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Paul
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2014 09 Sparrowhawk in garden
The trouble with putting out food for wild birds is that it adds to the food chain in more ways than one....
This chap occasionally sits patiently in the tree, so I can't help thinking we're 'groundbaiting the swim for him' !
The other birds are quite wide to him though, they usually disappear...
This chap occasionally sits patiently in the tree, so I can't help thinking we're 'groundbaiting the swim for him' !
The other birds are quite wide to him though, they usually disappear...
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Deer running across the A1062 at Horning, Norfolk.
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Slow you down..... There are a lot of unfenced fields alongside our local roads, and the wild deer population is rising, so you never knwo what's going to appear suddenly. I was driving within the speed limit, but we were both very lucky here, (us and the deer).
RSPB 'Feeding Sanctuary'
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If you're plagued with Jackdaws, Starlings and Pigeons hoovering up your expensive wild bird feed, then this gadget could solve your problem. It's marketed as a 'ground sanctuary', but we fitted ours on a bird table to avoid attracting vermin. It's simply a wire cage with a mesh wide enough to admit all small birds but exclude the larger ones. They take a while to get used to it, but then there...
IOW Red Funnell "Shearwater" Hydrofoil Passenger Ferry, 1988
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Videos dubbed from sVHS, taken in 1988. Mostly taken from the deck of the Red Funnel car ferry on passage along Southampton Water, and one scene taken from the Parade at Cowes showing her coming in and dropping down off the foils. The thumbnail shows her out of the water at Shepards Wharf at Cowes during a maintenance session, showing how large the underwater foils are.
Isle of Wight Hovercraft arriving at , and then leaving Southsea, 1987
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Short video dubbed from VHS of Hovertravel's second type of passenger hovercraft (after the SRN6), on the the Southsea-Ryde route. Waving my Mum & Dad off as they return home to Newport. The hovercraft hesitates for a while after entering the water to pass astern of the Sealink Car Ferry, (good manners !)
VelocityOne Yoke Detent Mod
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Here's my DIY mod to get rid of the very abrupt centre detent on the pitch axis of the Turtle Beach VelocityOne flight yoke. This bit of hardware is very good in most respects, but the detent makes subtle pitch adjustments (such as when on final touchdown) very difficult. It's quite simple, just a question of unscrewing the top cover and then removing two plastic shaft stops from the side shaft...
Demo of the force feedback strength of the Rhino FF joystick in MsFS
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It's difficult to show how strong and immersive the forces can be with the VpForce Rhino Joystick. Here's a short video of a flight in MsFS. I'm "flying" on a DOF Reality H6 motion platform, but for the purposes of this video, that is stationary, to show the haptic feedback from the Rhino joystick alone. It starts with me showing the stick in the full forward position due to the elevator contro...
Exiting my DOF H6 motion Platform (swivelling seat and joystick)
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This short clip shows how I exit my rig at the end of a flight. The Rhino FF Joystick swivels forward so that I can extract my non-gymnastic leg, and then the seat swivels round. The start of the clip shows the very good vibration feedback from the Rhino, while the MsFS c172 was ticking over on the runway.
Climbing Aboard my H6 DOF Reality motion platform.
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The seat swivels on an "RV swivelling seat base". It makes it much easier to climb aboard, especially with the side controls. This video clip shows my swinging the seat round and then swivelling the FsForce Rhino Forcefeedback Joystick into place. God knows how people climb aboard otherwise, I'm quite sure I can't lift my leg up over it !
Modified DOF Reality H6 Motion Platform - General View
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Here's a general view of my much modified DOF Reality H6 motion platform. I've tried to keep it as compact as possible as it has to be used in a fairly confined space. It's mounted on six heavy duty "workbench" castors, to enable it to be pushed into a corner when not in use. Most of the mods have een supported via addon sections of slotted alluminium extrusion, (marvelous stuff). All of the co...
Dirt Rally 2 with a DOF Reality H6 motion platform
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These things are fantastic with driving simulators. My H6 is modified with planetary motors to make flight sims smoother, but the standard direct drive motors are fine with driving simulators because the movements are naturally more abrupt. Every time I let a "Guest" have a go on it, the smile takes a long time to disperse !
A video illustrating the effect of "Cogging" when a DC brush motor turns very (very) slowly.
