You can implement a simple grip with vpforce shift register board to add support for up to 32 button

You can implement a simple grip with vpforce shift register board to add support for up to 32 buttons. The board will cost up to 10€. The grip attachement is M36x2 thread.

walmisOP•6/15/22, 7:01 PM

And miniDIN-5 connector

BikerSid•6/15/22, 7:04 PM

@pierre_lbThere's a gear design which is used in the primary drives ( crankshaft to clutch ) of modern motorcycle engines. Basically one of the gears is split into two halves, and the halves are biased using springs to be slightly out of alignment. That removes any backlash without having the gear train meshed so closely that it will destroy itself. It's difficult to explain, but obvious when you look at it. I've often thought the system would be good for driving transducers\rotary position sensors etc

Wwalmis You can implement a simple grip with vpforce shift register board to add support...

Mabond96•6/15/22, 7:23 PM

Thanks, just wanted to check! Amazing work by the way. I started with the original thread by Propellor on the DCS forum, and have an assembled gimbal and chassis, just needed to sort the drive system and never got round to it. Much prefer they way you have done this though, great stuff.

mobettameta•6/15/22, 8:13 PM

is there a website where product is sold?

Mmobettameta is there a website where product is sold?

Windborn•6/15/22, 8:15 PM

Soon (read the frq)

PPierre Yepp... Lots of solutions... Though gears have backlash Reduction means less dir...

dillon.biz•6/15/22, 8:41 PM

Chains with different sized sprockets

BBikerSid @pierre_lbThere's a gear design which is used in the primary drives ( crankshaft...

Woodspeople•6/15/22, 10:22 PM

Facinating, I think I can sort of see it. Do you know what it is called?

Pierre•6/15/22, 11:34 PM

https://youtu.be/c3bjt_8CdKw

YouTubethang010146

Eliminating backlash in gear drives 2

The blue gear is idly pivoted on the beige shaft.
The red tension spring pulls the beige and blue gears, thus eliminating the tooth backlash between the yellow and beige gear shafts.
The spring must be strong enough to maintain the tooth contact of the three gears.
The third scene of the video shows how the backlash is eliminated under the sprin...

TripRodriguez•6/16/22, 4:22 AM

Has anyone done FFB anti-torque (rudder in helicopter) pedals? Does DCS support this? If so I'd like to order the Rhino plus a single motor kit to DIY my own FFB pedals. If it's possible, I'll post this in suggestions.

TripRodriguez•6/16/22, 4:22 AM

FFB pedals might also be nice in warbirds and such, but force trim/mag brake in helicopters is where I really want it.

walmisOP•6/16/22, 4:32 AM

The pedals are doable, but directinput does not support third axis iirc. So sim telemetry data would be needed to be interpreted and developed to be sent to the ffb device.

Vladinsky•6/16/22, 4:48 AM

No need for data export as far as the DCS helicopters are concerned, it just needs the same hardware force trim you're planning to do later.

Vladinsky•6/16/22, 4:50 AM

Wonder how easy it would be to put a motor on the Crosswinds....

VVladinsky No need for data export as far as the DCS helicopters are concerned, it just nee...

walmisOP•6/16/22, 6:06 AM

Ah right, I was thinking about warbirds

Vladinsky•6/16/22, 6:11 AM

Oh yeah for those, absolutely

BikerSid•6/16/22, 10:22 AM

@triprodriguezI've got a feeling that real world helicopter pedals give no feedback to the pilot. I can find out for sure if you are interested.

NITE 107 | Snake•6/16/22, 10:32 AM

@bikersid you're right in terms of feedback, but i think what trip was referring to was trim

NITE 107 | Snake•6/16/22, 10:33 AM

you can basically reset the center point using trim so that you dont need to hold pressure to keep the pedals in the same place

NITE 107 | Snake•6/16/22, 10:33 AM

which should be reproducible with a FFB style motor

Vladinsky•6/16/22, 10:34 AM

You'll get some manner of feedback in light helicopters with simple cable/pushrod controls but there will only be artificial feel with irreversible hydro boosted controls. Usually through the form of a trimmable spring cartridge or simple friction.

Mabond96•6/16/22, 3:00 PM

Sorry to keep jumping in! Has anybody experimented with having two of these connected at once, before? e.g Is there scope to make one of the units mirror the other in a full two seat cockpit?

walmisOP•6/16/22, 3:03 PM

I had an inquiry about this from a glider instructor, I will be able to implement synchronization over LAN some time in the future

Mabond96•6/16/22, 3:08 PM

Ahh interesting! I'm building a full scale cockpit, replicating a Grob 109b motorglider, for a gliding club. Not much left to arrange, mostly controls now. It's a side by side seat config and syncing the sticks will be quite key. Any ideas when this might be possible?

walmisOP•6/16/22, 3:14 PM

Can't promise any exact date, but I'll definitely put in a time slot for this in the near future

Mabond96•6/16/22, 3:15 PM

Amazing. Thankyou! Have you had any experience with the original gimbal design my 'Propeler' on the DCS forum?

walmisOP•6/16/22, 3:17 PM

Yes, the one in the Rhino is quite similar, but I designed it from scratch

Mabond96•6/16/22, 3:24 PM

Ahh nice. I have a functional gimbal, printed in Carbon PETG. It works nice, but at the extents of the control range, there is some binding and can't work out what it is!

