Lee Duke wrote: > Alright, I'm ready to purchase crewstation equipment for my Linux box. > Basically, I'm trying to build the equivalent of a ground station for a > UAS into my Linux box (FC 6). The idea is that I can use FlightGear on > the Linux box to develop displays and controls and guidance algorithms > then possibly transition to a real application. My primary purpose at > this time is for development and demonstration. I got some very good > advice before, and, now, I'm ready to purchase equipment. > > Right now, based on suggestions from folks on this list, I'm thinking I > should get the *CH Products USB Combatstick 568 with 8-Way Switch & 34 > Programmable Functions* or a *CH Products Fighterstick USB,* a *CH > Products Pro Throttle USB with 8-Way Switch3 4-Way Switches 3-Buttons*, > and some sort of pedals for nosewheel steering and crosswind landing. > The price of all this looks to be about $300 which I have to admit seems > like a lot . > > > Does this make sense? Do these controllers seem right? > > Thanks for all the help I'm anticipating. > > Lee > >
The CH Products Yoke and Pedals work well, I've used them for some years with FlightGear on Mandriva and SuSE/openSUSE. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
