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Old 05-02-2011, 10:50 AM
TonyD TonyD is offline
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Default FF Momo

I have come across a rather pleasant side-effect of having a force-feed wheel. I currently fly with a Saitek Cyborg-X stick, and have a Logitech Momo attached to my computer frame. I fly with my left arm draped over the Momo's housing for access to the throttle controls and buttons on the stick, and use the Momo's peddles for rudder control.

Although I have not mapped the wheel's axis to any flight control, the newly enabled FF effects cause the wheel to vibrate with aircraft 'flutter' at near-stall speeds and over-speed, and in reaction to gun recoil, and feels quite realistic. I am not sure why it does this, but it definitely adds to the realism without adversely affecting flight control. The 109's cannon causes the entire frame to shake, while approaching a stall I feel a gentle shudder warning of impending loss of control, all the while my stick remains unaffected. The best of both worlds, maybe?
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