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cornishHen:
I took an old pc flight stick and converted to a tron stick. It's probaly doesn't feel like a true tron joystick, but I think the final result looks good. I like to use it more for games like zaxxon and xevious. I bought the tron plastic halves from a guy on ebay and then bought the trigger mech/pushbutton/plastic graphic insert from Happ. Recently I added an el wire into the stick that puts off a nice electric blue through the translucent plastic( i didn't have it wired at time of picture).
If you have any interest in such a mod, I have additional photos I can provide.
DeLuSioNal29:
--- Quote from: cornishHen on January 14, 2008, 12:12:06 pm ---I took an old pc flight stick and converted to a tron stick. It's probaly doesn't feel like a true tron joystick, but I think the final result looks good. I like to use it more for games like zaxxon and xevious. I bought the tron plastic halves from a guy on ebay and then bought the trigger mech/pushbutton/plastic graphic insert from Happ. Recently I added an el wire into the stick that puts off a nice electric blue through the translucent plastic( i didn't have it wired at time of picture).
If you have any interest in such a mod, I have additional photos I can provide.
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It's funny, I was thinking about this the other day. I also have a flight stick for my PC that's new in a box collecting dust that I had thought about modding for my control panel.
What interface did you use for the stick? Did you connect it to an ipac or did you just use the Joystick plug that came on the stick?
~ D
cornishHen:
I just used the joystick plug..actually it was a joystick plug to usb adaptor in the end. I have a small program that is in my startup to map the joystick outputs to keystrokes.
Some of the difficult things to do included sanding the flightsticks plastic shaft to a diameter useable in the tron molds and cutting through the flightstick's thick metal base to make it small enough for cp mounting.
DeLuSioNal29:
I don't plan on using the tron covers, but I'll probably leave it as is (it's black). It's not the wingman so is a little smaller too at the base. I'll have to take it apart and see. Thanks! It's good to hear someone else has succeeded in modding a PC joy. $100+ for the real deal is a bit steep!
Regards,
~ D
cornishHen:
I found there was alot of extra plastic/metal in the wingman.. I think they added the extra surface area and metal so it could be placed on a desk and not be tippy..