rec.autos.simulators

And yes, the Thrustmaster probably would be the best choice, but it's just not
economically feasible at this time.

Thanks for your help.

Note that you don't have to spend $169 on it, I got mine for $109 from
Chips & Bits.  Yeah, I know, good joysticks cost about 1/3rd of that.

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Brian Wong                              Product Marketing Engineering

415-336-0082                            Palo Alto, CA 94303

I use a Mach1 Flightstick...aside from clearing my cluttered desk and getting
a Thrustmaster.....  the stick is very smooth...and I like shifting up with
the trigger and downshifting with the thumb button...and it rarely ever needs
to be recalibrated... I think mine ran me around $45 but it has been 2 years..
BTW, they also take a lot of abuse...

Yosh

Brian
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Well I made up a steering wheel which consisted of a box which had
a large knob that could be held with 1 hand and 4 buttons; 2 to
change gears, one for the brake and one for reversing (2 buttons
on this are obviously assigned to the 2nd joystick). That leaves the
acceleration which I currently use a joystick (didn't get round to
making one :)) which I operate with my foot.

It works a treat! One thing that I found was that you need a fairly
good pot for the steering to get the acuracy needed. All parts were
from Maplins and very quite easy to build. I was forced to do this
because I needed to see whether it was worth doing and also
because anything on the market is far too expensive especially if
it ended up being less controlable than a joystick.

Well it is definitely worth doing, the degree of control is
excellent and now I can hold the line I want without worrying
about slight jerks on the twitchy joystick, this is greatly helped
by the fact that the throttle not connected physically to the
steering. Takes a bit of getting used to but works beautifully.

Regards,

        Louis