{"id":624,"date":"2025-05-03T20:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T03:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/?p=624"},"modified":"2025-05-03T20:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T03:04:38","slug":"control-loader-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/?p=624","title":{"rendered":"Control Loader is done!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some months ago I embarked on getting a control loader installed into the F-15C.  With flight simulation and air combat &#8220;games&#8221;, it&#8217;s more commonly known as &#8220;force feedback&#8221;.  While the VPForce FFB system I&#8217;m using as the base for my simulator *can* do &#8220;force feedback&#8221; things, the primary task is to provide control loading similar to what a real F-15 pilot would experience.  At its most basic level, the flight control system in the F-15 will adjust the amount of force required to move the stick based on the current G loading of the aircraft.  The system can require as much as 25lbs in pitch and 20lbs in roll to move the stick at high G loads.  The VPForce system can&#8217;t quite hit those targets, but it&#8217;s close enough for my purposes.  I don&#8217;t want to become a gym rat just to be able to enjoy my simulator. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the YouTube video I put together during the test and configuration of the system.  Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Testing the new Control Loading System!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LtBAA7B_wLk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some months ago I embarked on getting a control loader installed into the F-15C. With flight simulation and air combat &#8220;games&#8221;, it&#8217;s more commonly known as &#8220;force feedback&#8221;. While the VPForce FFB system I&#8217;m using as the base for my simulator *can* do &#8220;force feedback&#8221; things, the primary task is to provide control loading similar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f15sim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}