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The phenomenon of "cogging" occurs when a brush type DC motor turns very slowly or when giving partial revolutions. The electricity to the windings is connected via carbon brushes that touch a segmented commutator, so that as it rotates it connects to each coil in turn. There are therefore points at which the energy force "jumps" onto the next coil, rather than smoothly transfering to it. This ...
DOF Reality SFU gearbox lubrication.
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Disclaimer - I have no connection with DOF Reality, and these comments are my own personal deductions based on my Engineering training and experience. I've never been able to find any official published guidance on the subject from DOF Reality, but the main component of their SFU gearbox is the proprietary "ball and screw" item, which has plenty of information available through the Internet. It...
DOF Reality H6 turntable seat
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Just a short video showing my turntable seat which makes "climbing aboard" so much easier, especially for old geriatrics like me... Whilst the DOF Reality H6 moving platform gives so much realism and immersion with PC simulators, it can be awkward to get on and off with a fixed seat because of the various obstacles at the sides, other controllers etc.. I therefore fitted a standard "RV" (Motor ...
magnetic centre joystick attachment
Просмотров 7310 месяцев назад
Another short video, this time showing my quick release centre joystick on my DOF Reality H6 moving platform. It can be tricky enough climbing on and off these things, but when you add a centrally mounted joystick as well, that adds yet another think that you have limbo your legs over. I wanted some way of easily attaching after I've sat down, and likewise, a way of lifting it out of the way wh...
geared motors xp11 norwich test circuit
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geared motors xp11 norwich test circuit
2009 Three Rivers Race at Ludham Bridge
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2009 Three Rivers Race at Ludham Bridge
1990 Haven Street Railway - Isle of Wight.
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1990 Haven Street Railway - Isle of Wight.
Paul, I am trying to reach you because I just ordered a DOF H6, and would greatly appreciate more information about swapping out the motors for the Premium Planetary Gear motors you mentioned? I would like to order some and need the model# if you can provide? I also am planning on installing a swivel base for the seat as you did. Pete
I tried your mod and it works quite well, but I didn’t like that the springs rattles and scraped on the metal shaft. What I did was make my own bumpers with 1cm length of 15mm Pushfit tubing - it’s has the perfect internal diameter for the shaft and, with a small amount of filing, fits nice and snug inside the spring. Best of both worlds 😊
Will you look at that... the cowes floating bridge...WORKING!
The good ole days 🥹
That looks fun! 😂
Thank you!
Whats brown and smelly and comes out of cows backwards......... the Isle of Wight ferry.
even worse nowadays.... it comes out forwards as well.......:<)
I work on the Cows Castle as a deck boy, it was my first job on leaving school in 1972, left on the Friday at 14-40pm and by 5am I was working on that Cows Castle, got on well with all the deck hands, remember Roy Baker he was our Bosun, joined them in July and left in late Sept to go deep sea
I often wonder if I'd lived on the Coast if my career had been different. My annual holidays always left me envious of any jobs connected with ships and boats, but I was born a hundred miles inland, so I spent most of my life as a boring telephone engineer (hence the dial avatar :<)
@@ShorebasePaul Well don't it is a hard life, and then you get kick about by the government taking your job away so you have nothing but poor paid jobs, this is what happen in my city when Thatcher became PM, Southampton was one of the world major ports, it employed thousands of seamen and more in the shipyards, docks there was over 100,000 people employed in this industry, more than the population of this city, you look at it now, it is counted in the hundreds and the city as grown to just over 1/4 million, and you be lucky if you get a job let alone on the water
Yes, 'The Grass is always Greener' whenever you look back on 'what might have been'. Back in the 1960's when I left school I nearly applied to be a 'Navigating Officer Cadet' with the P&O when they were a respected company. I chickened out though, and joined the GPO as a Telephone Engineer. So when the P&O recently sacked all of their UK crews on their Ferries, I was even more amazed than most people at how crap the firm had become.
