I have just finished my new Helo Controls.Uses an MSff2 stick as the base, and I have figured out how to link the entire stick to a cyclic, collective and pedals. YUP....pedals. This bugger is very sensitive, as I have set all travel limits to +/- 2" on the cyclic with FSUIPC. In other words, a total travel of 2" in any direction on the cyclic gives full max travel. I have the cyclic sitting at the height where I can rest my wrist on my thigh and "twitch" it with my fingers. Works very well.Pedals have a total travel of 6 inches from full back to full forward, so again I have maximised their sensitivity for helo flying.The collective is a little unorthodox. In order to keep the entire base footprint down to 17"w x19" l, I had to think out of the box, as the collective can really gobble up space. So I took it from the side of the pilot to the front of the pilot. Same sensation as raising a side collective, without the intrinsic size of one. Also, the need to be able to use this set-up with any chair was important. I use an office type swivel chair with 6 wheels, and there is no problem using these controls at all.I have used 2 joysticks for the interface. Since the MSFF2 ( as the maincontrol interface)is completely intact, and I needed buttons, Iincorporated another MS joystick circuit board to give me all the buttons on the cyclic as well as 4 buttons on the collective.Detailed plans to build will be posted over at: www.digital-flight.com in the next few weeks.Any questions, please e mail me at: [email protected]

And honestly I was just thinking of doing something almost exactly like youve done with some spare joysticks I have laying about. Great work, looking forward to seeing your plans. I do like how you've kept it all together as one bundel so it can be more easly set aside for "normal" use of the pc.