Joystick

Introduction

A Joystick can be used to control your aircraft in the simulator or via the modem in real flight using Input2Ivy.

Here a regular gaming pad, perfectly capable to control your aircraft when in manual or assisted flight

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  Logitech Extreme 3D_Pro Joystick

Here and example of an Joystic that looks like an RC transmitter, but is just an USB connected Joystick.

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  Hk 6channel RC transmitterlook joystick via USB

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  Hk 6channel RC transmitterlook joystick via USB closeup

Here a real RC transmitter connected via trainer port to your PC to be used as a Joystick

Calibration

You should always calibrate your joystick, so that you have zero input when the sticks are centered, etc...

Linux

Install the joystick and the jstest-gtk packages via:

$ sudo apt-get install joystick jstest-gtk

Use the graphical jstest-gtk tool (or the commandline jstest) to view/edit your joystick calibration and axis/button mappings. Start it via:

$ jstest-gtk

Your calibration and mapping will only be lost once you unplug the joystick, so store your configuration via:

$ sudo jscal-store /dev/input/js0

If you replug your joystick the next time, udev should take care of automatically loading the appropriate configuration.

OSX

Feel free to add your instructions here.