Yoke back pressure

[Pegger]

I am pondering the design of my tandem yoke system for my king air (some day ).
I thought of an idea to get a back pressure feel/auto centering function and wondered if anyone has ever seen or experimented with this idea.

I want to use a swinging pendulum weight positioned such that the fulcrum allows the yoke to push/pull with some normal weight near the neutral positions, but when attempting to really pull hard you will feel more weight on the "control surface" as the weight extends further from the free hanging center.
I have a feeling that this will result in a smoother pressure gradient, as opposed to springs which are so commonly employed for this purpose.

[jackpilot]

Check

http://www.737flightsim.com/737center2.html

[Pegger]

Thank you very much for the link Jack. I am honestly envious of the wealth of knowledge you seem to have at your fingertips about so many different things. I bet your "favorites/bookmarks" list is something to behold!

I really like the electric/mechanical control loader idea. I'll have to research that some more for sure. What ever system I decide to go with though, I really want to make sure that the yoke doesn't have that distinct "connected-to-a-spring" feeling that is far to obvious on the out of the box yoke systems.

Cheers,

Mike

[jackpilot]

the wealth of knowledge about so many different things.

Hi Mike
This is what a small group of serious and active builders is all about...    
JP