Interesting contraption you rigged up there Delirium. Congratulations!
How do you work the hat panel on the left? I guess you slip you hand off the throttle to the left and work it huh? I could see you assigning bomb site calibration buttons, "salvo 2" type functions, etc. to those similar to how I use the row of switches across the front of the Throttle Quad.
Reverse the blue and the green, but keep the yellow where it is?
Yes, USB joystick pots all use three leads. The center lead is the "Reference" and the other two (referred to as the "Rails") are Ground and Vcc (+5v). If you reverse the Rails, you'll reverse the direction of the axis. It's also worth noting that all the pots in a controller share the same Rail leads. The only unique wires are the Reference leads. That means, for example, a controller with three pots only needs five wires total. That's Gnd for all three, Vcc for all three, and three reference wires. Many people when they're wiring up pots will not realize this and duplicate the Rails which unnecessarily adds wires to the circuit.
Just FYI, if you were willing to sacrifice the mini-stick on the PT, you can gain two extra axes one of which can be used for the other throttle axis. This means, you can actually build a dual-throttle out of a single PT. Here is a photo of a PT where I've replaced the mini-stick with two regular pots:
Your throttle reminds me of a project I worked on with a friend of mine who lives in England. He is a one-armed fellow who plays IL2 and goes by "Brando." Obviously, he needs to do everything with his left arm since he lost his right one in a motorcycle accident. He calls this thing the "TripeHound." Here is a photo of it:
That's a "lefty HOTAS" stick handle on there of course which was my contribution. The second "FighterStick head" is actually molded into the stick base on the left and he reaches down (sort of like how you access the "PT head" on your left throttle) to get access to all those controls. If you notice, the black rod sticking out the left side of the stick handle is actually his throttle. It's a pot with a "gear shift" type stick on it that is real easy for him to work. He's of course, mounted all sorts of other knobs and buttons around the base as well.
I understand he is quite a pilot and can manipulate all those controls with just the single hand. Pretty impressive! Brando is a great guy too. Quite an inspiration! He loves Spitfires so you'd be wasting your time calling him a "Spit Dweeb!"