That's a great and easy fix indeed, though I agree with @TWOKDOK1 the nylon washers are here for a reason (mostly contact wear and noise). So in my case I put them in the drill and reduced their diameter with a file :) I reduce the diameter from 27mm to ~23mm and they can now travel freely through the middle detent groove. I had to remove the black rubber and foam pads first to easily file the white tefflon part, and then I sticked it again on the tefflon and cut the part that was going outside the tefflon. It works pretty great now :)
That's not a carrier aircraft dude... :D
...aha, you recognised the technique.... 🙂
How to take the top off the yoke. I cannot get the part of the top near the yoke
Born and bred on Island, I remember these ferries, when lorries had to reverse on, cars drove on up one side and there was a turntable at the rear then drove down the other side, and the ferry used to stop at West Cowes before crossing to East Cowes, the good old days
I was at the flight sim expo in Las Vegas last week and there were a number of Velocity One flight yokes set up and I noticed they did not have the strong detent or the stickiness that is present in the older models. I believe they must have made some improvements to the design. I have the 3D printed support rollers on mine and they do work as well. About a year ago I tried to do a mod similar to yours but rather than remove the washers I used string tie to collapse two coils of the spring effectively making it slightly shorter and weaker.
I just got one, a new unit, and have no center detent at all. I wonder if my internals are different.
Cheers for the video. I don’t have this yoke but the low end quality of it and having to do mods to improve it reminds me so much of the Saitek/Logitech which I had. Never again will I ever buy the cheap stuff, it’s simply not worth it for the money and you end up paying more in the long run by replacing them with something much better straight off the bat. FFB is in my near future and I can’t wait to not have to deal with rubbish springs, overly strong centre detents that don’t move with trimming the aircraft and stiction.
Sorry to disagree but this yoke is great. And not everyone has unlimited funds to buy the latest and greatest. But the Velocity One has so many features compared to every other yoke and throttle set, that doing miner mods to make it work even better, puts this yoke up with the best. As you said, you don’t have it so you have no idea how good and feature rich this device is!
@@anthonymark3771 First up, anything like this that needs mods to fix issues obviously isn’t great, and the level of mods that would be really needed to make this a GREAT flight sim yoke would be expensive enough you might as well get something else in the first place. Up with the best? That’s hilarious, you should go on stage with jokes like that and having extra cheap switch’s and dials etc which you can get separately doesn’t excuse its main purpose sucking even with mods. No, the problem isn’t that I haven’t tried this one, it’s that YOU haven’t tried anything better, were as I have had experience of cheap crap yokes like this and a load of other cheap plastic controls AND of better options and I’ll never go back to this kind of garbage. I’ve wasted enough money on them and I’ve also done mods to them as well to remove too strong detents, stiction and other issues, which improved them sure, but it’s like putting lipstick on a pig, it still performs like dirt compared to other options and I’ve seen that first hand a number of times now. As per usual with you people you bring up not being able to afford better options as if that changes the quality difference and as if thats part of your attack on my comment, as if I have something against anyone who’s poor, because the reality is you would have to be pretty poor to not be able to afford something better than this. You don’t need unlimited funds or even many funds to manage that, and if you are actually really into flight simulation you will find the money and anyone poor enough that can’t find it probably has more important things to worry about and isn’t into flight sims which let’s face it, isn’t that cheap of a hobby. I don’t even make much money myself, but that’s actually more reason to pay less in the long run than waste any more money on something that doesn’t perform its duties well and I’m unhappy with and so ends up getting replaced eventually which means more money spent, that’s my point. But you carry on lying to yourself it’s better than it is, I’ve seen plenty of people with your delusions before when they won’t or can’t spend the extra so they go defensive on their purchase decisions. But I’ve also seen a rare few that when they do wake up and get something better they realise how wrong they were, pretty recently actually.
Gosh, short AND pointless. That's a win win.
The object of the video was to show the fleeting glimpse of a deer running across the road. If it was any longer people might get bored....
Thanks for sharing this Paul, about to open mine up - was searching for a fix for this, glad I found your video! Was going to order the clamp too but no physical orders are being taken now, just the 3d files. Bummer. Thanks again!
For what I understood the physical version will be available again in a couple of weeks
Wonderful memories cheers on living on the island
1 of the Jenny boats in view
@Paul u mind if I share wiv Solent Ships channel plz many thanks
No problem Danno, share away....
@@ShorebasePaul thanx @ShorebasePaul many many thanx much appreciated 👍👍
@@ShorebasePaulr u a subscriber of Solent Ships ud b made v Welcome
Just tested and works great! Thanks.
Brilliant, well done. This is an issue with controlling the aircraft during landing so making this mod is a great improvement. Thank you!
