Tune the feel of every aircraft you fly
The Tuning page holds the force model behind each built-in profile, from the centering spring to runway rumble. Start from the profile that loads for your aircraft, change what you want and save your own copy.
A profile for the aircraft you load
FFB-Bridge reads the aircraft from the simulator and loads its profile automatically. Search more than 1,600 built-in profiles by name, manufacturer, category or simulator, and set any of them as the default for an aircraft. Save your changes as your own profile and the built-in starter stays unchanged as a reference.
- Loads automatically for the aircraft you fly
- Search by name, manufacturer, category or simulator
- Set any profile as an aircraft’s default
Shape the centering spring
Spring curves set how resistance grows as you move the stick away from the trimmed centre, with separate curves for pitch and roll. Start from Linear or Progressive, then drag points or type exact values and watch the calculated response. Curves are applied while the stick is disarmed and saved with the profile.
- Separate pitch and roll curves
- Linear and Progressive presets
- Drag points or enter exact values
Trim that settles the stick
Pitch trim relief eases the force you hold after you trim, and on manual-control profiles it moves the point where the stick settles. Roll trim relief is there for aircraft with aileron trim. A trim-dependent pitch spring curve changes pitch stiffness with trim position without moving the centre.
- Pitch and roll trim relief
- Manual controls settle where you trimmed
- Trim curve can follow an add-on’s own trim value
Every effect has its own control
Effect gains covers runway rumble, gear bumps, brake shudder, stall and overspeed buffet, turbulence, engine rumble, gear and flap movement, drag and touchdown, each on its own slider. Control feel adds damping, friction, inertia, travel stops and rate damping for each axis. A search field finds any control by name and opens it.
- 30 effect gains in nine groups
- Damping, friction and inertia per axis
- Set a slider to zero to turn that effect off
Helicopters get their own section
Choose the Rotorcraft control system and the Tuning page replaces fixed-wing trim with a Helicopter section: force trim hold, ETL shudder, vortex ring state buffet, retreating blade stall, two-per-rev vibration, skid scrape and rotor rumble. Rotor vibration follows rotor load and the rotor’s own speed and blade count. Cyclic damping and the force trim release button are set per stick on the Hardware page.
- Force trim with FTR and beep trim
- Rotor rumble that follows rotor load
- ETL, VRS and retreating blade stall cues
Response curves for each effect
Advanced Tuning shapes how an effect’s strength changes through the flight: pitch load against indicated airspeed, stall buffet against the margin to the stall angle, runway rumble against ground speed. Airspeed curves mark the aircraft’s reference speeds, such as Vs0, Vs and Vne, and a green dot shows where the flight is now.
- Built-in law or your own curve
- Aircraft speeds marked on the graph
- Saves into a new profile, starters stay unchanged
Tune from the force trace
The Live Dashboard draws each force as a trace over the last few minutes of flight, in lanes for steady loads, vibrations and one-shot events. Click a trace and the panel beside the graph tunes that effect, so you can change it and feel the result on the next approach.
- Time window from 30 seconds to 3 minutes
- Pause the display after a landing
- Slider and response curve for the selected trace
More tuning in FFB-Bridge Pro
Pro adds Advanced Tuning response curves and the Live Dashboard, where you select a force trace in flight and tune that effect. It is a one-time US$49.99 purchase that builds on the free app.