I remember plane specific settings from ROF, very ‘handy’
I would speculate about luxury of real WWI airmen.
I think field mods were very common also at that times.
And would belive that they had many more options in this regard than we have in games.
I experimented with this also.
This is how I did it on my X55. Two cable ties. It is the softest spring and the ties made it a bit shorter so it feels even softer and with the spring in place it still provides the centering.
I replaced it with the TMWH and haven’t looked back but the reality is that I fly enough helos that the default centering force of the non-extended Warthog is not fit for purpose. It makes it a lot harder to fly with a relaxed cyclic hand.
I use trim a lot, which helps, but it still means that I end up ham-fisting manoeuvres: holding the stick off centre means fighting the centering force, preventing you from making very small corrections…the alternative is trimming and re-centering the stick but that is a bit clunky as well. You kind of have to guess the right trim point and find out after re-centering if you got it right or if you’re still off…not great when you’re trying to stabilise for a rocket run or whatever.
Wonder if an extension for the standard WH base would help. I just really like that grip and I’m hesitant to go back to the plastic feel of the X55.
I also had it full-loose from beginning. What I actually did then is that I disassembled the throttle unit and extracted all the tightening mechanism. Because I didnt use it anyway.
Its little better than before but I guess the next step could be cleaning the default vaseline and replacing it with something different.