i dont believe that
i googled f16 stick and dead zone- band and i call that bs, i know you never pilot with a big dead zone
oh man do you find curious people over the net
have you got any link of an f16 stick having a dead zone?
utter bs, lets see if my intuition is right
edit:
In regard to the amount of movement: I think the F-16 has the least
amount of movement of any control stick so far implemented on a
production aircraft. In fact, initially it was designIed to have no
movement. On other aircraft it varies and it often depends on the
length of the control stick. For example, the Gripen has a very short
stick and the rotation point is just beneath the wrist. I can't
remember how many degrees it deflects, but I do know that it feels
very natural. Since it is short, the linear movement of the stick at
the hand will obviously be quite small.
from:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arch.../msg00017.html