Skybird, yes, the FS can be stiffened up
Thank you Swoose. As to your questions...
1. Has CH Products considered updating the design of the PT to incorporate some of the elements of the Franken Potato?
No
2. Would the additional rotaries and switches benefit a propsim like PF, or are they more geared to assisting the gameplay of jetsims?
The additional rotaries and switches can be used to do anything programmable in Control Manager v4.0 + Trim, prop RPM, mixture...