[simpits-tech] F-16 Cougar Force Transducer Base - NeedYourFeedback!

Marv De Beque simpits-tech@simpits.org
Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:14:02 -0800


Can't say what this guy knows, but I have a real base and a tech that worked
on the program that confirms what I observed.

I doubt that the transducer base electronics compensates for the 12 degree
twist to normalize it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Wilson" <mafsix@attbi.com>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 4:07 PM
Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] F-16 Cougar Force Transducer Base -
NeedYourFeedback!


> Hmmm.  Well, this is interesting - I posted the question on the flight sim
newsgroup
> and got this response....
>
> Post:
> ::::" Steve Wilson" <mafsix@attbi.com> wrote...
> :::: > Does one pull perfectly, directly aft on an F-16 joystick to induce
> :::: > pitch up, or is the actual angle skewed clockwise somewhat from the
> :::: > longitudinal axis of the jet?
>
> Answer:
>  ::::Straight back.  I work at Link and have a couple of hundred hours in
>  ::::F-16 UTD sims and that's how they work here.  I've never flown a real
>  ::::one but we do have to meet fidelity requirements so I'm sure it's the
>  ::::same.
>
>  ::::  Greg
>
>
> The guy's email address was sourced from link.com, and that is indeed the
home site of
> the famous simulator peeps.   I'm going to fire off an email, and see what
turns up.
>
> ???
>
> Steve
>
> --
>  Steve Wilson, mafsix@attbi.com on 10/30/2002
>
>
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