Purchasing components for radio controller

Look on Ebay. I got a pair of sticks for $10 US each from a place called DEW-sales. That was a year and some ago. Grand Wing Servo or GWS is who made the ones I got.

Good Luck, Bob

Try Digikey or Mouser.

JM

You might want to check below for joystick pots and sliders.

Thanks for the link. Thats what I am kind of looking for, but more like a traditional remote control stick like the ones you find on 2 and 4 channel controllers. Digikey did have the same ones that trossenrobotics has, they are made by CTS. The slider switches looked pretty nice.

Futaba, Hitec and all those controller manufacturers must purchase those parts from somewhere. If I could find their source, then I could get exactly what I am looking for. Maybe it will be cheaper and easier just to buy a couple super generic controllers and take them apart.

Thanks again.

Couldn't find anything like that on the GWS website. I also looked on ebay for sticks but didn't have much luck. I'll keep looking though. I can always resort to some cheap controllers for parts.

Thanks.

I'd go for a steering wheel. Trying to drive with a joystick just doesn't work very well.

We used a MoMo game steering wheel and pedals to drive the Overbot manually. Driving a real vehicle with a joystick was just too touchy.

John Nagle

If they need to be compatable with your transmiter, then you probably need to open up the transmitter and measure the total resistance across the joystick pot in the transmitter. You need this type of info to do much looking for a replacement. If it is something like 10k, then you could get a 10k linear pot at radio shack and put a stearing wheel on it instead of a knob.

For what it's worth, the May and June 2007 issues of Servo Magazine has = a 2-part article on building an "Ultimate Remote Control" using parts = from Vex Transmitters that can be found very cheap these days. You might = want to check it out. Here's a link: =

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I'll have to check out that article. Thanks.

I am going back and forth between a steering wheel and joystick. The thing is, I will be going straight most of the time, and using the joystick/steering wheel to make small adjustments just to keep the car going straight. The only benefit I can thing of by using a joystick is that I can use only my thumb to steer, and have my other finger available for a switch or something else.

Making a steering servo would be easy with a standard pot, and some lever with springs for self centering.

I recentlty tried a helicopter remote control and really liked the throttle stick that had no spring, and would stay right where you left it. That's kind of what I am looking for.

I'v gathering a few remote controls and am geting ready to take them apart and see what I can do with them.

Thanks.

It works better if the wheel has some inertia or drag. Full force feedback would be nice, but is not essential.

We used the through-hole pots that are used as steering position sensors on cars.

John Nagle