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Hardware

Hardware is the single home for every setting that belongs to the physical stick or yoke.

Device here, aircraft under Tuning

Select the base, set its safe physical ceiling, calibrate axes, and assign device controls here. Set the way a particular aircraft feels under Tuning.

Select the device and validated backend

Choose the intended force-feedback device when more than one is connected. Known hardware selects its validated raw or operating-system path automatically; change the backend only while troubleshooting.

The Device tab identifies the selected base and the validated force-feedback path in use. The Device tab identifies the selected base and the validated force-feedback path in use.
Figure 1. The Device tab identifies the selected base and the validated force-feedback path in use.

What has actually been validated

FFB-Bridge identifies the device and selects its validated input, force output, effect rendering, and safety policy automatically.

Hardware familyCurrent evidence and boundary
Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2The broadest field history: raw HID/PID by default with DirectInput fallback on Windows, evdev on Linux, and raw IOHID/PID on macOS.
Logitech G940 · Force 3D Pro · WingMan Force 3DValidated on Windows, Linux, and macOS for the listed G940, Force 3D Pro, and WingMan Force 3D.
MOZA AB6 · AB9 · AY210Configuration ownership and managed sessions are validated on Windows, Linux, and macOS. AB6 (346e:1002) follows the characterized AB9 family policy and is user-validated; AB6, AB9, and AY210 are all supported hardware.
Brunner FFB-GValidated on Windows, Linux, and macOS with the supported platform-native force path.
Unlisted devices remain experimental

Unlisted joystick-class devices are an experimental opt-in with conservative 20% defaults. Wheels, gamepads, and single-axis devices are excluded; use FFB Probe to characterize unsupported hardware.

Default ceilings reflect evidence and device class: 100% for legacy consumer SideWinder/Logitech sticks, 35% for known high-force MOZA/Brunner bases, and 20% for eligible unlisted joysticks. Begin at the assigned limit and lower it whenever the mounted device or pilot requires less force.

Set physical limits before aircraft gains

The Effects tab defines what the hardware may physically produce. These safeguards remain active during normal flight and Flight Check.

  • Maximum physical strength is the hard ceiling for this device and rig.
  • Rendering policy is selected from validated device behavior; avoid compensating with a second configuration utility.
  • Axis and force-direction calibration correct the physical device once, independently of aircraft profiles.
The Effects tab keeps physical strength, validated rendering, and device-level limits together. The Effects tab keeps physical strength, validated rendering, and device-level limits together.
Figure 2. The Effects tab keeps physical strength, validated rendering, and device-level limits together.

Assignments are explicit

Choose Set up… for the FTR button, optional force-trim on/off button, or beep-trim 4-way control. Each opens the same guided modal, waits while device input is prepared, then animates only while a press or direction can be captured. Nothing is assigned automatically, and simulator keybindings are never changed.

The Helicopter tab starts unassigned and opens the same guided setup pattern for all three controls. The Helicopter tab starts unassigned and opens the same guided setup pattern for all three controls.
Figure 3. The Helicopter tab starts unassigned and opens the same guided setup pattern for all three controls.

Set up one beep-trim 4-way control

Use one physical hat-shaped control for top, bottom, left, and right. FFB-Bridge listens to both input formats and saves either one POV hat or four buttons—whichever the device actually reports. The tested AY210 uses four buttons. Cancel or failed verification restores the previous assignment.

The guide explains POV versus buttons, pauses the current assignment, prepares input without a moving progress bar, then verifies all four directions before saving one input shape. The guide explains POV versus buttons, pauses the current assignment, prepares input without a moving progress bar, then verifies all four directions before saving one input shape.
Figure 4. The guide explains POV versus buttons, pauses the current assignment, prepares input without a moving progress bar, then verifies all four directions before saving one input shape.
FTR releases the held point while pressed and establishes the current cyclic position when released. FTR releases the held point while pressed and establishes the current cyclic position when released.
Figure 5. FTR releases the held point while pressed and establishes the current cyclic position when released.
Choose Set up… for the FTR button, optional force-trim on/off button, or beep-trim 4-way control. Each opens the same guided modal, waits while device input is prepared, then animates only while a press or direction can be captured. Nothing is assigned automatically, and simulator keybindings are never changed. Choose Set up… for the FTR button, optional force-trim on/off button, or beep-trim 4-way control. Each opens the same guided modal, waits while device input is prepared, then animates only while a press or direction can be captured. Nothing is assigned automatically, and simulator keybindings are never changed.
Figure 6. Choose Set up… for the FTR button, optional force-trim on/off button, or beep-trim 4-way control. Each opens the same guided modal, waits while device input is prepared, then animates only while a press or direction can be captured. Nothing is assigned automatically, and simulator keybindings are never changed.

Let Flight Check apply test values

Do not bounce between pages to prepare a hardware test. Flight Check applies the temporary value it needs and restores your previous state afterward. Open the Flight Check guide.

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