Quote from
Garage Years:
"my understanding of the side-stick is that the Airbus stick is quite a different design to that of the F-16. The F-16 stick only moves a very small physical deflection and is more of a force sensor (I worked F-16 simulators about 17 years ago!), while the 'bus stick is a position sensor. That in itself though is merely interesting."
Quote from
Smilin Ed:
My instructor, Nello Infanti, asked which I preferred. I preferred minimal stick motion with aircraft response determined by stick forces. Nello informed me that the vast majority of pilots also preferred that configuration. I would think that, when finding it necessary to fly current FBW aircraft using the stick, that precise control would be more difficult using stick deflection rather than stick forces. Is Garage Years correct in his characterization of the AB side stick?
You,
gums,
Machinbird,
Flexible Response, and others may find some thoughts of mine on the use of the Airbus sidestick (from experience on the A320) of some interest:
http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/31609...ml#post3979423