WINWING CYBER TAURUS 2 FFB Base: Pitch Control Force – Rated Torque 20+N.m; Roll Control Force – Rated Torque 20+N.m. Official Price at Global Shipping: 429.85 USD
yep i have two of their throttles, identical models (with different grips). and there are substantial quality difference between them. Their software is Meh, i only use it for calibration. Their customer support is sssllllloooowww and actually had me open up one of the grips and rip a SMD device, a diode, off the pcb to solve a problem.
well FWIW they do have some experience in making level 5 FTD and they did also claim that the experience has been applied to it ("FAA FAR-PART60 LEVEL 5 Joystick Control Loading (Force) Modeling"). At least they have some advantage on that part if they truthfully honor their words. But yeah it's WW and the price is quite unusually low so we'll have to see.. Also they almost certianly won't support grips from other brands which could be a problem.
Well, you have to dial in some basics in the Rhino config software. And then I would recommend using TelemFFB as well. The native FFB support in MSFS is…… sparse…..
their statement " ("FAA FAR-PART60 LEVEL 5 Joystick Control Loading (Force) Modeling"). " is really marketing mumbo jumbo. here is the definition of level 5 in the eyes of the FAA. A device that may have an open airplane-specific flight deck area, or an enclosed airplane-specific flight deck; generic aerodynamic programming; at least one operating system; and control loading that is representative of the simulated airplane only at an approach speed and configuration. All displays may be flat/LCD panel representations or actual representations of displays in the aircraft. Primary and secondary flight controls (e.g., rudder, aileron, elevator, flaps, spoilers/speed brakes, engine controls, landing gear, nosewheel steering, trim, brakes) must be physical controls. All other controls, switches, and knobs may be touch sensitive activation.
now if they were level 6 id be more interested in the comment
yeah that minimum requirement is not fancy I know..I was just saying they have gained some, hopefully better know-how over some of the competitors, from building their C172 and DA40 FTD for Civil Aviation Flight University of China..like knowing what data is needed, how to get and process them, what needs to be simulated(for example, breakout force), and some other details needed to be taking care of(not for software but for example, how high the control needs to be mounted/mounting solution ). I mean, the simulation side of experience should be better than that of their other software..but who knows, it's aft all ww
Do want to point out that being skeptical doenst mean i hope they dont succeed. If they pull of even a MVP as having more hardware on the market will make it worth developers time to add support in current and future titles
Is there anything that can be done about multicrew aircraft in the control missmatch department? Every time I switch seats in the 64, the aircraft is no more.
I would assume that is a DCS problem specific to Apache, because in other multicrew aircraft I flew lately, I didn’t have the slightest issues switching seats (namely C-101 and Mi-8).
Turns out my dumb ass reversed an axis in dcs and not in the VPF software, creating an equal but opposite pitch reaction in the stick FFB/DCS. It is now corrected and seems to be working as intended.
Question someone had in Reddit about how the Rhino works in Flight Simulator 2020.
“In regards to AutoPilot operation IRL you wouldn't see the stick move once the AP is on, but the system is constantly trimming for a constant state. So does it replicate this as when it's time to click off the AP the aircraft is trimmed to neutral like a regular stick would be too? I don't know why it wouldn't be but was curious for those who own it.”
New question: can the Force Trim function be used to apply stick trim in pitch only to the DCS P-51 (or other warbird), in order to get stick following trim effect? My idea is to apply it only to pitch and not use the regular DCS pitch trim. Guess I'll have to give it a try - IRL I fly Pawnees and gliders where the stick position is a strong indicator of trim setting in pitch, and the lack of stick movement with trim in the P-51 is really annoying.
For DCS, I think you should be able to use the "override trim" function in configurator. It sort of acts like a sticky for the hardware trim hat bindings that are configrued. Just be aware that by moving the physical axis, all of that movement will be translated into virtual movement of the axis as well (probably making the "trim" way too sensitive).
I can‘t tell from the top of my head, but I would be very surprised if it didn’t. Only fly-by-wire jets don’t physically move the stick with trim as far as I‘m aware of.
And how does Adaptive Recentering fit in? My test is to setup an out of trim condition: slow, hold stick aft to maintain speed and altitude. Then trim aft to get rid of aft pull needed to hold speed/alt. Stick should not move, but trim should remove pressure until it will stay at trimmed position when released. This obviously cannot be done with a basic spring stick.