With the new flight simulator coming out this fall 2020, it is about time to make your own JOYSTICK!

Description

This is a 3D printed fully functional flight control joystick. The usb interface is managed by an Arduino Micro (or compatible board). The axes movements are detected via 10k potentiometers. To print and assemble this you don’t need to know a lot of programming or electronics skills. The software uses the Joystick 1.0 library from Matthew Heironimus

(https://github.com/MHeironimus/ArduinoJoystickLibrary/tree/version-1.0 included in the JoystickControlSoftware.zip file).With all parts, the joystick will cost something between 20 and 50 €, depending on how cheap you can get your hands on parts.

Printing

All Parts were printed in PETG from different vendors (Prusament and extrudr)

Slicer

STL files were sliced with PrusaSlicer

Orientation

All STL-files are oriented in optimal print orientation.

Resolution

Most pieces were printed with 0.15 mm resolution (0.15 mm Quality MK3 in PrusaSlicer) . Larger Pieces were printed with 0.3 mm resolution (0.30 mm Draft MK3 in PrusaSlicer) for time reasons:

• Stick_L
• Stick_R
• Throttle_L
• Throttle_R
• Bottom_Plate

Support

Some pieces have to be printed with support:

• Rubber_Platform
• Stick_R
• Stick_L

Assembly

Full assembly of the joystick is shown on Instructables https://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-USB-Flight-Controller-Joystick-With-Fou/

Design

The Joystick was designed from scratch in Blender. The source file including all objects (including screws, potentiometers, buttons and the arduino) is attached as well.

I might still add a case, but maybe first I#ll add some more buttons, after playing hours of flightsim and figuring out what else I will need.

Feel free now to add your own buttons and make this nice project work!