Tuning
Tuning controls how the aircraft feels. Device selection, physical limits, calibration, and button assignments belong under Hardware.
You can reach an effect directly from its Dashboard channel chip. Linked chips open this page, reveal any required Advanced controls, expand the section, centre the matching row, and highlight it.
One rule keeps the interface understandable
If a setting describes the physical device, find it under Hardware. If it describes this aircraft, find it under Tuning.
Hardware owns pitch, roll and vibration limits, damping calibration and the Base resistance minimums used while armed. Tuning owns the aircraft’s damping, friction, inertia, progressive stops, input mode, Follow and other effects. A profile can add resistance above the armed minimums. Disarm restores the captured base configuration.
Start with the essentials
The normal view is deliberately short. Make one change at a time and test the aircraft before opening Advanced.
- Confirm the selected aircraft profile and aircraft type.
- Set Master gain for the overall aircraft-force level within the hardware ceiling.
- Use the standard Advanced controls switch when you need the full model; it sits after Master gain and before Control system.
- Select the control-system style that matches the aircraft, including Rotorcraft for helicopters.
- Adjust only the effect groups relevant to that aircraft and the problem you are trying to solve.
Advanced is one deliberate switch
Advanced reveals the detailed effect gains and shaping controls without turning the default page into a wall of sliders. Leave it closed until the essentials are correct.
Turning Advanced on reveals and opens every available effect group at once, creating one continuous scroll. You can collapse individual groups afterward; changing profile family while Advanced stays on opens the newly relevant groups too.
Aircraft type removes irrelevant controls
Rotorcraft profiles show force trim, cyclic damping, and rotor cues. Fixed-wing profiles show their own aerodynamic, ground, trim, and stall controls instead.
Flight-model evidence and guarded fallbacks
Control loading derives feel airspeed from flight-model dynamic pressure in MSFS and X-Plane, so pitot/static or cockpit-indicator failures do not freeze the aerodynamic load. Indicated airspeed remains a guarded fallback when pressure evidence is unavailable.
Surface, rotor, and configuration evidence
Spoiler effects follow actual surface deployment, X-Plane 11 flap fallback is restored, and rotor vibration follows rotor speed and blade count even while windmilling. Missing or implausible optional values use explicit guarded fallbacks.
Control input and local mechanics
Control input chooses how pilot force becomes the aircraft command. Position / displacement is the normal mode. Exact AB9 hardware can use Force Sensing after guided four-direction calibration and validation. Damping, friction, inertia, and progressive stops remain aircraft-profile feel, while Hardware enforces the physical envelope and selects the exact-device renderer.
Autopilot follow
moves a linked control toward the simulator’s AP-inclusive command. Supported MOZA bases use their model-specific Follow path; Authority limits travel and Follow speed controls movement rate. Other devices use Bridge’s force path, with the saved authority on the X-Plane owned-axis path and a bounded cue on MSFS. Independent sidesticks use AP neutral hold instead of moving-control Follow.
Airbus-style AP neutral hold
AP neutral hold adds an Airbus-style centred sidestick while autopilot is engaged. It uses Bridge's shared force path, so it is not restricted to AB9. It is separate from moving-control AP Follow and does not implement a simulator autopilot-disconnect threshold.
For an appropriate Fly-by-wire profile, open the Autopilot controls and enable AP neutral hold. It is off by default. When supported autopilot telemetry reports engagement, Bridge holds the sidestick near neutral. It does not move the stick to follow the flight controls or command an autopilot disconnect.
Trim compensation
AY90 and AY210 trim compensation supports matching MSFS 2024 aircraft. X-Plane 12.2 and later uses its native trim support for compatible aircraft across supported FFB devices. Aircraft with custom control systems can behave differently.
In MSFS, the cockpit yoke animation can differ from your physical yoke while trim compensation is active. Standard simulator input cannot independently position the animation. Assess trim using pressure relief and aircraft response.
Engine rumble
Engine rumble follows engine RPM and power evidence. Idle roughness adds a coarser low-speed texture that blends away into cruise without changing steady centering or pitch and roll load.
Edited values stay obvious
Dirty indicators show unsaved edits and reset arrows restore individual defaults. Compare a change in a real flight or use Flight Check to validate the affected force channel under controlled telemetry.
A zero effect gain or authority turns that contribution off. Other enabled effects and armed hardware resistance can still be felt. Some features, including AP neutral hold, also have an explicit enable control; check the relevant section when isolating a force.
Save to the intended profile
Save only after confirming the correct aircraft profile is selected. Auto-select can then load the values when that aircraft connects.
Tune in a controlled order
For a practical sequence from safe defaults to a finished aircraft profile, continue with the Tuning guide.