Flashgod_VR•6/16/22, 3:40 PM

https://forum.dcs.world/uploads/monthly_2021_04/IMG_20210408_093214.jpg.5aac57d3caed5ac485b8c71eab3bb15e.jpg

does the upper "T-shaped" part have enough play with its bearings?

Flashgod_VR•6/16/22, 3:42 PM

it needs to be able to turn a little in the main piece...

Gator•6/16/22, 3:45 PM

The bearings to that bolt should have minimal play. If you have slop there you will have movement of the stick without gimbal rotation. Basically a dead zone. The parts twist slightly in relation to each other as you move through the control range. The center axis stays aligned but the pieces are rotated in relation and separated.

Flashgod_VR•6/16/22, 3:46 PM

my english sucks

NNITE 107 | Snake @bikersid you're right in terms of feedback, but i think what trip was referring...

TripRodriguez•6/16/22, 3:47 PM

@walmis s @Vladinsky also: In most helicopters you have Force Trim or Magnetic Brake. Generally it affects both the cyclic stick and the anti-torque pedals. As Rage 204|Snake said, Basically you hold down the button, put the stick and pedals where you want them, then release the switch and it artificially sets the "spring center" of the stick and pedals to the positions they were in when you released the button. In some, especially older, aircraft like the UH-1H there is a toggle switch to completely disable the magnetic brake/force trim system but in many modern helicopters it's always on for safety even if the pilot doesn't want it as it reportedly significantly reduces the chances of a crash especially in IFR conditions etc. There is also incremental trim in many more modern helicopters but that is irrelevant to this particular inquiry as to my knowledge that only affects the cyclic. @Vladinsky DCS supports magnetic brake and force trim via standard force feedback like the MSFF2 which is what I have used in the past for this function. (It's been a few years so I've only tested on the UH-1H and Ka-50 but I assume the rest are supported as well. The Rhino uses the same built in force feedback support correct? So if it works with MSFF2 it will work with Rhino? Assuming that's a yes, the question really was just whether or not the pedals axis supports FFB in addition to pitch and roll FFB which if I understood @walmis correctly.. is not possible?

TripRodriguez•6/16/22, 3:48 PM

My primary interest in Rhino is for Force Trim in DCS Helicopters, but I'd like to have it for the Warbirds and F-14 also.

Vladinsky•6/16/22, 3:49 PM

DCS does not support pedal ffb no, but it is possible to implement pedal trim using logic on the hardware side. And quite possibly ffb by exporting data from the game but that would be more complex and beyond me.

Flashgod_VR•6/16/22, 3:55 PM

@triprodriguez and yes, it's the same FFB functionality like the good old FFB sticks. but so much better!

MMabond96 Ahh interesting! I'm building a full scale cockpit, replicating a Grob 109b moto...

mechsicko•6/17/22, 6:53 AM

You could mechanically link them like they are in the real ship but have 1 driven by rino

walmisOP•6/17/22, 7:10 AM

To answer the question once and for all, the Rhino pull/torque:
5kg at the stick base, equates to 8.5-9Nm. Lowballed the figure previously a bit

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Vladinsky•6/17/22, 7:13 AM

Well that's exciting

Wwalmis To answer the question once and for all, the Rhino pull/torque: 5kg at the stick...

Vulkan•6/17/22, 8:21 AM

oH SNAP thats alot better then I thought noice

Flashgod_VR•6/17/22, 8:32 AM

@walmis corrected my post at ED's forums...

FFlashgod_VR @walmis corrected my post at ED's forums... 😉

walmisOP•6/17/22, 8:32 AM

Thanks

TripRodriguez•6/17/22, 2:09 PM

@thoatse So uh Okona.... it's been a few years and man have I learned a lot more about motion simulation.

You'll remember me from MWO as Turbo Corvair if you don't recognize my name here.

walmisOP•6/17/22, 2:25 PM

Rhino 0003 ready for it's new home @JP Dumont !

Made some iterative improvements for the 3D parts and other aesthetic tweaks in this and later units.

TTripRodriguez @thoatse So uh Okona.... it's been a few years and man have I learned a lot more...

mechsicko•6/17/22, 3:26 PM

Hey man, small world and long time no see.. was gonna say hi here to you last night when I noticed you on this channel but was violently ill after eating bad tacos at this work thing lol. Caught some glimpses of your projects over the years but we should do some pm's and catch up on things

walmisOP•6/17/22, 6:03 PM

Testing MSFS2020 with XPForce right now

walmisOP•6/17/22, 6:03 PM

fixed a few bugs, seems to work fine now

Flashgod_VR•6/17/22, 6:57 PM

support comes with next firmware update? or is it working already?

walmisOP•6/17/22, 6:59 PM

I'll release a maintenance release tomorrow (or sunday) with some other small fixes.

DirtMerchant•6/17/22, 11:33 PM

heyo friends

DirtMerchant•6/17/22, 11:33 PM

glad to see you all here

You can implement a simple grip with vpforce shift register board to add support for up to 32 button

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