[simpits-tech] CH stick

[Ross Hutton]

 --- "Brian West." <bcw@palma.infotelecom.es> wrote: >
Justin,   Had a thought last night after reading
> your message about loading
> up the linkage. You really need to feel that you are
> moving flying surfaces
> around with a bit of a stick through treacle feel.
>  I thought of using a  pair of unpowered  D.C.
> motors belt driven from the
> shafts with a ratio of about 3 to 1 to provide
> resistance.

If you short-circuit a DC motor by wiring its +ve and
-ve together it'll provide damped resistance (the
faster you try to move - the more resistance it puts
up). This sounds like what you want to try out. 



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Ross

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