Kev writes:

It is overpriced, so a decent cost with FF should be possible.

But if they are already gouging on the price for the normal controls,
I'm sure they'd want an even more absurd margin on the force-feedback
version.

I'm a big believer that having sim avionics hardware allows pilots to
realistically practice setting up radios, nav, etc. In my area
(Northeast) you can change freqs fairly often.

The problem with special hardware is that it makes the simulator more
and more specific to a given aircraft, and less and less applicable to
other aircraft. If you try to come up with something generic, it
becomes inaccurate with _all_ aircraft.

For example, you can use a generic joystick, throttle, and rudder
pedals with almost any aircraft, but if you start building custom
autopilot control panels, you have to decide _which_ control panel you
want to simulate. And if you don't have a specific one in mind, there
isn't much to be gained by building a panel, as it won't be any closer
to reality than images on a screen.

It should not be difficult to allow for calibrating feedback for each
aircraft.

I don't think MSFS allows this, which is one problem with force
feedback in MSFS.

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