Hardware & sims

Works with your force-feedback stick.

Five stick families are validated and run plug-and-play where tested, including MOZA AB9 + MH16 on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Any other force-feedback joystick is detected, named, and can be enabled with safe defaults. Three operating systems, three simulators — no plugins, no account, nothing gated.

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FFB-Bridge Settings page showing the force-feedback device picker and hardware options FFB-Bridge Settings page showing the force-feedback device picker and hardware options
Settings → Hardware: pick your device, calibrate axes, and choose how forces are rendered.
Sticks

Three tiers of stick support.

Validated hardware is plug-and-play. Everything else is detected and handed a sensible path — we never silently lock you out.

Validated · plug-and-play

Known-good sticks

Tuned and tested end-to-end. Plug in, arm, fly:

  • Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 045E:001B
  • MOZA AB9 FFB Base + MH16 flight stick 346E:1000 / 346E:1002 (Windows, Linux, and macOS)
  • Logitech Flight System G940 046D:C287
  • Logitech Force 3D Pro 046D:C286
  • Logitech WingMan Force 3D 046D:C283
Any other FFB joystick

Detected & opt-in

Not on the list? FFB-Bridge still detects, classifies, and names your joystick. Turn on Allow unlisted devices to drive it with safe defaults — with live invert / axis-swap calibration and automatic crash-recovery as the safety net. Or run FFB Probe to characterise it; approved reports grow the validated list.

Wheels · gamepads · single-axis

FFB Probe only

Wheels, gamepads, and single-axis force devices aren't driven by FFB-Bridge — it's a flight-stick force engine. They're pointed straight to FFB Probe so you can still capture a compatibility report.

Operating systems & simulators

Where it runs.

FFB-Bridge runs outside the sim and talks to it over the network — SimConnect TCP for MSFS, UDP datarefs for X-Plane. No plugin, no in-sim install.

Operating system MSFS 2024 MSFS 2020 X-Plane 11 / 12 Sticks
Windows 10 / 11 Yes Yes Yes SideWinder, MOZA AB9 + MH16, Logitech + unlisted
Linux Yes (Proton) Yes (Proton) Yes SideWinder, MOZA AB9 + MH16, Logitech + unlisted
macOS new — — Yes (XP 12) SideWinder, MOZA AB9 + MH16

macOS support is new: Apple Silicon (M1 and later), with X-Plane 12 with the SideWinder Force Feedback 2 and MOZA AB9 + MH16. The Mac build ships as a signed, notarized DMG. Other sticks and simulators on macOS aren't supported yet.

Not on the list?

FFB Probe is the companion tool.

A free, standalone diagnostic that reports exactly what your force-feedback device can do. It's how unlisted joysticks get characterised — and how the validated list grows.

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Detect & classify Identifies the device and whether it's a joystick, wheel, or gamepad.
Capability report Which force-feedback effects the hardware actually supports, per OS.
Grows the catalog Approved reports feed the public device database and give future support work real hardware data to target.

Find your stick. Fly the feel.

Download FFB-Bridge for your platform, or run FFB Probe to check an unlisted device first.

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