Got my Rhino today. Had the honor of getting it directly from Walmis hands in his workshop 🙂 BTW, I

Got my Rhino today. Had the honor of getting it directly from Walmis hands in his workshop

BTW, I have MKI VKB grip, which is not supported. It took Walmis to look at it for 10 seconds, and another 20 min to manufacture a proper adaptor. Such a great guy! Another thing that I was surprised, is the amount of stuff they doing in-house. They even mill some smaller aluminum parts!

AndyHill•5/10/24, 12:36 PM

so what new super secret stuff did you see?

Teeks•5/10/24, 12:39 PM

Where did you guys get the 32cm extension?

LehmenOP•5/10/24, 12:39 PM

I have seen a nice workshop with two nice guys and one even nicer girl. Can not tell you anything else

AndyHill•5/10/24, 12:40 PM

what kind of a spy are you even

AndyHill•5/10/24, 12:40 PM

did you even see my mfg kit being built?

LehmenOP•5/10/24, 12:41 PM

Something was being built, yes

AndyHill•5/10/24, 12:41 PM

what else could it possibly be

TTeeks Where did you guys get the 32cm extension?

Rechs•5/10/24, 1:12 PM

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Rechs•5/10/24, 1:12 PM

Great seller to deal with, fast communication and shipping.

Ccorbu1 I have the same one optimized for my Rhino setup.

Rechs•5/10/24, 1:13 PM

Looks awesome.

Mmac22443506 thanks - but just to be clear if you select or change a setting in the settings ...

LeLv30_Superbus•5/10/24, 2:39 PM

No you don't. You can temporarily apply settings by pressing (just) Apply settings.

LLehmen Got my Rhino today. Had the honor of getting it directly from Walmis hands in hi...

LeLv30_Superbus•5/10/24, 2:43 PM

This reminds me: @walmis your order form only mentions VKB Gunfighter MK III compatibility, but MK II also had Rev.B connectors and is thus compatible.

smitty•5/10/24, 2:51 PM

@walmis are you going to FSExpo? Great way to spread awareness.. you could probably sell enough rhinos to cover the cost https://flightsimexpo.com/

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FFr4Ged to be noted that you don't *have* to get physical throw limiters as you can do t...

krbs•5/10/24, 5:04 PM

How/where you can set up throw limiter in SW?

Kkrbs How/where you can set up throw limiter in SW?

Fierce_Fire•5/10/24, 5:15 PM

The configuration app has the option

Fierce_Fire•5/10/24, 5:16 PM

LLeLv30_Superbus No you don't. You can temporarily apply settings by pressing (just) Apply settin...

mac22443506•5/10/24, 5:46 PM

Ok got so u can test a change by hitting apply - and if u dont like it just restart the base and it resets to the saved settings?

Bob Bushman•5/10/24, 6:24 PM

Just clicking "load settings" loads the stored settings on the stick as well.

Vertigo (VIV)•5/10/24, 10:00 PM

About the cooling fan; its loud and seems pretty ineffective (takes a long time for temps to drop 1 degree, especially considering the amount of noise). Not a big deal when wearing headphones, but flying solo I prefer not to. I dont know how the Rhino looks on the inside, I havent opened mine yet, but there has to be room for improvement here? For starters, is it possible to have the fan on at a low rpm all the time? Secondly, maybe some cooling fins on the motor if there is any room for it?

VVertigo (VIV)About the cooling fan; its loud and seems pretty ineffective (takes a long time ...

Col. Sanders•5/10/24, 11:13 PM

What are you doing to get the fan to kick on? I never get mine to kick on.

Bob Bushman•5/10/24, 11:20 PM

From what I'd understood it would turn on at about 50c, and that is still far from when the motors start to overheat.

Unless 40c ambient room temp, but then I'd suggest an AC more than an improved fan.

AndyHill•5/10/24, 11:22 PM

if you have enough spring force the fans will kick in with a reasonable amount of maneuvering

CCol. Sanders What are you doing to get the fan to kick on? I never get mine to kick on.

Vertigo (VIV)•5/10/24, 11:49 PM

Turn the master gain knob to full and fly for 30 mins, and they will kick in, Do I need full power? Hmm.. maybe not, but I do like it, and my PC room is still cool (it wont be this summer).

BBob Bushman From what I'd understood it would turn on at about 50c, and that is still far fr...

Vertigo (VIV)•5/10/24, 11:53 PM

Yeah I think its 50C, and there is some hysteresis, I think it turns off at 47 or so. But even with no power being applied, that takes a pretty long time and there doesnt seem to be any fan speed control, its either on or off? That this is a safe temp; sure, probably, but that doesnt change anything really.

