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[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Mike Betts

You can use almost anything that is COTS or manufactured by the team for the OI. But because the CH Flightsticks are no longer manufactered, they are not COTS and not allowed.

I understand the COTS rule. The problem that iCurtis points out is that nobody makes gameport joysticks these days, with the exception of AVB, whose only remaining analog product is the stick that comes in the KOP (See http://www.avbusa.com/pc.htm). I always thought that the OI was kind of fun because there weren't a whole lot of limits on creativity; buying old sticks, gamepads, and steering wheels from eBay was okay. If you can point us to anyone still making analog gameport sticks, I would be thrilled, but I'm pretty sure they've all died out.