Author Topic: How do you play with your joystick. (Read 1473 times)

Furball · « **on:** February 16, 2005, 11:00:24 AM »

Thats right... how do you play with your joystick?

Personally, i have my joystick in the middle of my lap, i have seen in pictures here that a lot of people have it to the right of their desks.

AWMac · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:02:38 AM »

Mine leans to the right.....

mechanic · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:05:52 AM »

unfortunately mine is fully detatched from my body. i now have it sitting .......to the right of my desk.

Sikboy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:23:33 AM »

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Originally posted by mechanic
unfortunately mine is fully detatched from my body. i now have it sitting .......to the right of my desk.

I woke up this morning with a really bad hangover...

-Sik

JB73 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:28:25 AM »

just off-center to the right on the desk. and my desk is alot higher than most peoples, so my stick is up higher hehehehehe

i am serious about the desk though, throttle is to the left, mic comming out in the middle, and a bottle of beer next to the mic

Puff · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:35:05 AM »

My stick is to the right of the desk at a comfortable angle. Throttle is to the left.

Aubrey · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:35:13 AM »

On the desk center. Mic on my headphones.

No bottle of beer though that is taken up by the glass of Jim Beam or Cruzan Diamond Estate Rum. Both of which are served on the rocks:D

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:36:03 AM »

Years ago I used to hold the base in my lap with one hand and fly with the other, using the hand that held the base to operate the base mounted controls.

A while back, I took to leaving the stick on the desk, to the left of the keyboard, I still use my off hand to operate the base mounted controls. I have MOST flight keys mapped to the stick, along with the text radio keys.

I found that leaving the base on the desk resulted in more consistent and reliable control inputs.

I'm using the latest of the Saitek Cyborg series, the EVO Force. It has a bunch of buttons, and it fits my left hand well. I use a headset to avoid having the rest of the house being bothered.

WldThing · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:41:05 AM »

Halo · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:43:26 AM »

To the right of and braced against the keyboard.

Wurger · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:50:35 AM »

wow, lots of offset sticks here... ;-) Mine is centered and placed on the keyboard tray of my PC desk.

Bazi

Zaphod · « **Reply #11 on:** February 16, 2005, 11:55:40 AM »

Mine is just a little off center and tied down with a piece of rope to keep it from flopping around.....kinda like them videos you see of the south american indians tribes living deep in the jungle.

Zaphod

Clifra Jones · « **Reply #12 on:** February 16, 2005, 12:06:18 PM »

Removed the arms from my chair. Removed the pad from the right arm rest support. Mounted a board about the 6" x 18" on the arm rest support , screwed spacer boards under the chair and mounted the arm rest support to them (to lower the height), velcroed my CH fighter stick to the front of the board. It sits to the right slightly above the height of my right leg. Mounted a powered USB hug to the underside of the board.

Fabricated an L shaped platform out of 1x6 boards and mounted it the left side of the chair and velcroed my CH Pro throttle to that.

Peddals at my feet, keyboard is on an adjustable tray in front of my left hand.

When I finished this my wife shook her head and muttered something about me being obsessed and left the room.

IronDog · « **Reply #13 on:** February 16, 2005, 12:31:09 PM »

I use wooden cutting board,sitting on lap,CH Pro throttle on left,CH Fighterstick on right.CH rudders under desk.Wife never did figger out where cutting board went.I couldn't fly offset,like most seem to.Doing it this way since using just single joystick playing Confirmed Kill.

IronDog 475th FG Satans Angels

Octavius · « **Reply #14 on:** February 16, 2005, 12:59:03 PM »

On my lap, sitting on a flat book/board/whatever I can find.