Tri-axis Analog Joystick

[KVermilion]

Originally Posted by Chriszuma

you know, you could just cut the main 'stick' part off of the base, and glue a pot inbetween so you can turn it. (are we allowed to modify the joysticks?)

RIGHT.

How exactly are you thinking this will happen? if the pots are disconnected from the pcb you have a single (twist) axis joystick... I'll need to open up one of the righthaned beige 04+ sticks.

Also, I'd need a 100k ohm spring return pot. Havent found (m)any, also, the driver, might break the stops of such a pot, so I guess a mechanical stop outside of the pot would be very good....

Originally Posted by CJO

I have an older logitech equivalent of the sidewinder 3D, it is an excellent stick, and all three axis + the throttle are analog.

Does this stick work with the OI? basicly, if the pinout is that of a CH FligthStick, one of the extra axes used for uh... throttle? and somthing else... will be the z (twist) axis...

Also, what model is this? Do you still want it?

Originally Posted by Andy A.

My suggestion would be to find a digital 3 axis stick, and simply bypass the internal circuitry. You'll have to wire each pot to one of the 4 analog inputs on any given port, and do the rest in programming. It's a little bit of surgery, and you'll need to make your own connector, but it's nothing terribly complex. I imagine it's already been done.

AFAIK, all modern and most digital sticks are OPTICAL!