Motion Rig - How to Centre Mount a Haptic Joystick

[@davannagle450]

Agreed, side mount has little precision unless you're flying an airbus. I hard clamp my Moza AB9 to my SRC sim rig mounting plate and lower the plate so its at a low angle and then I pull my seat into and under the stick so like you say the pivot point is correct, effectively between your legs and with the stick being easy to reach. If I race I unclamp the base and bolt the FANATEC base on and adjust the angle accordingly.

[@bigbangerz5856]

@@davannagle450 nice that sounds like a great setup. Do you have much room to add an extension to your AB9?

[@davannagle450]

@@bigbangerz5856 I've got two mfd’s on left and right, fly the f16. I have the Virpil extension and its awesome for helicopters, but I'm a jet guy.

[@bigbangerz5856]

@ MFDs are coming 😀

[@ErikLegerstee]

Great vid again thanks!

[@bigbangerz5856]

@@ErikLegerstee thanks man, your comments are appreciated

[@Vindaloooooo]

Looking sweet there my man. Are you adding anything the cover the floor area? Thinking being blinded in VR and a foot slip might be nasty but even just being able to move and rest the feet to avoid cramping up would be something to consider.

[@bigbangerz5856]

@@Vindaloooooo yeah that is a good point, it is on my to do list

[@steven4732-e6v]

Centre mount joystick? Screams in Airbus….. 🤯 On a serious note, the F-16/22/35 sidesticks are mounted on a Load Cell (or similar) and have a very small range of motion so they are more precise than the usual home sim solution with a large range of motion (compared to the real deal)

[@bigbangerz5856]

oh yes that is a fair point Airbus GA uses a side stick configuration I forgot about that, maybe need to scrub the Boeing stick off the front if you can arrange sponsorship 🤣

[@steven4732-e6v]

@ The damage is already done, the Boeing stain is there for life now haha 😂. Joking of course, I’m a fan of aviation as a whole not individual manufacturers

[@bigbangerz5856]

@@steven4732-e6v well the day Airbus gets a license to produce the Apache or something better.....