Extranajero Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 Is the real world RIO's radar control stick biased to the centre position ? --------------------------------------------------------- PC specs:- Intel 386DX, 2mb memory, onboard graphics, 14" 640x480 monitor Modules owned:- Bachem Natter, Cessna 150, Project Pluto, Sopwith Snipe
Naquaii Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 Not exactly sure what you mean by biased but if you're thinking of it being absolute, i.e. that the center position always equals the center of the controlled screen and a given deflection also always points at the same location then yes. This enables the RIO to train his muscle memory for really quick hooks on the screens. If it worked more like a mouse it would be slower, at least for a trained individual.
Extranajero Posted June 4, 2019 Author Posted June 4, 2019 I wondered if it was spring loaded to a centre position, obviously not from how you describe it --------------------------------------------------------- PC specs:- Intel 386DX, 2mb memory, onboard graphics, 14" 640x480 monitor Modules owned:- Bachem Natter, Cessna 150, Project Pluto, Sopwith Snipe
Naquaii Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 I think the real one was but not at all like a flight control stick.
microvax Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 I have an F4E HCU which afaik worked in very similar ways to the one in the F14. It is springloaded to the center position via a single spring, the mechanism itself pretty much is the same type as the x55 uses, except obviously its all _a lot_ beefier. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] *unexpected flight behaviour* Oh shiii*** ! What ? Why ? What is happening ?
Spiceman Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 No it’s not. It simply flops around, no spring loading at all. Former USN Avionics Tech VF-41 86-90, 93-95 VF-101 90-93 Heatblur Tomcat SME I9-9900K | Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra | 32GB DDR4 3200 | Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe | RTX 2070 Super | TM Throttle | VPC Warbird Base TM F-18 Stick
Extranajero Posted June 6, 2019 Author Posted June 6, 2019 No it’s not. It simply flops around, no spring loading at all. I thought it might, given that it commands an absolute position rather than a displacement. Ta very much, there was a practical reason I wanted to know ;) --------------------------------------------------------- PC specs:- Intel 386DX, 2mb memory, onboard graphics, 14" 640x480 monitor Modules owned:- Bachem Natter, Cessna 150, Project Pluto, Sopwith Snipe
Naquaii Posted June 8, 2019 Posted June 8, 2019 No it’s not. It simply flops around, no spring loading at all. Thanks for the info! Not something that's really covered in the manuals! :-)
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