Why airplanes fly

Yes there is. I've experimented with it and found it useless if the
objective sought is realistic aircraft control pressure feedback.
What it does do is create some "effects" for the user that are intended
to produce a more realistic experience, but in my opinion, the
technology falls way short of this goal.

In fact, my opinion of force feedback is so negative, I personally don't
use it.

--
Dudley Henriques-

That's my experience too. At first I really wanted force feedback.
However it's so inaccurate, and the motors make the thing all twitchy,
that only bad habits come of it.

Some company (not CH) makes joysticks and a flight yoke that don't use
potentiometers. They work better, apparently. Someone on the sim forum
could probably lead you to a controller that behaves well.

writes:

Some company (not CH) makes joysticks and a flight yoke that don't use
potentiometers. They work better, apparently. Someone on the sim forum
could probably lead you to a controller that behaves well.

Saitek uses Hall-effect sensors for the two main axes of the joystick in some
models (X52 and X52 Pro), but not usually for the other axes. It makes a
difference.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

Some company (not CH) makes joysticks and a flight yoke that don't
use potentiometers. They work better, apparently. Someone on the sim
forum could probably lead you to a controller that behaves well.

Saitek uses Hall-effect sensors for the two main axes of the joystick
in some models (X52 and X52 Pro), but not usually for the other axes.
It makes a difference.


Good for them. They're wonderful.

Bertie

wrote:
Yes there is. I've experimented with it and found it useless if the
objective sought is realistic aircraft control pressure feedback.
What it does do is create some "effects" for the user that are intended
to produce a more realistic experience, but in my opinion, the
technology falls way short of this goal.

In fact, my opinion of force feedback is so negative, I personally don't
use it.

--
Dudley Henriques-

That's my experience too. At first I really wanted force feedback.
However it's so inaccurate, and the motors make the thing all twitchy,
that only bad habits come of it.

Some company (not CH) makes joysticks and a flight yoke that don't use
potentiometers. They work better, apparently. Someone on the sim forum
could probably lead you to a controller that behaves well.


For the work I do on the sim program both for Microsoft and developers I
use strictly CH Products. I've found them to be quite dependable and I
recommend them highly.
DH

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Dudley Henriques

For the work I do on the sim program both for Microsoft and developers I
use strictly CH Products. I've found them to be quite dependable and I
recommend them highly.

I can second that recommendation.

In 18 months of daily use, our "Kiwi" (a full-sized flight simulator that
uses CH yoke and rudder pedals) has logged thousands of hours, with people
from every age group.

Given the abuse some of them have given the CH products, I'm frankly
surprised at how well they've held up. The plastic collar that surrounds
the metal shaft of the yoke broke after a woman exerted incredible force
trying to TWIST the yoke back to flare, rather than simply pulling back --
but a simple application of J-B Weld (the greatest stuff in the universe,
BTW) to reinforce the area has restored the yoke to full function.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:Jn6sj.29506$yE1.19771@attbi_s21:

For the work I do on the sim program both for Microsoft and
developers I use strictly CH Products. I've found them to be quite
dependable and I recommend them highly.

I can second that recommendation.

In 18 months of daily use, our "Kiwi" (a full-sized flight simulator
that uses CH yoke and rudder pedals) has logged thousands of hours,
with people from every age group.

Given the abuse some of them have given the CH products, I'm frankly
surprised at how well they've held up. The plastic collar that
surrounds the metal shaft of the yoke broke after a woman exerted
incredible force trying to TWIST the yoke back to flare, rather than
simply pulling back -- but a simple application of J-B Weld (the
greatest stuff in the universe, BTW) to reinforce the area has
restored the yoke to full function.

Barf



Bertie