Hello everyone. Due to time issues and no more free time for me I decided to sell off the kits that are in the making at a reduced price and then stop doing that. I have 2 kits ready to ship and a few more that i ordered parts for and are in the making. The new price is 350,- plus shipping.
At least i will finally have time to fly myself instead of preparing kits ll evenings;) And my girl will also apprechiate having more time with me again.
My biggest curiosity is how all these different systems will work compared to the rhino. Iβd be interested in a direct drive and all metal construction. Iβll never sell my rhino itβs a collector item, atleast to me. The software and work done by all in this discord is amazing. I feel like vpforce started the ball rolling and the next year will be the year of ffb. If Iβm honest Iβd love to see an all metal rhino with largest motors etc. special edition so to speak. Itβs great to be a right simmer.
Iβm not a diy when it comes to electronics etc. Iβd rather buy a finished product. I built my sim pit and I build my pcβs. I also build rifles etc but small electronics and such Iβll leave to the experts. A super rhino would be very cool. Truly some of the best parts of the rhino is @Number481 work on teleffb and @walmis awesome development.
"Big" update with several Quality-of-Life type enhancements. Please see below for the change log. If I @'ed you, there is something in the list below with your name on it based on a request you made or a conversation we had!. The TelemFFB section in the manual has also been revamped. Your installs will prompt to be updated or you can grab the latest from https://github.com/walmis/VPforce-TelemFFB/releases
Thanks as always to @smitty for his contributions and those of you who have provided suggestions and feedback.
QoL Improvements
New system tray implementation (see manual Section 4.6) @Will3D
TelemFFB can now be sent to system tray on startup and/or close button. Window can be recalled by double-clicking the tray icon or from the icon right-click context menu
System tray icon color indicates simulator run/pause/error state like the existing status icons
Configuration errors (such as enabling MSFS force trim and having no binding configured) now present the error message in the UI, and generate a system tray notification for easier recognition of the issue.
Real-time settings usability improvements @Piers
Values update in near real-time when manipulating sliders
Manipulating sliders no longer causes a form re-load
-/+ buttons added to left/right of slider for single step adjustments
Shift+Scroll wheel or left/right up/down arrow keys while hovering mouse of the slider is also supported
Minor UI overhaul
Look and feel updates with on/off sliders in lieu of checkboxes and improved icons.
General
Configurator effect slider overrides (see manual Section 4.12 !!!)
Now you can directly modify, in real-time, the slider gain setting for any of the effect types without creating and pushing a separate vpconf file
Can be overridden on a per Sim/Aircraft Class/Specific Aircraft basis
Easy to use, but important to understand how it works and how it interacts with the existing Dynamic "vpconf" profile feature. Please RTFM!
As with any new complex feature there are sure to be bugs or potential enhancements so please give feedback!
Minor enhancement to gear and canopy movement effects. You will feel a bump/clunk when the gear fully extend/retract or when the canopy (when applicable) closes
MSFS
Improved/Simplified settings for adjusting dynamic spring forces (see manual Section 4.13.1.2)
Brought to you by: @smitty
Prior "Gain" setting is removed and the "Max Force" setting is now affixed to the aircraft "Vne" speed (learned via telemetry) while maintaining true dynamic forces based on aerodynamic conditions.
"Expo" adjustment to adjust the rate at which the force falls off at low speeds.
RTFM for the best experience using these new settings.
DCS
Added tail-hook movement effect (supported on a/c with tailhooks ) @kaltokri
Added wing-fold effect (F/A-18, F-14) @kaltokri
Added fuel-boom effect (supported on a/c with fuel boom/door ) @kaltokri
Added Co-Pilot/RIO Spring Override feature @Jaeger
Can override/disable spring force when user has moved away from pilots seat. Optionally can bind a button that must also be held down.
Seat data is not available at this time for some aircraft (like the F-4E).
I don't know about that yet... MSFS has no directX FF implementation yet so everyone is just cooking up their own software. Idk if their software will be better than cls2sim or xpforce, let alone telemffb
Xpforce is not that good and really unsupported by the developer. Looks like he gave up a while ago and just likes to collect his USD10 or whatever the cost is. TelemFFB is a great piece of software.
Yeah that is the impression I got from the msfs forums as well unfortunately. Hopefully msfs24 will have a built in FFB implementation. In that case I think the brunner and simionic have an upper hand since they have DX ffb support. I'm a bit hesitant to drop $1k on a device with proprietary software