sam_ogon

Hello. Inspired by the 5-coil FF joystick from the movie i thought of making less sophisticated, but much more DIY-able version of it with only 1 coil. It would basically be an electromagneting centering spring, with varying power depending on aircraft speed. Faster flight would generate more electromagnetic power, and no speed = no force. I loved my saitek evo force's FF and miss it profoundly. And I hate spring centering, my springs were always neutralised. As most of FF flying consists of feeling speed forces on the stick, the 1-coil setup could be an affordable substitute for a fullblown FF stick. Plus, it can be easily incorporated into rudder pedals too. I'm in the process of making my nth joystick, and at this stage i could seasily put a magnet and a coil inside it. The electronics seems so easy it can be made on Arduino, the only problem would be getting the speed value from the sim and getting it to the arduino, i'm not that much of a coder. Perhaps someone here could help. I'm not sure what can be extracted from a flightsim, but flutter, buffet (e.g. stall warning), flak hits or losing an aerodynamical surface could be simulated too in this setup. This would make for much nicer experience.