I've logged about 350 hours in this game over the past few years. I bought a cheap Logitech joystick for atmospheric flight and it has served pretty well till recently. The yaw pot. has started drifting which makes it nearly impossible to use. I decided that it was time for an upgrade and bought a Saitek X55. Turns out it is useless for this game. I still had the 1 year warranty on the Logitech and was considering exchanging it, but then I got to thinking, why not just build my own controller. A quick Google search brought up this thread and I'm truly in awe of the work being done here. The only issue is that I'm not that great at moding game files to support a truly custom controller. So with inspiration gatherd from this thread I'm going to embark on build of a customized controller using the plug and play components of the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. I've already done a proof of concept by soldering up some momentary switches and pots to the existing Logitech boards. Compared to the work being done here, this will be a very simple build and relative to the Saitek, cheap as well. For about $20 you get 4 pot inputs and 16 switch inputs, all pre-programmed and plug and play with KSP. Since all the hard work is already done, the main focus of this build will be the fit and finish of the switches and box. I already have the 4 pots lined up. I pulled the gimbals out of an old, but high end RC transmitter (at the time). The rest of the inputs will be going towards 10 momentary toggles and 6 cherry key switches.
