Currently I'm using a mouse and a G13 with the thumbstick replaced by an XBOX thumbstick, and set to analog.
It works well, but I necessarily must have two digital inputs for movement. I was looking to experiment with a stick for the left hand, or possibly both hands in order to have 6 analog inputs for movement.
The problem I'm foreseeing is that I don't want to use the z-axis for up/down or use the y-axis for throttle. The first is counterintuitive and the latter seems like a bad use of a primary axis.
I was thinking that a thumbstick would be a pretty good solution, even if I'm only using the y-axis. Alternatively, maybe some sort of slider/wheel that doesn't need an x-axis, but can be accessed by a finger without taking a hand off the stick.
Does anyone know of a left handed flightstick with an analog ministick or slider on the stick that can be used as an analog inputs?
The Gladiator NXT seems to be the closest thing I can find, but I have one concern in that the ministick is up at the top of the flightstick, not on the thumb rest, like with the (right-hand-only) X56. This might actually be better, but in any case it would be nice to have another option to consider.
With respect to the z-axis, I don't really need that if I have a good ministick or slider for thrust, however in the latter case I'd need a stick with 3 axis for the right hand to have 6 analog inputs.
One "outside the box" idea I had was to use a Tarturus Pro with the wheel for throttle and the thumbstick for thrust up/down and left/right. Then a joystick with a z-axis could handle the other degrees of freedom, but oddly only the keys can be set to analog on the Tarturus, not the thumbstick, and I'm not sure that the wheel can emulate an analog input either. I imagine an analog key is not as precise as a stick, and reviews I've read seem to confirm that it's not as good.
Thanks for reading.
It works well, but I necessarily must have two digital inputs for movement. I was looking to experiment with a stick for the left hand, or possibly both hands in order to have 6 analog inputs for movement.
The problem I'm foreseeing is that I don't want to use the z-axis for up/down or use the y-axis for throttle. The first is counterintuitive and the latter seems like a bad use of a primary axis.
I was thinking that a thumbstick would be a pretty good solution, even if I'm only using the y-axis. Alternatively, maybe some sort of slider/wheel that doesn't need an x-axis, but can be accessed by a finger without taking a hand off the stick.
Does anyone know of a left handed flightstick with an analog ministick or slider on the stick that can be used as an analog inputs?
The Gladiator NXT seems to be the closest thing I can find, but I have one concern in that the ministick is up at the top of the flightstick, not on the thumb rest, like with the (right-hand-only) X56. This might actually be better, but in any case it would be nice to have another option to consider.
With respect to the z-axis, I don't really need that if I have a good ministick or slider for thrust, however in the latter case I'd need a stick with 3 axis for the right hand to have 6 analog inputs.
One "outside the box" idea I had was to use a Tarturus Pro with the wheel for throttle and the thumbstick for thrust up/down and left/right. Then a joystick with a z-axis could handle the other degrees of freedom, but oddly only the keys can be set to analog on the Tarturus, not the thumbstick, and I'm not sure that the wheel can emulate an analog input either. I imagine an analog key is not as precise as a stick, and reviews I've read seem to confirm that it's not as good.
Thanks for reading.
