General aviation force feedback yoke for Cessna sim

[Cessna172sim]

Will do! And late reply to your previous post; yes, we are using the 100% original C172 dual control yoke Y-bar.

[Efe Cem Elci]

Great work. I'm going to scrap the 737 and get cracking on a GA, and this will be on the drawing board. Once I offload the stuff I have at hand.

[Cessna172sim]

Force Unit remote control to the cockpit:
force.jpg

[Cessna172sim]

Hi,

We have finally completed all hardware and software installations. Is there any change to get your config files to our C172. Since almost nobody of us have a real life flying experience it would help us a lot to get some pre-programmed configure file. Feel free to send me some mail: robots[at]jippii.fi

Thanks in advance,
BR,
OP

[IanH1960]

Hi OP,

...have emailed.

Ian

[Cessna172sim]

Hi everybody,

Just wanted to tell you that the unit is now fully functional. We had a real life C172 pilot visiting the sim yesterday and we made small adjustments to the software settings appr. 6 hours. Few clips here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhGzI...8&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj72z...feature=relmfu

Also some general updated videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Cessna172sim?feature=watch

Next we would like to start working with the force rudders.

I still need to add some lubrication to the yoke shaft. As you can see it's VERY dry.
Best regards,
OP

[iwik]

Congratulations,
Looks awesome and its great to use isnt it.
What are you doing re the Force rudders?.
Les

[Cessna172sim]

Hi,
The concept really gives our sim a complete new life. You really have to use the trim to find the 'sweet spot' from the yoke and keep the plane trimmed. Also the vibration effects are super smooth. We would primarly want to build Ian's rudder pedal prototype and connect this to our current pedals. According the concept pictures it seems to be fairly easy to connect to the C172 rudder pedals via control rods.
http://bffsimulation.com/FFB-pedals-1.php

[IanH1960]

Hi OP,

Thanks for the update - great to hear it is making a difference to your sim experience.

Can you send me your modified config file - I'd love to see how close the lighter cessna config I sent you was to what your pilot expected...

I've not had any time to do more work on the pedals - this steel FFB yoke kit is consuming all my time... I got as far as making the components for the FFB rudder prototype and they've just sat in the workshop for 6 months!

Ian

[Cessna172sim]

Hi Ian,

Sure, we can send the config file for you. The only thing that is not yet working is the autopilot. From some reason it turns on OK, but after few seconds it disengages and you have to fly manually. I tried to raise the pry-file autopilot elevator and aileron setting value from 20 to 60 but no help. Should this value be even higher?

Also I tried invert AP button from the config settings. Any idea about this? Could it be that the small amount of friction disengages the autopilot, or something else..

Looking forward for those rudders also.