Works great for all but it doesnβt have as many effects for modern airframes like FA18 or whatever with FBW.
A lot of what you feel is similar to haptic pads to you get roadway rumble and gunfire echo and all sorts of effects you can fine tune (or disable) as well as just tuning how the βstickβ feels with the various springs/dampner/inertia/etc type stuff you set up (also per module if you want)
So for some airframes like the F4 you feel A LOT of input (maybe to much) while others you just feel less but you never feel βnothingβ.
You also get simulated Gβs and just to much to even list but the modern airframes are still awesome with FFB.. just Awesome so imho you canβt go wrong with the Rhino no matter what your daily driver is
In that case I am gonna enjoy the F4 even more one day. Im generally more of a fan of the older birds. F4,14, A6, A7 etc. just need to survive through the long wait list
I was sort of expecting something similar woth the stick im currently flying on (Simple Simpit) with that like βmechanical rawβ feel of the stick, but it just feels like a loose steering wheel on a bumpy road
Yeah man as a former pilot itβs as close as Iβve ever felt to the βreal thingββ¦ Sure you lack so much of the body feel or that seat of your pants floating thing but as far as pressure and stick sensitivities and how it shudders and limps out at/near stall conditionsβ¦ how it pulls forward with a heavy G dipβ¦ Itβs really well done and they keep updating it.
I can honestky say the comment above your original comment puts the feeling into words in a way Iβve never been able to..
Itβs THAT good so if you DIY or you wait. Itβs worth the wait for sure
The F18 effects though are great. It feels like itβs FBW, certainly not as mechanical as the F4 or 14, almost feels like itβs on rails just as it should.
What did stun me, is when I tried stalling it, I actually got the stall protection cut in, and force the stick forward to build up airspeed. That was a Wow moment. Never had that before with the F18.
The F4 and F14 is just Raw. The shaking, and weight coming onto the stick as you pull more Gs. You guys have absolutely nailed this.
Am certainly intrigued on how itβs going to handle the F16 though mind you. I do have a force base, but Iβm not totally in love with it. So Iβm wondering if itβs worth swapping the stick over to this base, at least once I get a adaptor. ( forgot to order the winwing one doohhh )
Yep EXACTLY omgβ¦ Itβs those eye opening Wooooooooooow moments where itβs blown my mind over, and over, and over again thatβs made me realize the Rhino is the real deal.
Also itβs crazy knowing how good it is while also being fully aware that they arenβt finished yetβ¦
More and more keeps being βdevelopedβ and then new ideas become full fledged feature sets.
Iβm so fortunate to be here watching as they make the best even better every single day and I truly appreciate all the guys whoβs builds and ideas and input contributed to this masssssssive scale of a project that allows little old meβ¦ to spread my broken wings and fly again.
Thereβs a bot people ping and itβs usually around 200+/- days which is around 7months from preorder to build.
Most folks report receiving the units between 8-9 months and I assume thatβs because of various different shippings and taxes/duties and blah blah whatever happens all over the globe.
For me personally I posted my review in the review section.
My DIY kit was 4 total days (including shipping) from pre order to delivery.
4 freaking days!!!
So for the DIY itβs super fast and for the wait list itβs still a lot shorter irl than advertised.
You can scroll around or read some reviews and see how long they waited and thatβs basically the average.
No matter what you do.. You want the Rhino in your life.
After You get it⦠it quickly becomes the MVP of your kit.
Dudes flying the Hornet project or the Warthog 1:1 projects would be an UPGRADE with the Rhino.
Itβs that seriously special for real itβs that special
200 or so days is about as half as I thought its gonna be so some good news it seems getting the kit though diy in 4 days is really great! Would do it aswell but atm woth my car project the 200ish days seems like its quicker than me actually finding time to build the thing myself. Kinda regret I didnt preorder it when the F4 was announced back last year, would be more or less here now The review of yours is what Im gonna do now since im bored to death at work
That s actually helpful since I got lost searching for it lol. The unit looks really awesome! Too bad I dont have the 3D printer since I could use that for some other projects and not make everything out of metal. What do the green and blue rotaries do? Noticed something similar on the original from Rhino aswell. Do you adjust the strenght with it? Red one is I guess when the guests come to visit to the house and you turn the system off for safety? btw love the plaque!
The knobs are potentiometers that you can use to fine tune effects or to lower the forces you feel.
The first pot is set to Spring Force (default) so if you turn it off the stick just falls to the side and stays there and as you turn it, if you turn it all the way it springs the stick back to center by gradually ramping up the βspring forceβ BUT
In the software you can use a drop down menu to set the pot to work ANY of the specific forces. So itβs great for fine tuning things and finding that perfect spring tension how you like (which is also somewhat based on the weight of the stick you use as heavier sticks require slightly stronger spring settings)
Itβs honestly such an extensive set up that unlike the other bases where you change out the cams and springs.. for this you basically tune EVERY single force to make it feelβ¦. However you want.
You like a big dead zone? Easy⦠you like it stupid stiff so it barely moves without resistance? Also easy..
Are you like me and just love to test and test and test.. Do that itβs great this thing is stupid fun.
You donβt like the 22 degrees? Change it to 17 or 11 is quite popular with some extension users.
The rhino is seriously that bitch.. Sheβs seriously everything the other bases canβt be..
In the software the 2nd pot is disabled by default but you can enable it anytime and then you can tune two different things
The fun thing you can do with them is set the pots as Axis!
(Yeah I always forget about that feature but yeah.. the Rhino is just to nice man.. sheβs tooooo nice)
I don't know, I've not used short goosenecks before. I was just trying to find the right combination of height, stick position fore and aft, and throw. The Rhino gives you an effective extension from the off, so you don't need much extra, in my opinion (the z-ext is maybe 11cm?). I wanted to bring the stick back towards me - the massive box stops me bringing the whole thing back towards me, so the z-ext is great for that - plus it fits just over the seat base when pulled max back. Also you can choose your angle for the stick front to back . One thing that I don't hear talked about much is throw - if you put a long extension on, you end up with a huge throw, which is good if your base is on the ground, but not otherwise. I've got hardware restrictions in for (I think) +- 11 degrees left and right, and 8 forward, 14 back, and the stick feels exactly right for me. Obviously there's some sw setting up to be done, which can take a while...
Yep. Guess itβs just luck of the drawer. . Think I was 859 in the orders initially but recieved 539 so Iβm guessing quite a few dropped out before me.