As far as I can tell I haven't seen any of these seats be anything but cheap, some manufacturers jus

As far as I can tell I haven't seen any of these seats be anything but cheap, some manufacturers just charge more for them, bit like audio equipment in that regard, Don't have much size on you, just about 6' (183cm), albeit 210lbs (before breakfast

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As for fitting the rhino, I just stacked some 2x4 to create a pedestal, and attached it straight to the floor with wood screws

Bob BushmanOP•5/8/24, 9:58 AM

haven't found the center cut out all that important, as I have mostly opted to go without an extension on the rhino.
And the Boeing pit center mount is so ridiculously high it served no function in the basic configuration.

BBob Bushman As far as I can tell I haven't seen any of these seats be anything but cheap, so...

Touch_Of_Legend•5/8/24, 10:05 AM

A man after my own heart!

When I finish the chair I’ll post it for you guys but my idea is to basically just mount the Rhino to a carpeted piece of 3/4 plywood hahahaha

Bob BushmanOP•5/8/24, 10:06 AM

If there was a contest for "jank mount" I think I would be a top contender..
📃general

BBob Bushman If there was a contest for "jank mount" I think I would be a top contender.. htt...

Touch_Of_Legend•5/8/24, 10:40 AM

We do the best we can with what we have

Bob BushmanOP•5/8/24, 10:40 AM

Isn't dumb if it works, and I can't see it in VR anyway

TTouch_Of_Legend There are a few flight chairs with the center cut out. Cheap version are from N...

VKNG•5/8/24, 1:56 PM

Thanks a lot! Again, another great response to my question!

Duchess ✈•5/8/24, 6:06 PM

I think the NLR chair is pretty comfortable…. the problem I have is the mounting required for the rhino in my rig places it right next to the front of the chair so the cutout does nothing for me…. joystick wise. I did mount a Total Controls ejection handle in the cutout so it does have some usefulness.

Bob BushmanOP•5/8/24, 6:25 PM

I swear the Boeing pit was designed with not much other than the tm warthog and TPR pedals, they somewhat can fit others, but thats mostly because of how standard the tm mounting solution is.

Anything apart from the that needs some micking about,

Duchess ✈•5/8/24, 6:28 PM

I have just the NLR chair… it is mounted to a DOFReality P6 rig.

Duchess ✈•5/8/24, 6:28 PM

It is the same with the DOF P6, need to be resourceful.

Mmac22443506 thanks for the reply - actually I did not apply any of these changes (assumed an...

LeLv30_Superbus•5/8/24, 7:41 PM

LeLv30_Superbus•5/8/24, 7:43 PM

Apply also does the trick but it's volatile and reverts back if you turn your Rhino off

Fierce_Fire•5/8/24, 10:52 PM

@walmis

Fierce_Fire•5/8/24, 10:52 PM

tho im afraid hes gone to sleep

Zarro•5/9/24, 12:03 AM

at least the ping doesn't work

Number481•5/9/24, 12:10 AM

I guess you know you’ve reached some threshold of popularity when bots start finding and spamming your discord server

HornetDRIVER•5/9/24, 2:52 AM

The ultimate challenge: sell stashy2939 a Rhino

Teeks•5/9/24, 7:31 AM

he's probably in the queue already

VPforceBot•5/9/24, 8:24 AM

:package:

RHINO #0523 Has Shipped!

VPforceBot•5/9/24, 8:59 AM

:package:

RHINO #0524 Has Shipped!

BBob Bushman I swear the Boeing pit was designed with not much other than the tm warthog and ...

Rechs•5/9/24, 3:50 PM

Figured I'd share this here:

Rechs•5/9/24, 3:52 PM

Rechs•5/9/24, 3:52 PM

Rechs•5/9/24, 3:53 PM

The chair isn't great out of the box for center mounts but you can do a lot with aluminum extrusions

LLeLv30_Superbus Click to see attachment

mac22443506•5/9/24, 6:14 PM

Thanks! Shall give it a try - 1)so if I wanted to save my current settings assume I just hit export then make the changes to force trim and hit save settings? (Which saves these to the device even after rebooting?)2)so is this save settings required if u change other settings such as friction?(had assumed when u changed settings such as gain and spring force these would automatically come through on the stick without having to save anything)?

