?
TThe kits that walmis has for sale come with all the electronics and the software used to configure the electronics can be found on the VPForce website. All the kits have brushless motors. The electronics and motors are sold together so the only DIY part of the kit is the hardware. You can not buy the motors separate from the main board or vice versa.
Nhmm
Nso you need the main board to even drive ant motor?
Nwould there be a possibility of me getting the data from/to the pc with a custom pcb?
TThe VPForce mainboard handles communication with your PC. The motors for sale here need some anti-cogging configuration which is also built in so with this kit you only need to make and attach it to a gimbal.
TThere is no plug and play, bring your own motor or mainboard option. I suppose you could but you would be redoing everything that has been done already for no reason.
IIs there a way to transfer the button settings from the virpil base to the vp base on DCS? Or do I gotta start from scratch on configuring all the aircraft
KGotta start over, sadly.
IDang. Alright thanks.
Nexcept money
Nare there schematics availeble?
NThere’s a pdf with the Rhino base dimensions in the #
faq channel, if that’s enough
faq channel, if that’s enoughNAnd then this from #
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MI implemented the USB HID/FFB spec on a STM32 for brushed motor. Everything in that was a pain and full of bugs, there are really few examples and the specs date from 1999. The brushed motors are also quite coggy for larger motor, they tend to be really hard to backdrive when forcing in the opposite direction, I sheared off a few couplers while testing. Using 3 phases motor with anti-cogging like the VPForce is the correct way to do it.
The very-dry specs:
https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/pid1_01_0.pdf
The USB descriptor for a normal joystick is like 100 bytes. For FFB, its like 1500 bytes, and if you got 1 byte wrong, Windows will just throw an error without telling you where it could not interpret the descriptor
The very-dry specs:
https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/pid1_01_0.pdf
The USB descriptor for a normal joystick is like 100 bytes. For FFB, its like 1500 bytes, and if you got 1 byte wrong, Windows will just throw an error without telling you where it could not interpret the descriptor
II have the long length monstertech desk mount and it works just fine. It flexes a bit if you have it full strength pulling back to the stops but that’s pretty rare if ever in DCS. And I can’t tell any flex in vr. It’s plenty solid.
IOnly issue is it’s pretty wide so legs go around the base and it’s probably near the limit of comfort but not bad at all. Probably better as a moms tech type chair or floor mount. But if that’s what you got like I do it works just fine. I’ve only played with it for a couple hours now but it seems like a real game changer.
NHmm I’ll have to read through that
NThe reason im thinking of using brushed is because i have some reaaallyy nice brushed maxon motors and they’ve been rotting away without getting used for a while so I thought this would be a good use for them
JHi @nospooky , check this great project,I found it randomly on youtube.
It is based on Arduino and it works for directX standar FFB.
It look well developed and I think it may suits your maxon DC motors.
https://github.com/gagagu/Arduino_FFB_Yoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DBrOv4p11c&t=7s
It is based on Arduino and it works for directX standar FFB.
It look well developed and I think it may suits your maxon DC motors.
https://github.com/gagagu/Arduino_FFB_Yoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DBrOv4p11c&t=7s
GitHub
Flightsim FFB Yoke with Arduino. Contribute to gagagu/Arduino_FFB_Yoke development by creating an account on GitHub.
YouTubegagagu
It is an ongoing Project with no success guarantee.
See more Info on https://github.com/gagagu/Arduino_FFB_Yoke
If you like you can join on my Discord for questions and talk
https://discord.gg/zrYUcJWu7F
See more Info on https://github.com/gagagu/Arduino_FFB_Yoke
If you like you can join on my Discord for questions and talk
https://discord.gg/zrYUcJWu7F
SI'm pretty interested in the DIY kit so I can build it into my sim rig floor board, for a proper stock height and setup, even a dual stick setup for trainer
MIn recent or upcoming software update 2 bases will be able to be slaved to each other for 2 seaters through the standard usb connection
SNice. I have a Brunner FFB base right now, It's good but any sustained force and it clocks out after 20 seconds
SAnd can't really mount it to under the floor