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One thing I found out recently is that the ATR 72 used old fashioned fly by wire... As in you turn the wheel and it yanks a wire. When a 72-500 had a problem with icing it caused an eddy over the wing which actually lifted the aileron up and the pilots struggled to counter it.

This has me thinking that I really should plan to make the controls force feedback... But it's also going to mean making the linkages a lot stronger than the plastic piping I was going to use.

So has anyone added force feedback into their sims? Most of you are using computerised fly-by-wire so it's not as likely I would have thought... But GA aircraft should do so as the faster you go the more force is added to the control surfaces.

Yet another thing that I never thought about... Damn that National Geographic Aircraft Disasters program heh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_v7YXN6GGQ

This link has some useful info on Force feedback principles that could be adapted for other planes

http://buggies.builtforfun.co.uk/Sim/FFB-yoke-1.php (http://buggies.builtforfun.co.uk/Sim/FFB-yoke-1.php)

David

Great stuff... Will need to be adapted for a control column but that is going to be my 2012 project for sure.

Thanks for the link.

Thanks fordgt40,

Thats a great link. I think ill bookmark that.

I've just found what I was looking for...

http://secure.simmarket.com/dirks-software-fs-force-for-fsx.phtml

It's exactly what I want software wise... Now to just build the hardware!

QuoteFS Force is an add-on module for Microsoft Flight Simulator that provides dynamic force feedback effects appropriate to all phases of aircraft operation, whether you're on the ground or in the air.

On the ground, you'll feel bumps, dips, pavement grooves, sharp cornering, braking forces, hard landings and more. In the air, you'll feel realistic trim forces, and centering forces that vary with airspeed. You can also add friction and damping to the flight controls to further enhance realism.

Each airplane can have it's own force feedback profile, and all forces are optional and fully customizable. Your force feedback experience can be as subtle or intensive as you like.
Programmed using the latest in DirectX technology, FS Force will take your flight simulator experience to an exciting new level.

Anyone here used FSForce?