You would feel more with a shorter stick yes because physics, or more specifically it would be 'harder to move the stick' at same nm set compared to a longer extension
but it is still all down to preference. Similarly you would feel more strength with a lighter grip (i.e. mcg pro vs mcg ultimate)
I got tired of rodends which are either cheap and sloppy or expensive and less sloppy and make my own pushrods now.. 1 end is a regular ball eating the other is a self-aligning type. My initial units are made from 2 stainless laser cut pieces that are soldered together but will switch to cast ones in the future. They look like this (missing the self aligning bearing):
Dumb questions first: Do you have force feedback enabled in DCS general settings and the Apache's trimmer mode set to Instant Trim (FFB FRIENDLY) in the special settings?
Remember, holding trim up will also reset the SAS back to your physical input. While holding it, the SAS is inactive. Once you release it, the SAS becomes active again
Yes, I have trim bound. And it is very possible I am using trim when I should not be. Taking off in the Apache Instant Action in NTTR, I take off fine. The second I press the trim switch forward the stick goes slack, the moment I release trim, the stick goes full aft.
Nope... just keyboard. I thought it might be because in the configurator I have the Grip Type set to VPC when I am using a TM F-18. The trim buttons are seen as a hat this way instead of buttons. The trim in aircraft does not work unless I set it to VPC T-50, but I set it to generic grip, remapped the buttons and am still getting the same behavior.
General guidance: - Make sure the special options trimmer is set to
Instant/FFB Friendly
Instant/FFB Friendly
- Make sure you don't have any curves set on the axis, they are not compatible with FFB - Make sure your rhino is properly calibrated and that the axis position dot in configurator follows the stick correctly. If it is inverted, reverse the axis is configurator - do not reverse it in DCS.
Oh holy hell!!! This was it!!!! Thank you!!! My pitch axis was inverted and needed to be checked in the Configurator. Then going back to DCS, I made sure the pitch axis was not inverted in the DCS bindings, it is not and now it works!!!!
Okay, I am definitely going to have to practice to get used to flying with no spring in the pedals, but this is making me super excited for the upcoming helos.
Holy crap! I cannot stress how much I have been missing in the FFB experience with this one simple fix of making sure the axis were not inverted in the configurator. It is a whole new game! Amazing, simply amazing.