Sticking a stick between the legs

[guitarxe]

I've been playing DCS: Black Shark 2 for a few weeks and was really struggling to control the beast, until someone mentioned to me that I should be sure that my joystick is physically positioned dead center of my body.

 

So I did that, placed it in the middle of my desk (rather than to the right where I had it before, same area as I had the mouse) and immediately I noticed a huge difference! I can actually perform a hover-check without drifting all over the airfield now!

 

So now I've been thinking of finding a way to place the stick somewhere lower, because as it is right now on my desk, it is at about chest-high. I know the Warthog HOTAS has a thin base that you can place on your seat and actually sit on it, and the shaft is slender that it easy fits between your legs. But I have an X52, so that's not possible with it.

 

I'm just wondering if someone has done this before and what method they have come up with (short of building an actual pit, of course). I'm thinking of looking for a short stand or pedestal to put the stick on, but I doubt I'd find something suitable. Maybe I would have to find a small drawer in the trash somewhere and then saw off one quarter from it and use that..

 

Any tips?

[zaelu]

The title sounds so... :D

 

but then I saw that I have my G940 placed central between legs... oops :D .

 

this is how it looks

 

 

and this is underneath

 

[guitarxe]

Is that metal stand bolted into the floor?

[outlawal2]

One thing I will mention is that placing the stick between the legs can cause strain and fatigue of the wrist due to the fact that nearly all the sticks on the market are designed to be mounted to the side... Because of this, the angle of the grip is wrong and causes stress / fatigue..

 

The sticks in real planes like the F-14 for example, are in the center but the grip is mounted with a slight turn toward the left so that your hand can grip it properly and still be relaxed...

 

Just for what it is worth...

[cichlidfan]

I am about to finish, just painting now, my center mount for the Warthog and it is rotated 15 degrees CCW (which, IIRC, is how the real A-10 stick is positioned). This allows the wrist to stay straight.

[guitarxe]

I am about to finish, just painting now, my center mount for the Warthog and it is rotated 15 degrees CCW (which, IIRC, is how the real A-10 stick is positioned). This allows the wrist to stay straight.

 

So if the stick is rotated some degrees, how do you compensate the controls? I mean if you now push the stick straight away from your body, you are actually sending signals to the computer to both pitch down and roll at the same time, not only pitch.

[cichlidfan]

So if the stick is rotated some degrees, how do you compensate the controls? I mean if you now push the stick straight away from your body, you are actually sending signals to the computer to both pitch down and roll at the same time, not only pitch.

 

That is done from within Thrustmaster's Target software. I don't think the SST software can do that.

[Kubi]

So if the stick is rotated some degrees, how do you compensate the controls? I mean if you now push the stick straight away from your body, you are actually sending signals to the computer to both pitch down and roll at the same time, not only pitch.

 

 

It´s not necessary with the WH because on top of the extension you can just rotate the Grip. So the the Base and Stick stay straight.

[Kubi]

May be this is an Idea for you

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=45018&highlight=X52+Mounting

[guitarxe]

Yes, it's giving me a lot of ideas, especially about simply nailing a piece of board to the under-side of the chair so it sticks out in front to play the joystick.

Thanks!