Bob Bushman•5/10/24, 11:58 PM

I could be wrong, but I think the temps in question are internal motor temps.
And with these motors the casings are also used as heatsinks, great big lumps of them, so I'd expect they take a while to warm up and at least as long if not longer to dissipate, at least during use.

VVertigo (VIV)Turn the master gain knob to full and fly for 30 mins, and they will kick in, D...

Col. Sanders•5/11/24, 12:00 AM

My settings must be a lot different. My master gain is 100 and I flying for hours and never had it go on.

AndyHill•5/11/24, 12:01 AM

it depends a lot on what you fly and how

Vertigo (VIV)•5/11/24, 12:02 AM

yeah, but the casing, and Im assuming its just the stock stepper motor casing, doesnt have much surface area compared to some finned coolers. Gluing on some ribbed cooler could increase the surface area many fold and make the fan much more effective, assuming there is any room.

CCol. Sanders My settings must be a lot different. My master gain is 100 and I flying for hour...

Vertigo (VIV)•5/11/24, 12:08 AM

FWIW, I had been flying the P51 in DCS doing touch and goes. I think the engine rumble is main culprit, always active. But I do like the engine rumble

VVertigo (VIV)FWIW, I had been flying the P51 in DCS doing touch and goes. I think the engine ...

Col. Sanders•5/11/24, 12:19 AM

That's probably it. I keep my engine rumble lower as I have a haptic seat that does most of that for me.

CCol. Sanders That's probably it. I keep my engine rumble lower as I have a haptic seat that d...

FleshAndWater•5/11/24, 1:55 AM

haptic seat...please speak more of this haptic seat......

Col. Sanders•5/11/24, 2:43 AM

I have a very basic Hf8. I play IL2 mostly, but it really adds to the overall experience. I use Simshaker wings program to adjust the seat

VVertigo (VIV)FWIW, I had been flying the P51 in DCS doing touch and goes. I think the engine ...

Boggy•5/11/24, 7:42 AM

Interesting, I'll try to reduce the rumble and see what happens

CCol. Sanders My settings must be a lot different. My master gain is 100 and I flying for hour...

GarrafaBr•5/11/24, 7:57 AM

Hi, I also have the fan turning on very often. Would you mind sharing a screenshot of your VP Force effects and settings screen? I would like to compare if my gains or my filter values the ones causing the overheat. I recently even ditched the extention to get more force. Thank you.

jonner•5/11/24, 10:10 AM

!status

Jjonner !status

VPforceBot•5/11/24, 10:10 AM

Hey @jonner,
So the last Shipped RHINO is #0525 on 2024-05-10
Average waiting time from preorder to shipped is 209 days, median is 215 days, max is 407 days
513 Rhinos are shipped in total

NNumber481 Sorry, I guess I’m out of ideas to try to help you. These are basic features of...

mac22443506•5/11/24, 1:53 PM

481 just in case your interested thought I would give u my feedback on using the rhino with the mh60 mod - basically managed to get the hardware trim working by applying the setting to the stick (can see force trim is working from the axis display ) but using it this way the helicopter takes in a nose down attitude (even trimmed fully back stick) - only way I can get it flyable (with force trim partly working) is disabling the hardware trim and assigning force trim binds in game (makes it flyable) - just my experience…..not sure if anyone else had a similar experiences?

nubbins•5/12/24, 7:13 AM

Any plan yet to update the VKB adapter to rev.C?

Nnubbins Any plan yet to update the VKB adapter to rev.C?

walmis•5/12/24, 7:13 AM

Already done

Wwalmis Already done

nubbins•5/12/24, 7:14 AM

beauty

now I wait patiently

Scarlet•5/12/24, 7:27 AM

How do people do their gooseneck extensions? Purchased product or DIY? If purchased, any good recommendations for vpc or winwing compatible ones?

TrigaNZ•5/12/24, 7:27 AM

Any Ideas then the update including the Virpil Blackhawk grip will drop?

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/12/24, 8:32 AM

I wish they made some cyclic grips as well

Scarlet•5/12/24, 8:34 AM

I think the VPC Mongoose is close to a lot of eurocopter cyclics. Other untility choppers have fairly generic cyclic grips

Wwalmis Already done

DarkestKnight 🇺🇸 | Ultimate•5/12/24, 8:41 AM

In laymen's terms, what do these adapters do? Is it possible to use Virpil sticks with the Rhino? Would I need an adapter like this? Does an adapter already exist?

Jon (Bounty_V)•5/12/24, 8:42 AM