So, in essence, the amount and specific type of effects depends on airplane and model. For DCS purposes - owners can tell you more how it stacks up. I think there's very little if any effects in FBW modules.
Meant to say it's perfectly fine* I don't have a pic right now, but here's a vid of me testing trimming on the huey. You can see the belt near my thigh, but in no way rubbing on it or getting caught
It's a razer taurus velcroed to my kneeboard. I have views, VR zoom, mouse buttons, george/petro/jester AI commands, scroll wheel, and other helpful stuff for vr, mapped to it
Great idea, I switched to a track ball mouse by the joystick after chasing too many mice onto the floor in VR. Tried a left handed one, didn't work with my right hand brain.
Several unfortunately. But I do love being able to swap between helis, jets and GA. They are also very strong, so creating artificial endstops is quite convincing.
Could I see side view pictures of a video of your chair and how you have it setup to the desk? Looks like your setup is much closer to the way my is setup currently where you have the stick vice gripped to the desk. I have mine currently mounted like their stock photo here from Foxx Mount Note: quite honestly from your video, it seems if I really want to I can just put something to cover it if I really want, shouldn't be tough.
@walmis is the grip interface and your board able to process rotary encoder pulses as some of the allotted buttons? Would be pretty sweet to be able to natively use the Alps 'funky switch' or other encoders on grips
Other than the F-16 with itβs load sensor fingertip side stick, all FBW has a control load feedback system. Heck hydraulically de-coupled systems like the F-14 even have them. Feel systems are vital to aircraft control. So stuff like the F/A-18 should have pitch load feedback. Heck they had to put the stick mount for the F-16 on rubber so it would have some give to it, because pilots found it way too weird that the stick had no movement at all.
Just checked hornet just lists βspring load cartridgesβ and pitch center change in mechanical reversion. So They seem to just have progressive springs, not even a damper
Feel is managed by a spring system a trim adjustment linkage, a feel system that varies loads on the push rod linkage, an eddy current damper to resist excessive sudden movement of the stick, and a bob weight that pulls the stick nose down the more g load you put on the plane.
Ah ok. Sometimes when I'm dogfighting I reach for a negative g roll. Sometimes when I push for negative g it feels like there's almost no force opposing the stick. Would that be the feel system?
Yes. Unloading the tomcat takes most of the loads off the control linkage itβs actually the recommended way to make quick actions. No energy wasted on lift so all of it can go to pitch roll and yaw changes
Ah that explains it well, thanks Yeah I saw him pushing the stick far forward and to the left in the speed and angels doco so the next time I was in the tomcat I tried that. It took a while to work out when it was useful but it's fun to do