Control stick for Flight Sim

[Guest]

MS could corner it's own market if it could develop a decent Flight-control
HID.
Features could include:
CONTROL:
3-axis joystick; (more accurate + force-feedback)
2x front trigger buttons; one acts as 'shift' or other function
4x thumb buttons & 8way Hat switch;
4-8x 3pos switches; flightsim (cockpit switches),
FPS (weapons, maps, inventory, etc)
encoder wheel; FPS (zoom (map, weapon, view))
FlightSim (fuel mixture, or other assigned)

THROTTLE:
T-handle throttle w/ indents; (sidebody- friction/indent control screw)
Flightsim (Rev Thrust, 5% inc/dec, afterburner)
FPS (Weapon choice, speed, etc)
thumb-joystick;
scroll wheels (l-r + u-d); FlightSim (trim control)
FPS (view, menu/inventory control)
2x trigger buttons;
switch to reverse polarity on joystick movement;
FlightSim (A/C throttle vs Helo collective)


I'm sure the R&D Dept can improve on these simple suggestions...

Scott Mac

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Scott Mac,

Regarding Microsoft brand Joysticks, Game Controllers, or HID's:

When it comes to joysticks, Microsoft has already decided a few years
ago to pull out of that segment of the hardware market. Now, the only
joysticks manufactured by Microsoft are intended for the X-Box line.

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Scott Mac Wrote:
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| MS could corner it's own market if it could develop a decent Flight-control
| HID.
| Features could include:
| CONTROL:
| 3-axis joystick; (more accurate + force-feedback)
| 2x front trigger buttons; one acts as 'shift' or other function
| 4x thumb buttons & 8way Hat switch;
| 4-8x 3pos switches; flightsim (cockpit switches),
| FPS (weapons, maps, inventory, etc)
| encoder wheel; FPS (zoom (map, weapon, view))
| FlightSim (fuel mixture, or other assigned)
|
| THROTTLE:
| T-handle throttle w/ indents; (sidebody- friction/indent control screw)
| Flightsim (Rev Thrust, 5% inc/dec, afterburner)
| FPS (Weapon choice, speed, etc)
| thumb-joystick;
| scroll wheels (l-r + u-d); FlightSim (trim control)
| FPS (view, menu/inventory control)
| 2x trigger buttons;
| switch to reverse polarity on joystick movement;
| FlightSim (A/C throttle vs Helo collective)
|
|
| I'm sure the R&D Dept can improve on these simple suggestions...
|
| Scott Mac