For clarity, or at least my interpretation, the square frame that it's pictured with, it does not come with it. Despite being included in all the photos
If you want to buy a complete kit with that, get the Flight Sim Cockpit - DCS Edition. The $599 one. It's expensive but it has everything you need, including 3 different kind of universal adapter plates to mount other sticks/throttles. Except for the VPForce, they had to make a separate individual plate for that
I tried to buy the parts individually to see if I could scrub some unneccessary stuff and save money (essentially instead of buying the cockpit kit, I buy the rudder kit, seat, frame, extentions etc and do it separately that way) but even without a right side mount, it still comes out more expensive than the big bulk cockpit kit.
You can also just 1:1 rip existing aluminum profile design from places like Monster Tech or TrakRacer etc. Super easy by referencing their manuals. Even easier with a part list that gives dimensions.
Honestly the hard part is sourcing all the important parts like connectors etc.
Getting aluminum profiling in correct dimensions isn't hard, but figuring out the other stuff can be annoying if you are unfamiliar with it all. I still feel super lost trying to navigate the big supplier sites trying to find everything I'd need to DIY on my existing rig.
If you can't find a suitable supplier who does uni connector bores (/can do them yourself), it's also an option to go with external corner brackets for everything instead. Those are generally easier to find, and more flexible in slot dimension requirements etc.
Of course, like uni connectors, they have their own considerations.
The main thing is to find a suitable profile series, and to stick with that as much as possible. (For example: 40-series metric, i-type slot-8). Makes your life a lot easier.
I built mine all from extruded aluminum 4040. It had been too bad to find components that work and match my 4040 aluminum is from the UK so I have to buy most everything online to be compatible. It’s really solid though.
Yeah there's various suppliers and most of the ones do cut stuff to your request including special things like threadings in various diameters, or to do cutouts for internal brackets (like what Monster Tech uses)
No. The way the motors generate haptic effects and the way a bass shaker work have almost zero in common. One is programmatically starting/stopping one or more periodic effects with a few frequency/intensity parameters... the other is essentially engineering a library of sound waves that will excite a speaker transducer.
I’ll tell you though, that my vpforce powered collective hard mounted to my chair does a pretty damn good job. I haven’t bothered to reconnect my buttkicker
I was surprised when I started writing effects for TelemFFB at how well it can even handle multiple simultaneous effects. Rotor whirl + jet engine + cannons? No problem.
It's also what makes it seem like blackmagic, and why at least to me Rhino will always be king. The only thing that could be better is if Walmis makes a new and improved Rhino v2.0. Which is in no way necessary, but who knows what the future holds.
Regardless, what has been cooked up by Walmis, and huge contributors from the community such as your self, is something truly special nowhere else can come close to touching.
My Rhino arrived today. Getting it mounted in the pit tonight. Excited to try it. I’m do have transducers and use both DCRealistic and SimHaptic in my cockpit to get an amazing experience. Can’t wait to see how this Rhino base works and how it adds to the experience. And of course plan on converting my TPR pedals to FFB here shortly as well.