The thing about this is that on a real plane, the yoke will tend to want to center the faster you're flying. It's like a natural detent. The wind over the elevators makes them want to go neutral at high speeds. During landing it's much less of an issue. If you find the tension to high to maintain a certain position of the yoke, you could always use trim like we do in real planes. I use trim constantly. That being said.....I have this on order so you might be right and this could be a great mod...I will see what it feels like but I'll bet even without the mod it's going to be an enormous improvement over my old CH Yoke and Rudder pedals!
Seems extremely noisy
Genious!! Thanks for the effort.
The early days before the ferries got heightened stretched and upper car deck added.
Which red funnel ferry have you boarded?
I can't remember the individual name of the Ferry Robert, it was just the Cowes to Southampton Car Ferry...
I think it's Red Osprey
How is your mod working now that you have Kevin's mod. I have one ordered but am thinking of trying your mod out. Except for the pitch problems I really love my yoke.
Kevin's mod arrived several weeks ago and I fitted it straight away. It has completed the transition, making the pitch axis wonderfully smooth, even when holding just one side of the yoke. I'd say it's now actually better than my Honecomb Alpha, being much lighter, wnd with no centre detent at all.
@@ShorebasePaul So you did leave the spring pads out after you added Kevin's mod? Thanks for the info.
Yes Patrick, they were preventing one spring from gradually taking over from the other. When they're removed, the transition at the centre is much more seamless.
@@ShorebasePaul Thank you.
Where do I find this mod?
I see you have H6 too. If you had to give up the platform motion or the FF which would it be? (I have a GT Omega Prime and plan on adding RSMega+ motion to it but considering options of this or the FFBeast)
A tricky question to answer.... I guess it would reluctantly be the FF, because that's only for joystick aircraft and helicopters, whereas the DOF platform gives me immersion in all aircraft and driving sims too (and rollercoaster etc). I've 'downgraded' my H6 back to an H3 again since doing this video, because I find it gives virtually the same overall impression of movement but is much easier to climb aboard, without the 6 DOF 'turrets' restricting side to side and rearward adjustments.
Mate I'm running a full motion system from Eracing, the stall buffet, positive/negative G feelings, engine vibration not to mention pitch, roll and heave are beyond words. I'm on the waiting list for the VPForce, my number gets called in a few weeks so I'll also be able to provide some feedback. RSMega all the way 😊
I cut some of my springs because of the stiffness,it’s okay now but i wish i knew about your method before. Do you know where i can buy new springs for the yoke?
Brilliant! A simple, effective and easy fix to a real problem. Well done that man!
So how does it compare with that Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick?
It's in a completely different league Raymond. The forces are musc stronger and more detailed. I still have my trusty Sidewinder Pro, a very well made and much underated joystick, but unfortunately the force feedback no longer works properly with MsFS or XP12. I paid for the third party addon software FsForce, but it just gives a steady rythm of jerks, with no connection to the sims. I tried emailing the author, but never got a reply.
Hello, I bought the second velocity one and I have the problem that the X and Y axis function does not show in the calibration. I don't know how to solve it. I tried it on 3 PCs and it doesn't move.
Open the velocity one there is magnet simply put it in place it will fix the problem
Remember the SRN6 Hovercraft on the same route back in the 70s ruclips.net/video/GiXWADsqiXk/видео.html
Great idea for a mod! Have you seen any extra wear and tear since doing this?
Hello Paul nice demo, Mine just arrived , did you have to re-assign your button configuration in MSFS or in the VPforce FFB Configurator software? Cheers.
I use the button configuration options in XP12 and MsFS, just like any other joystick. I use the VPForce configurator software to tune the force feedback sttings.
Hi can I share this memory wiv @Solent Ships yt channel plz
Brilliant footage. Used to go to Cowes for a pint, just to ride on them. Thanks for uploading this. 👍
Nice video, I've just ordered an H6.......
I remember those. Why did they take them out of service?
The shearwater hydrofoils had a capacity of 67 and a service speed on foils of 32.5 knots and a speed of 15 knots could be obtained off foils
@@ShorebasePaul But mostly the red jets were operating at very light loads, with 30 or 40 passengers on the majority of crossings. The hydrofoils could seat 80, but maybe they used just as much fuel as a red jet. I know the hydrofoils were vastly more economical than the ill fated Cowes Express with its elaborate surface-effect vessel.
I think the new ones are a step backwards in one respect. The passengers can no longer see out of the front.
