joysticks

Joystick-type controls are becoming as popular in the electronic game field as they have always been for remote control of model aircraft and boats. One of the major drawbacks of this type of control is, however, the expense - they usually cost rather more than two normal potentiometers! Provided the appearance isn`t con-sidered too important, it is quite feasable to construct a joystick control that will be quite suitable for most applications. The two sketches illustrate the construc-tion of a simple and a more sophisti-cated version.