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.





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