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Hello folks. I have no experience flying helicopters in DCS (I did fly large RC helicopters years ago! :). To date I flew the F18 using Virpil's stick and throttle, both of which I love. I did not miss pedals for fixed wing flying. Now that I'll be simming with the Apache, I can only imagine pedals would make a difference. I was wondering what all of you folks think about it. Are pedals gonna make a substantial enough difference for ease of maneuvering and are definitely worth getting? And separately, but related I guess - is a dedicated collective "kinda nice to have" or "will be awesome to have"? Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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Hello, for the longest time I thought this was a real life feature. However I can not find it documented in any real world literature, and after consulting with others believe it may be a bug. I have recorded a track. First I enter active paused, reset trim, test controls in each axis. Then try moving pedal with full back cyclic, left pedal is limited. I then hold in left pedal while moving my cyclic around, and you can see the pedal deflection change as cyclic position changes. I then turned off the pedal dampener and did the same test to verify it wasn’t the dampener. I hope this is helpful, thank you very much Rear cyclic limits left pedal.trk
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After taking quite some time off on this project, it is time for a reboot. (wow that was in 2018 https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/188571-tm-cougar-sealed-magnetoresistive-hall-sensor-kits/?do=findComment&comment=3680810 ) This time a good friend of mine (trace) has joined forces with me and we have significantly improved the design structurally as well as the workflow. Since I was too lazy to 3D print these, now he is in charge of that. The pedals are plastic 3D printed, shaped to original F-16 specs and have two different settings for width adjustments of around 25mm (~1 in) difference. Print time is a ridiculous 22h per pedal. Each pedal has 4 high quality Ruthex metal inserts which are molten into the 3D print and can take quite a lot of force (over 2000N pullout). Furthermore, there is no wear after several screw cylces, so you can trial your favorite foot distance with good conscience. The surrounding structure of the inserts is significantly reinforced, so that torsion forces can be absorbed. Summarized, it should be rigid as hell! We have made one golden set of pedals just to show off, the production units are silver like the real deal. Here are some low quality pics my prototype version from 2018 installed on the Crosswinds. On the first pic it looks like the wider width setting was used, second pic shows the smaller width setting. They are printed of a filament which is a sort of chimera between PLA and PETG. They have pretty thick perimeters & top/ bottom layers and (I believe) ~30% infill. However, the internals are reinforced along internal force paths with an interesting method based on FEM. I borrowed the idea from this youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0YsC53mFvY Please check out the videos demonstrating the strength of our construction below: click me Trace is doing the serial production, but printing will be on demand. The pedals are 50€ and shipping is about 20€ tracked internationally (depending on your country). Please send trace a PM if you are interested in a set!
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Hi, I am selling my Virpil ACE Interceptor Pedals. They are in mint condition and saw moderate use (not that it matters, the way they're build). Package contains: two tension springs (soft and hard) two cam pairs (soft and hard center) USB cable tools manual original packaging box cable strap Desired shipping preference in order of priority: 1. Germany 2. EU 3. Europe Price: 240Eur + Shipping
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