TimT on Hackaday Links: December 5, 2021.Mr Name Required on Big Wind Is The Meanest Firefighting Tank You Ever Saw.This Week In Security: GoDaddy, Tardigrade, Monox, And BigSig 10 Comments Posted in Peripherals Hacks, Xbox Hacks Tagged compliant mechanism, flexture, flight stick, Joystick, microsoft flight simulator, xbox one Post navigation A simplified version of this concept used ball-and-socket joints to move the Xbox’s analog sticks, and he even turned a PlayStation DualShock into an impressive flight yoke you could clamp to your desk. This isn’t the first time has used 3D printed parts to adapt a console controller for flight simulator use. But the short version is the use of a flextures in the base of the joystick opened up the space he needed to run the mechanical linkages for all the other buttons. If you want to learn more about the idea behind the joystick, is all too happy to walk you through the finer parts of the design in the video below. There’s even a throttle that snaps onto the left side of the controller, though it’s optional if you’d rather save the print time. The free version of Thingiverse only lets you move the controller’s right analog stick, but if you’re willing to drop $30 USD on the complete version, the joystick includes additional levers that connect to the controller’s face and shoulder buttons for more immersive control. The flexture gimbal works without traditional springs. Brilliantly designed to leverage the ability of 3D printers to produce compliant mechanisms, or flextures, you don’t even need any springs or fasteners to complete assembly. If you’ve got a fairly well tuned 3D printer, you can print out and assemble this joystick by that snaps right onto the Xbox’s controller.
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With the recent release of Microsoft Flight Simulator on the Xbox Series X|S there’s never been a better time to get a flight stick for the console, and as you might imagine, there are a number of third party manufacturers who would love to sell you one.