Bedouin Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Hi, Does the Apache Cyclic returns to center or stay in place if released..? More if i should remove the springs and only use the Dry Clutches on my VBK Ultimate to simulate this... And does the Module support this, or only support return to center joysticks..? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederf Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Like most helicopters it has artificial feel springs. From a set position the user feels spring resistance pulling back to center like a common computer joystick. But when the trim is engaged the spring anchors are unlocked and the cyclic has no resistance (is floppy). When trim is disengaged the spring anchors relock and the spring resistance is felt pulling toward this new set position. Ideally you would have a force feedback stick which would have this behavior: spring around a center, floppy when trim held, and a new spring center when trim released. As far as I can tell the VKB stick's clutch friction is not dynamically controlled by software so it's effectively a traditional spring joystick. Personally I would use such a joystick like a traditional spring joystick with DCS unless I could somehow emulate the new-spring-center behavior. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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