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13 December 2008, 01:21 PM
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I wish there were WW1 styled joysticks.
Would it be cool if there were joysticks that looked like WW1 control sticks?
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15 December 2008, 04:15 AM
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They worried even to replicate an F-16 control stick (not to mention the whole cockpit) but none thought about WWI sims. Bad marketing, I think. GB
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15 December 2008, 08:00 AM
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I think it should be easy to dismantle a cheap joystick and adapt the innards to a custom made WWI style joystick. A nice project to spend some afternoons while we wait for ROF to be launched...
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15 December 2008, 12:44 PM
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Its quite possible.But how one does it though?
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19 December 2008, 02:59 PM
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I looked at this a year or so ago, I bought the plans (download) and I really wanted to build it. Unfortunately the wife went mental at the thought of having this in the house so the plans ended up as a donation to the local Air League unit. The centre stick would be absolutely great for WWI sims, If you stick a big pedastal fan in front of the unit you would really feel "up there". All you need is an understanding partner and a long silk scarf.
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31 December 2008, 02:37 PM
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Dreamflyer sans pilot of course, the missus really would not be sympathetic to that feature and I am not sure I would understand how it works without instructions anyway, but ....... we can dream 
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31 December 2008, 05:22 PM
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years ago, I started to build a camel cockpit to fly redbaron3d ... but the wife shot it down. here is a link on how to make the controlers.
PC joystick interface circuits http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/howto/mind.htm
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31 December 2008, 08:07 PM
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31 December 2008, 08:44 PM
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Willi,
Years ago (I remember it was about the same time Dianna Spencer/Windsor died--whatever year that was) there was a fellow from Sweden flying WarBirds/DoA that built his own analog, full-size stick & rudder bar out of wood, wire, pulleys and such. He had plans and the whole shootin' match on how-to up on the web. You might want to search the Way-Back Machine for home-built WarBirds joystick or something along that line. Sorry I couldn't tell you more. Cheers Rod
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