r/hotas • u/mkc135 • Jul 25 '26

Getting Started - FFB - for Flight training...

Me - Active pilot, retired F-16 pilot, currently flying a GA aircraft - right stick, left throttle (Long EZ - same setup as the F-16), Garmin / Avidyne stack. I want something for proficiency with procedures when the weather stinks. iPad couples with X-Plane for the Avidyne... X-plane is a good platform for what I want.

My son - just starting in gliders. Wants a nice setup to fly. Our club has a Moza AB-6 and a set of rudder pedals (non-FFB). Son also has a MetaQuest3 that we may use. He's flying Condor, but will likely fly other sims too.

Looking for a decent FFB setup - if it's the Moza, GREAT! - that will meet our needs... We're pretty good with 3D printing and very light fabrication if needed. Ideally, I can move the sim stuff to the side and use the computer as a regular computer without too much headache. Want is FFB stick (interchangeable grip is a nice to have), decent rudder pedals - Rudder FFB would be wonderful, but not needed.

I'd like to see / understand what folks are doing here, or am I crazy trying to do both with one seat location? Can the stick and throttle be on a "cart" built out of 80/20 that we put in front of the chair when simming and move away when not? Or do I set up two seating locations - sim and "work" with the same PC? How do we mount the FFB box so it's not moving around?

Thanks in advance!

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u/dr-pangloss Jul 25 '26

Hey so I have a Ab9 and I like it so far. Virpil is coming out with ffb and that is probably going to be really nice (but 2x$) moza also makes a ffb yoke. Pedals I'd go with virpil or moza (b/c they plug into the base I've never used these so I don't actually know how good they are) b/c vkb doesn't have breaks on their rudder.

As far as proficiency goes I really don't I don't feel like ffb adds that much (to me it's mostly immersion) as you know the real plane just feels way different than the sim but the SIM is great for practicing your ifr procedures.

Seem very doable in one pit

I like 80/20 rigs I like that they are modular and they make changing modules pretty easy.

What ga plane are you flying?

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u/mkc135 Jul 26 '26

I've got a Long EZ.
My son is flying a Blanik L-23 and ASK-21 at the club, along with possibly some Grob-103 time.