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F-16 SS (from a NASA doc)
The prototype F-16 aircraft (General Dynamics Corporation, Ft. Worth, Texas) used a nonmoving
side stick, which was problematic, because it did not indicate when the maximum command had been
reached (ref. 3). The production F-16 aircraft uses a force-sensing stick with limited displacement
(approximately 1/8 in.). This limited amount of motion significantly improved the handling qualities
(ref. 4). Another fly-by-wire aircraft of the same era, the F-18 (The Boeing Company, St. Louis,
Missouri), uses a conventional center stick with a large range of motion. Although this stick is not
mechanically connected to the control surfaces (with the exception of a pitch reversion mode), it operates
much like a conventional center stick and is well liked by pilots.