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What's Required

A clean, uncluttered work surface is required so that parts will not be misplaced. Tools required are a volt-ohm meter or continuity tester, a soldering iron or very low power soldering gun, a Dremel tool (or hacksaw & metal file) with a cutting wheel, and some fine grit sand paper. Parts required are four 3/4'' or 5/8'' diameter 500 K tex2html_wrap_inline129 linear taper potentiometers (pots), a can of contact or tuner cleaner spray, heat shrink tubing or a roll of electrical tape and some light grease. For ease of assembly, the best pots to use are that are available from many electronics supply stores. It may be advisable to get five or six pots in case of errors in cutting the shafts. Finally, an 8-conductor cable and a 15 pin male connector will be required. A momentary contact switch will be required if the joystick is to be used with a flight simulator or game that uses a ``Fire'' button.



Craig Kulesa
Thu Nov 4 17:28:36 MST 1999