VPforce Controls•12mo ago

Hey, did you receive your FLNKR ? 🙂 I'd be happy to implement it if you'd be willing to lend it for

Hey, did you receive your FLNKR ?

I'd be happy to implement it if you'd be willing to lend it for a week or so.

Wwalmis Hey, did you receive your FLNKR ? 🙂 I'd be happy to implement it if you'd be wi...

Anthony•1/19/25, 6:48 PM

Thought struck me, have you asked virpil if they can put you forward in the cue?

Anthony•1/19/25, 6:49 PM

The FFBeast guy had a prototype almost half a year ago, and he’s hardly got the same market presence as you’ve achieved

walmisOP•1/19/25, 6:53 PM

Dunno.. as I don't have any relationship with Virpil that would be a cold request

Anthony•1/19/25, 6:55 PM

Not at all, you’re too modest

Anthony•1/19/25, 6:57 PM

You’ve got almost a thousand bases out in the world, several hundreds of those customers combine them with Virpil grips

Anthony•1/19/25, 6:59 PM

That matters to them, there’s loads of their customers who do business with them because their grips are compatible with the Rhino

walmisOP•1/19/25, 7:04 PM

Just sent a support ticket with a request for expedited shipping

Bob Bushman•1/19/25, 7:21 PM

Well I wouldn't bother ordering a grip that wouldn't work correctly, just saying wink wink.

Anthony•1/19/25, 7:50 PM

Honestly a bit surprised they’d not have reached out and at least provided the info needed to make their grips compatible

Anthony•1/19/25, 7:50 PM

Have you been having to buy every grip on the market to make them compatible?

Wwalmis Hey, did you receive your FLNKR ? 🙂 I'd be happy to implement it if you'd be wi...

Fr4Ged•1/19/25, 9:09 PM

yeah, I can send it to you. no problem!

FFr4Ged yeah, I can send it to you. no problem! 👌

ThrustSol•1/19/25, 9:17 PM

That’s awesome of you

walmisOP•1/20/25, 9:04 AM

Got a reply from Virpil: ".... Considering current production capacity and your order's queue position, we estimate that your order will be fully allocated between end of January to early February"
So it looks like I'll get it soon enough and there's probably no need to rush this

AAnthony Have you been having to buy every grip on the market to make them compatible?

walmisOP•1/20/25, 9:04 AM

Not all of them, some I was able to implement by gathering some data remotely from users

Wwalmis Not all of them, some I was able to implement by gathering some data remotely fr...

Anthony•1/20/25, 9:10 AM

Oh, not quite that bad then

Anthony•1/20/25, 9:11 AM

Still though, couldn’t virpil, vkb, etc provide that data to you?

walmisOP•1/20/25, 9:15 AM

Still even if I have the data I'll need to test it anyway

Wwalmis Got a reply from Virpil: ".... Considering current production capacity and your ...

Fr4Ged•1/20/25, 9:17 AM

I guess we can wait 2-3 weeks then!

if they would have said March ai definitely would have sent you mine. Lol

VPforceBot•1/20/25, 1:27 PM

:package:

RHINO #0863 Has Shipped!

VPforceBot•1/20/25, 1:27 PM

:package:

RHINO #0864 Has Shipped!

VPforceBot•1/20/25, 1:27 PM

:package:

RHINO #0865 Has Shipped!

ThrustSol•1/20/25, 1:48 PM

I’ve been reading a lot of reviews and seeing people experience the odd overheating issue and the loss of power while the motors cool themselves down.
Is there currently a fix in the works for this or is it something that will just have to deal with?

VPforceBot•1/20/25, 1:53 PM

:package:

RHINO #0866 Has Shipped!

TThrustSol I’ve been reading a lot of reviews and seeing people experience the odd overheat...

walmisOP•1/20/25, 2:18 PM

It's not overheating per se, just thermal limiting since any motor working at max current will dissipate a lot of heat. Thermal limiting is very gradual. But if prolonged dogfights is your game you might consider building a super Rhino(with the big motors) or FFBeast.

Fr4Ged•1/20/25, 2:22 PM

You could also decrease the output forces to help with that, or not?

Wwalmis It's not overheating per se, just thermal limiting since any motor working at ma...

ThrustSol•1/20/25, 2:24 PM

Would fitting 2 140mm pc case fans in a push pull config with a mesh grill on both sides have any noticeable benefit?

ThrustSol•1/20/25, 2:24 PM

Thank you for replying I appreciate it.

Feller-Buncher•1/20/25, 2:52 PM

Simple question.... I have a Moza AB9 FFB base. It was a gift....
I am now looking to DIY my TM TPR into FFB.... can those 2 live on the same PC?

FFeller-Buncher Simple question.... I have a Moza AB9 FFB base. It was a gift.... I am now look...

walmisOP•1/20/25, 2:56 PM

Yeah, I don't see why not

Feller-Buncher•1/20/25, 3:02 PM

VPForce has no entry in the export.lua?

