Thanks for the thoughtful post, Ross. Joe Bill's article was fascinating!

Earl
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http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archi...ct_86/cockpit/

Explains it better than I can...

Ross "Roscoe" Dillon
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(B-2, F-16, F-15, F-5, T-37, T-38, C-5, QF-106)



On 20 Sep 2003 18:54:19 GMT, ELETEME (Kurt R.
Todoroff) wrote:

Does it move when say when the pilot wants to climb, or does it have
pressure sensors on a rigid stick so the stick can inform the
computers the pilots hand is pressing on the front of the stick and
he
wants the F-16 to climb?


Both. However, the purpose of the movement is only to provide artificial
feel
or feedback to the pilot. I read in the flight manual (a while back)
that the
stick moves either 1/4 inch or 1/8 inch longitudinally and laterally. I
don't
know how many degrees of pitch and roll movement about the translation
point
this equates to. For all intents and purposes, the stick is rigid. I
think
that General Dynamics incorporated this feature into the second block of
F-16A/B aircraft.





Kurt Todoroff


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