Protractor
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I would like to build my own flight stick. I want it to be durable and accurate.
This is a picture of a flight stick built by Thrustmaster. It's everything I want, but it's very expensive.
I don't need mine to look like this, especially at first. I just want to know how it's made so I can try to build my own. If I make something that is useful I can worry about the way it looks later on.
I found that there's a ready made joystick analog configuration that can be applied:
This is the Arduino joystick module.
I want to go from having a simple module like this, to having a functional, durable flight stick with 4-5 buttons plus a trigger.
I don't expect someone to walk me through the process but some advice on getting started would be great. I'd rather not paint myself into a corner due to an early mistake.
One thing that I am already worried about is that the Arduino joystick module is just a thumb stick. My thinking was that the sensitivity of the stick might not be there if it was originally designed for a smaller range of motion. The larger stick was likely designed for the full range of motion from the outset. This might mean me having to build my own joystick module using two analog input wheels of larger size. I am prepared to do that, but would rather not if the consensus is that the thumb stick with an extension attached would still be accurate.
I'm completely new to this sort of thing, so don't worry about offending me by stating the obvious.
This is a picture of a flight stick built by Thrustmaster. It's everything I want, but it's very expensive.
I don't need mine to look like this, especially at first. I just want to know how it's made so I can try to build my own. If I make something that is useful I can worry about the way it looks later on.
I found that there's a ready made joystick analog configuration that can be applied:
This is the Arduino joystick module.
I want to go from having a simple module like this, to having a functional, durable flight stick with 4-5 buttons plus a trigger.
I don't expect someone to walk me through the process but some advice on getting started would be great. I'd rather not paint myself into a corner due to an early mistake.
One thing that I am already worried about is that the Arduino joystick module is just a thumb stick. My thinking was that the sensitivity of the stick might not be there if it was originally designed for a smaller range of motion. The larger stick was likely designed for the full range of motion from the outset. This might mean me having to build my own joystick module using two analog input wheels of larger size. I am prepared to do that, but would rather not if the consensus is that the thumb stick with an extension attached would still be accurate.
I'm completely new to this sort of thing, so don't worry about offending me by stating the obvious.