LeLv30_Superbus•5/9/24, 6:37 PM

1) Export is for saving to a file (which you can later import)
2) Yes always hit Store settings if you want to keep on using them

LLeLv30_Superbus 1) Export is for saving to a *file* (which you can later import) 2) Yes always ...

mac22443506•5/9/24, 7:49 PM

thanks - but just to be clear if you select or change a setting in the settings section such as hardware trim or friction - do you always have to store settings for it to be applied onto the stick? (what prompted this discussion was that I had selected hardware trim in the software settings but it wasn't showing up in DCS - perhaps because I had not hit the store settings button to upload it to the stick?)

HrEple•5/9/24, 8:00 PM

Might be a strange question, but any drawbacks or positives in adding a 20 cm extension? I used it on my Virpil CM2 base. I’m rearranging my mounting, and now have the possibility to use the extension. Still not sure it’s worth the hassle. Anyone with experience? I mainly fly in DCS, both helis and planes.

AndyHill•5/9/24, 8:06 PM

I have no experience on that, but 20cm on top of what the rhino offers stock sounds like a really long stick

HrEple•5/9/24, 8:13 PM

Base would be mounted almost on the floor - with seating in an office chair.

Number481•5/9/24, 8:20 PM

many people use the virpil 20cm extension or similar, or the z-extension which ends up being somewhere around 120-150mm I think. Of course, the longer the extension, the less force it will be capable of at the grip.. but it works fine with that extension size for most people

HrEple•5/9/24, 8:20 PM

I really want to avoid curves. Had to use heavy curvature in dcs on my cm2-base. But I suspect I need more time with the rhino without any extension first.

HrEple•5/9/24, 8:23 PM

But you do touch on an important point. The longer the extension, the lower the force.

Number481•5/9/24, 8:25 PM

FFB is not compatible with curves anyway, so you'll have to figure out how to do without either way :).

Rechs•5/9/24, 9:58 PM

So in general, extensions are a tremendous value added, especially for helos. Almost night and day difference in my experience.

Rechs•5/9/24, 9:58 PM

I have a 34cm helo specific extension on my VPC CM2 base and it is fantastic

Rechs•5/9/24, 10:00 PM

Rechs•5/9/24, 10:00 PM

10/10 stars, would recommend

Duchess ✈•5/9/24, 11:23 PM

Well that is disappointing. I turned my computer on and the Rhino slammed forward so hard into my "cockpit dash" that it broke my 3D printed TM grip adapter in two. That has not happened before.

AndyHill•5/9/24, 11:49 PM

sounds scary

AndyHill•5/9/24, 11:51 PM

I broke a VKB adapter with creative use of the configurator and although it was kind of annoying, I kind of think that if something is going to break, adapters are probably the least bad option

Duchess ✈•5/10/24, 12:06 AM

Yeah. I should probably get two adapters printed just in case for future proofing.

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/10/24, 1:23 AM

Yeah I'm definitely keen for the metal upgrade walmis has on offer soon, though that isn't for an adapter

Col. Sanders•5/10/24, 2:44 AM

Any updates on the mfg ffb mod? Not seeing anything recently when I search.

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/10/24, 3:49 AM

it was up for pre order is last news, no word on when it will be out since that announcement

JJon (Bounty_V)Yeah I'm definitely keen for the metal upgrade walmis has on offer soon, though ...

Duchess ✈•5/10/24, 4:41 AM

A metal TM angled adapter would be great!

FleshAndWater•5/10/24, 5:18 AM

just had my brother and wife try out the vpforce rhino...they had a fuckin blast!! this technology is soooooo crazy!!!!

FleshAndWater•5/10/24, 5:18 AM

had them fly a huey on dcs hahah

HHrEple Might be a strange question, but any drawbacks or positives in adding a 20 cm ex...

MichalK•5/10/24, 6:30 AM

Rhino by itself is so large it's like a regular joystick with a short (~8 cm) extension. It also has a very large throw out of the box. With a longer extension, you'll have to install more restrictive throw limiters to prevent it from hitting your legs and chair. So it's a trade off, and the extension is more to get the grip positioned comfortably depending on your base mounting location, than to increase the stick precision.

MichalK•5/10/24, 6:36 AM

I tried mine without extension, and with virpil z extension, and personally I prefer without extension. With z extension I had to install different throw limiter that negated most of the increased movement range. And had to crank FFB gain to the max to compensate for added lenght and weight.

As far as I can tell I haven't seen any of these seats be anything but cheap, some manufacturers jus

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