TThrustSol I’ve been reading a lot of reviews and seeing people experience the odd overheat...

YuchenYan•1/20/25, 3:07 PM

https://discord.com/channels/965234441511383080/972180323787997255/1329938118383767694 I added some cooling fins and an additional fan. It can sustain dogfight almost all the time

YYuchenYan https://discord.com/channels/965234441511383080/972180323787997255/1329938118383...

ThrustSol•1/20/25, 4:25 PM

Thank you Yuchen, that’s great to know.
I just want to make the right decision as I’ve never had a ffb stick before and just don’t want anything that takes away from the experience of it.

Fr4Ged•1/20/25, 4:35 PM

I don't have any overheating issues but I don't fly warbirds and don't do long sessions of just dogfighting

FFr4Ged I don't have any overheating issues but I don't fly warbirds and don't do long s...

ThrustSol•1/20/25, 5:37 PM

Thank you for your message, it’s good to know that.

FFeller-Buncher VPForce has no entry in the export.lua?

walmisOP•1/20/25, 5:38 PM

It does, but it plays nice with others

Red Magic•1/21/25, 3:39 AM

Lmao

Red Magic•1/21/25, 3:40 AM

Realized I needed to turn down my VRS intensity when the Rhino shook my stick in my hand so violently that it unscrewed itself and rotated in my hand

LR.Jpatty•1/21/25, 4:16 AM

For those with diy sticks, what design did you use? Im looking at jflyer81s f16 grip..

Wyber Boyes•1/21/25, 9:17 AM

What's the current turnaround times for the steel mounting plate from order to dispatch?

WWyber Boyes What's the current turnaround times for the steel mounting plate from order to d...

walmisOP•1/21/25, 9:28 AM

Same or next day

Aerosmith•1/21/25, 3:55 PM

I'm still confused about how the DIY kit works and what I need to integrate it into my pedals and stick. On the connection diagram in the showcase channel there are two potentiometers marked as "optional". I can see that the motor driver boards are integrated in the back of the motors. I guess there's also some sort of encoder. But where does the position feedback come from? Other FFB builds use potis at the output shaft. If theese are not required and there's a gear between the motor and the gimbal then the encoder has to be a multi-turn absolute type which I doubt...

Bob Bushman•1/21/25, 4:00 PM

The Motor itself has positional sensor feed built into it.

Aerosmith•1/21/25, 4:04 PM

So it's a multi-turn encoder? Or is a homing/centering procedure required each time after I switch it on?

AAerosmith So it's a multi-turn encoder? Or is a homing/centering procedure required each t...

walmisOP•1/21/25, 4:18 PM

Most use cases for the DIY kit operate within a single revolution of the motor, so homing is not required if the motor starts with a "centered" calibration. While the motors support multi-turn configurations, they need to be centered at startup to establish the "central" revolution for proper operation.

The potentiometers shown in the diagram are multi-functional and can be used for tasks like adjusting spring gain or other settings.

Aerosmith•1/21/25, 4:24 PM

Can the centering be automated? Verifying that the controls are free from end stop to end stop is part of the pre-startup checklist, anyway. So if I do that the controls should be ready? I think I need either the bigger motors or a gear. Timing belts would be cheapest like in the Rhino base...

walmisOP•1/21/25, 4:38 PM

Auto centering would be a nice-to-have addition, but it's currenly on the roadmap for the future versions.

ItsPuppy00•1/21/25, 9:44 PM

hey, whats the turn around of the vkb adapters from order to shipped?

Trigger•1/22/25, 12:01 AM

~~Has anyone tried to use their stick as a force sensing stick? Is there a way to set it up like that in the configurator?~~ I should use search before asking questions.

Wwalmis Most use cases for the DIY kit operate within a single revolution of the motor, ...

Mike T•1/22/25, 1:35 AM

Walmis, so to simplify, the motor should turn only one revolution for axis sensing…….in my collective build using 57BLF motor I have a 11 tooth spur gear attached….meshing with a larger spur gear that is attached to collective stick…….it takes about a revolution and a half to go from bottomed out on collective to max collective up travel ……do I need then to design a larger diameter motor spur gear or smaller main collective spur gear to get it inside one revolution? Am I understanding this correctly?
Ta

MMike T Walmis, so to simplify, the motor should turn only one revolution for axis sensi...

smitty•1/22/25, 2:49 AM

this will work, but make sure your collective down position is calibrated within 0 and 4096. then the up position can be 5000, 6000 whatever. just be sure its in its down position when powering on. (if your numbers go the other way, like higher numbers in the down position, calibrate down at around 3900 or so and then the up position can be well into the negatives.

Hey, did you receive your FLNKR ? 🙂 I'd be happy to implement it if you'd be willing to lend it for

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