Flight Stick

[southpaw13]

Hello, I wanted to share this with everyone once it is completed, but I can't wait.  The pictures are of the base of a Sidewinder Flight Stick and a 3" trackball plate mounted to it.  It fits perfect.  So I also bought a Tornado spinner.  So I am hooking up the joystick and spinner with USB, and a trackball and buttons with a I-pac/Opti-pac.  I though that everyone might want to see what this looks like before they do a hack on a flight stick.  I don't think that you need to....Any comments?

[rampy]

Hello, I wanted to share this with everyone once it is completed, but I can't wait.  The pictures are of the base of a Sidewinder Flight Stick and a 3" trackball plate mounted to it.  It fits perfect.  So I also bought a Tornado spinner.  So I am hooking up the joystick and spinner with USB, and a trackball and buttons with a I-pac/Opti-pac.  I though that everyone might want to see what this looks like before they do a hack on a flight stick.  I don't think that you need to....Any comments?

Very cool... thanks for the pic...  pretty neat idea...  have any other shots to share?

one note... sounds like you have a separate interface for your spinner (usb mouse hack?) ... which seems redundant if you are getting an optipac (which allows you to concurrently hook up a track ball and multiple spinners n' stuff)

*Shrug*  

rampy

[shmokes]

I've got a Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 that would be pretty cool to have on a panel, but I'm not sure about how to mount the throttle control on it.  I kind of ran out of room.  Maybe someday down the road.

I'd be interested to see the rest of the details on how you mounted everything up underneath and all.

[southpaw13]

The tornado spinner comes with a USB interface.  I could hook it up to the opti-pac as well, but if everything works with the USB hookup, then I won't.  More pics to come when I'm done

[eyal8r]

How did this work out for you?
Thanks
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[Tiger-Heli]

Good idea, it looks sharp!!!