Some helicopters (e.g. Airbus H145) have full-time stability augmentation/autpilot systems that connect to all three controls (cyclic, collective, and pedals), so the pedals are on actuators that lets Otto move the pedals as needed to maintain direction. E.g. in more recent builds of the Hype H145 for MSFS, you can actually see the pedals "snap" slightly as you lift off to the position that eliminates any yaw. (Now that I think about that, I guess maybe there is a reason to have FFB on the pedals after all, at least for some aircraft. Earlier, I posted a "why bother?" note about going to the trouble...)
I mean, you can trim pedals in Mi24 - so I'd like FFB pedals for that purpose too. At the moment I have the trim on pedals disabled because, well, I'd rather fly manual pedals all the time than have the horrible trim solutions in software... It's the same reason why I never bothered with force trim when I flew helicopters before I had the Rhino. I just flew the stick without trimming at all times. Worked fine, too.
Working with Dimitar, the main man at https://simfab.com/ to try and get an adaptor for his DCS Flight Sim Modular Cockpit product for the Rhino, along with my 200mm Virpil extension, which causes issues with the height of the grip relative to the chair (arse), and will let you know as and when I get a finished product and how well it goes, because he is a lot less expensive than Monstertech and only lives up the road from me in Boynton Beach, FL - 65 miles N of Miami.
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Hello good people, I am now 18 Rhino's away from my order. I am more of a novice at flight sims but ordered the Rhino last year as it looked fantastic for DCS Helicopters. My question:
I don't have a sim pit, I don't have a fancy setup and I don't have the space for a dedicated sim pit frame. Can I use a normal office chair and a Monster.tech Long Mount? Will I need an S-bend extension with a virpil grip?
I'm in a similar boat. You'll want something sturdy to mount it to and something that will keep you from pushing away from it with the chair. I think an S-bend is almost required, even with the virpil S-bend I wish my stick was a bit closer
Fun video to prepare for the Heatblur F-4. Note especially the section at about 17:30 about stick behaviour in transitions between transonic and supersonic. Will be interesting to see if this is implemented! https://youtu.be/iZiduQboyow
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yes, but its currently a fixed force that doesn't account for heavy grips, offset extensions and additional effects like friction and dampening... watch the vid. If your stick is always perfectly centerd when you let go of it.. then you dont need to enable the feature
Essentially yes - I just used a floor protector like this - https://www.amazon.com/Hardwood-Computer-Low-Pile-Anti-Slip-Protector/dp/B0BHNMBGFR/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=office%2Bchair%2Bfloor%2Bguard&qid=1692216502&sr=8-6&th=1 and then 3m DUALLOCK to mount the base and rudder pedals thereto. However, I use a chair with no wheels, so locking wheels or similar wheel-less chair would be preferable. Nonetheless, will shortly be upgrading to the SimFab cockpit as even with a piles protector, my arse hurts on my current cheap chair, and everything will be much more rigidly mounted with the cockpit than the current setup involving the floor protector and various deskmounts for ancillaries.