Recommended joysticks?

[R.C.]

This is what I really want to use next year:

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-MC2-R...6665 8&sr=8-1

and

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-8822...6671 5&sr=8-3

Do you think the racing wheel with work with the new controller???

[hurtzmyhead]

I am not a driver, nor a programer (or gamer) would you say that this is a good joystick: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/pro...oducts_id=9136 ?

[Tom Line]

The joystick you have linked to has 4 axis, and doesn't have potentiometers to sense motion. It uses momentary limit switches, so when you push the joystick to one side, it closes a circuit to tell you that you've moved.

This isn't what you'd necessarily want for most FIRST applications.

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

This is what I really want to use next year:

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-MC2-R...6665 8&sr=8-1

and

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-8822...6671 5&sr=8-3

Do you think the racing wheel with work with the new controller???

Xbox 360 controllers are not standard HID and will not work per the DS datasheet. Make sure any joysticks you link are Standard HID and you have tested them.

Originally Posted by Section3.1.8KnownLimitations.

The DS only supports joysticks that use the standard HID interface. This means that if a joystick
requires special drivers on windows, it won't work with the DS. Unfortunately, this means the
XBOX 360 controller won't work.

As I have said before, I highly recommended the Saitek AV8R. Used 1 for the driver last year and 2 (both pilots) this year. They are only $35 with free shipping, ambidextrous, have 5 axis (twist & dual throttle), 12 easily accessible (without looking) buttons, straight stick (we don't like angled forward sticks), optional screw on handrest.

Plus they look cool

[gwytheyrn]

I'm a fan of using the extreme 3d pro for operator and attack 3s (they're free...) for driver. The attack 3 has everything needed for driving, and the extreme 3d pro has a lot of nice stuff such as the 4-way hat thing at the top (they're linked to axis 5-6 I think). Beware: the throttle is actually axis 4 and the twist is axis 3 (labeled throttle in the unbundle in LV).
Only thing I have against Saitek is that I don't like how they look.