You have a point. I suppose the interior layout is now very comparable to the interior of a commercial airliner - you can’t see out of the front of those either.
how heavy is that thing?
I’m going to try this! Thanks!
Can you also just apply the grease directly to the thread (I don't have any of this fancy equipment).
I have determined the stickiness has nothing to do with the detent stops centring and have undone the mod in this video - restored it to original and to day I have dumped the TB Velocity one and have ordered the honeycomb yoke and quadrant....
ruclips.net/video/4hW4pp7fRxM/видео.htmlsi=IP4GO0eMe7FNN9ua
I just got one of these and it transformed the yoke. Worth every penny
Right, it's really two different problems. 1) the centering that this video address and then 2) the "stickiness" that the 3D printed mod is addressing.
Thanks for the video but unfortunately for me the mod does diddly-squat! (no reflection on your video or effort for posting) I still get the stickiness. I am going to put back the white nylon/plastic spring locators/stops without the black rubber/foam spaces and see how that goes. Of utmost importance is the smoothness of the control! All Turtle Beach can say it that it frees up with use..... I have been using it now for 150 hours of flying by hand and not autopilot, and it is just as sticky as it was new. So how much use does it take to free up - never perhaps. I do not mind the detent as such it is the stickiness where you are trying to finesse a landing by pulling back against the tension which then suddenly lets go and moves too far and the nose of the aircraft goes way up and buggers up the landing! This relatively expensive yoke is crap. I do hope the Honeycomb brand of yoke goes back into production and once again becomes available because I will be dumping the Velocity one yoke and getting the Honeycomb as soon as I can. I suppose if I had a 3D printer I could design and print brackets to hold small bearings inside for the shaft to roll on - I am aware of the ghastly mod to put bearings on the out side of the box.
Hi Paul great video of the mod, I shall be trying this as it definitely is to abrupt jerky movement landing at this point on the yoke. Please can you tell me if there is a link available to Vans roller mod. Thanks
Yes Gary, it's at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/vanDIJKstuff?ref=l2-about-shopname
@@ShorebasePaul thanks Paul
@@ShorebasePaulyo can you make this mod and sell it I was trying to buy it but it’s sold out
@@ShorebasePaul I have the VanDeiks mod as well. For some reason only one of the two rollers on his device is touching the shaft. Have you had any issues with that ?
Very well put together video and clearly explained. Thank you. That 'detente' at the neutral point is really annoying on landing. This looks like it does the job. However, those Nyon bushes are there for a reason which is to act as a thrust bearing to prevent direct steel-to-plastic contact which is likely to wear the contact point on the travelling arm. Not only that but the collar in the nylon bushes also locates the spring ends radially so that it does not rub on the shaft. I suspect that the plastic on the travelling arm will wear and that the shaft will become scratched making the action less smooth. But time will tell. Perhaps a thin nylon washer to replace both bushes would be a possibility to prevent steel-plastic contact whilst not reducing the improved smoothness allbeit that the potential for shaft scratching / wear would still exist. Thank you for broadcasting this simple mod.
I hear what you're saying, but the collars on the bushes are plastic anyway, and a lot thinner than the central arm, so if there's any plastic to metal wear it would occur with them anyway, (and I doubt if they're available as spares). Also, the shaft is very hard stainless steel and the spings are not (so are softer), so I don't think there will be anyscratches on the shaft from them.
@@ShorebasePaul Para prevenir esse problema, criei umas anilhas, na impressora 3D em TPU e assim, as molas estão sempre centradas e não fazem barulho.
@@mjrtekscan you share the 3d printer files ?
Nice job! I have a P6, recently bought, and I build a square wooden base on casters. On that base I installed two steps, so I can get into the sim. My seat is a NLR flight chair, so flatter than yours and a bit easier to get in… Enjoy your simming experience!
Thanks for the feedback Hans. Actually my setup has another mod to make it easier to climb aboard. The seat swivels round by 90 degrees on an RV swivel base. Much easier for me to get in with my decrepit 70 year old body !
@@ShorebasePaul for the time being, my stairs solution works for me - I‘m 65 now (but aware of the fact that time does not stand still…). I put a short 360 deg. clip of my setup on my channel.
How much does it cost thx
when you work the collective and cyclic does the "heave & sway" provide a semi realistic feeling ?