Hey, wood is a strong and versatile material that has been used for thousands of years!
Hey, wood is a strong and versatile material that has been used for thousands of years!
SThe future is now old man who uses wood nowadays /s :MurmKek:
SMakes sense tho i was always a bit confus who would 3D print boards this large sounds expensive
Sthat's exactly it. At this scale of manufacturing, wood if the best option for (relatively) low precision large flat parts. And hay, if it's good enough for F1 cars
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[The wooden rhino is more rigid than a PETG-CF. So I don’t assume it is inferior to any other material than perhaps a full metal construction.
HA principle in mechanical design is "as rigid as necessary, as light as possible". 3D-prints (PLA, PETG - not even CF) and wood, both fullfill this in case of the Rhino. Using metal is just a matter of design and perhaps manufacturing price.
LWait until you see a 
with your own 
and pet it. It's the perfect choice for reasons stated above.
with your own and pet it. It's the perfect choice for reasons stated above.
TWood or the DIY are 3d prints or you can have them made in metal but why?
All the case does is hold the motors and fan.
All the case does is hold the motors and fan.
Pyou could start replacing the external panels with 3d printed if you'd like.
TFor me it’s always going to be the allure of DIY and how the words sing in my ears when my kids say…
“Daddy built that.. and that and that and that”
“Daddy built that.. and that and that and that”
TSo for sure I do it for me but I’m actually trying to show them that ANYTHING they can dream they can build or they can be
Bbtw...made mostly out of wood and hugely successful...
BWe have 1000 year+ old wooden structures still standing.
Just keep it dry.
Just keep it dry.
BYoy could also look at the MFG crosswinds, also "wood" but a resin mdf that rival solid aluminium for hardness, although if you knew anything about metals its about the same hardness as frozen butter.
BAs for interesting materials.
Check out Pykrete and "Project Habakkuk"
Check out Pykrete and "Project Habakkuk"
LIt’s not just wood it feels like it’s laminated maybe very strong and looks professional like a mass produced product
NIts MDF painted with a high quality coating. I honestly thought it was injection molded plastic until I first took off the boot plate to mount the limiter plates where you can see exposed MDF in the screw holes.
BIts a curse of the day, if most people hear "wood" they start thinking "IKEA mdf" which is less like wood and more like painted cardboard.
ABasically the same thing as 'metal = quality'.
It highly depends on the actual material, manufacture, processing/finishing, and assembly.
It highly depends on the actual material, manufacture, processing/finishing, and assembly.
Sanybody got a good MSFS2020 A320 telem confic?
LOr one of them sh@£t kitchens from Wrens
ATM metal rivals wet cardboard in all other qualities except weight
BMade from the cheapest highest quality of used tin-cans.
BTM uses some cheap ass cast metal. The only grip i have ever had break is a TM Warthog. I mean the grip itself fractured
LDid it drop to the floor?
HDoes anyone have a DCS Huey Profile they are willing to share?
Bno just through normal use. it started to crack around the neck and the material was so brittle you could pick it out like a hard piece of chocolate
SI know the metal is cheap but what kind of "normal use" caused it to just disintegrate?
Iit is not so bad, I have one TM warthog grig with a realsimulator FS without problems for 10 years
B~ 4000 hours of use in 7 years...i used to fly a bunch. I think what did it was that the finish was wearing off and oils,sweat,etc from my hands over that period on the exposed metal started some form of intergranular corrosion that weakened the part over time. BTW my other warthog grip SN in the 50k vs the 2500 for the first did not and does not show any of the same effects and is now older than the original one was when it failed.
BI ran my other TM grip on a FSSB set to ~13lbs and it was fine for the ~200 hours i used it on the base. I did use the lego mod after the neck started showing signs of slop and had to keep tightening the neck screws in the grip. After that i just went to a RealSim grip. My TM hornet grip is also just fine but likely has less than 250 hours on it
Sah, you mean the silver bit around the connector failed?
SI was imagining the shell of the grip for some reason, that makes much more sense
Bthe actual case itself on the first one
Soh huh
Bthe shell. I think i still have it here somewhere. It [the first one SN ~2500] started cracking around the base where the metal neck enters the grip and is mounted. Thats when i pulled it from service. Cracks in the powder coat. then after disassembling it the shell started cracking badly and was very brittle.
B
BI kept the “good” parts for spares
Aremind me to not shake hands with you
BAt least not for 4000 hours and 7 years lol
BThis realsim grip has about 1k on it. Since it’s a plastic you just get some shining of the surface
Sthat's impressive, I don't think I've ever seen that before
AThe wires here look thicker than those in my newer WH grip. When I disassembled to repair a broken CMS (my fault) the wires were very brittle and thin. Many of the solder joints broke as soon as the glue was removed and they were moved slightly. One of the wires broke internally as well. I re soldered everything and fixed the broken wire, and it worked
Show old is your grip? this one is from 2019... ish? and seems to have pretty much the same wiring
Splus some free masking tape from TM
BThe one I posted was serial number 2560 if I recall. Very early model.
BThey don’t change the designs once manufacturing starts. That is costly
SI have no idea what SN my grip would be honestly, guess it was probably on the base I got rid of
Sbut yeah I'm curious how old this newer grip is, because it seems like your SN 2500-ish grip and mine have basically the same wiring
Sbut mine is from before they started selling the F-18 and F-16 (standalone) grips, so maybe they changed it then? dunno