[Ianworld]

Yeah first used to give out joysticks that were better. They switched last year to the ones now in the kit. They don't center very well and are for right handed people only. You can always go out and buy any analog joystick for a computer and it will work. you just have to figure out how it outputs and get the pins correct. (i'm pretty sure its standard on all joysticks though.) The problem is that most joysticks now are USB which won't work.

As for how many joysticks, most teams use two joysticks in a tankdrive set up. One joystick controls the forward and backward motion of the left side of the bot and the other joystick controlsthe forward and backward motion of the right side of the bot. You can do it with just one joystick though. Whatever is easiest for your drivers i guess.