Side stick
Salute gleaf!
You can find a good link and description of the 'bus sidestick by searching one of our earlier threads.
With no small amount of time in the SLUF, I can attest to the use of force transducers for the stick grip. Seems like breakout force was very low and the 4 pounds reference might have been when the physical stick began to move. For FCF's we would brace the stick with our knees and one hand, then exert force on the grip. With CONTROL AUG enabled, the control surfaces would move. Sure made formation flying a lot more precise.
That stick grip was used on the original Viper and worked the same way - no physical movement. Later jets, like from number 30 or so, had 1/8 inch of movement.
@DOZE
I take it that the increasing force per degrees of stick deflection was impressive?
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