Joysticks-any good ones out there?

[lingomaniac88]

We use CH flightsticks for driving, and the new joysticks for everything else. According to our driver, it's because the joysticks we receive are both right-handed (left-handed, maybe... I forget), and the CH flightsticks are much better for tank driving (what we use).

[Abra Cadabra IV]

Yeah, we found out that using the flightsticks for actual driving and the kit joysticks for everything else works really, really well...but then the team we borrowed the Flightsticks from wanted them back at the end of the competition.

[SpaceOsc]

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

Beware of traditional xbox controllers. Of the two that I tested, both analog sticks were very wacky and inaccurate, and almost never returned to the same value when centered. I can't say about 360 controllers, as I have not tested one.

Jacob

At first the driver had 360 for a while and played it religiously. he brought a controller from home and had centering issues. he still wanted the robot controlled with a xbox360 controller so we bought a new one and the centering issue was not there. seems that the controllers wear out over time and such. but driving a robot for a few minutes at a time doesn't compare to beating out controllers for months.

Originally Posted by thefro526

I was actually talking with a friend about this, and does anyone know if a 360 Guitar Hero Controller works with the USB chicklet? We were thinking that it would because it plugs in like a normal 360 controller.

the makers of the cricket only support Microsoft made xbox controllers and don't guarantee any other controller from a 3rd party. im sure some of the 1501 teams this year has tested a guitar hero controller. hopefully they will post.