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Question FF-ish stick centering for flight sims?

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by sam_ogon, Feb 24, 2019.

  1. sam_ogon

    sam_ogon New Member

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    Hello. I saw this CES movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2891&v=5mNxn2_u4YI (starting from 39:30 - using a magnet and electromagnetic coils system for Force Feedback for joysticks or gear shafts). ATM I'm making a full lenght joystick for flight sims and inspired by those guys' solution I thought of incorporating a single coil based centering, its force dependent on flightspeed, meaning the faster you fly the stiffer the stick gets. I'm a noob here, but it seems doable with SimTools? I'm going to base my J/S on arduino, and I see SimTools work with it. Not really a force feedback, but helluva better than the spring centering hideosity. And affordable too.

    I'm not sure what kind of data can SimTools extract off of a game, maybe more goodies could be acquired?

    Any noob tutorials concerning this? Perhaps someone could help in coding part ?
    sam_ogon, Feb 24, 2019
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