Don't have a flight stick? Turn an Xbox controller into a HOTAS using a 3D printer

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A photograph of Akaki Kuumeri's 3D-printed flight stick and throttle attached to an Xbox controller.

The launch of Microsoft Flight Simulator has made me very aware that I don’t have a flight throttle and stick, but I’m not committed enough to buy one. Turns out, you don’t need to. Just fire up the 3D printer you definitely have, and you can print out a HOTAS that snaps onto an Xbox One controller and connects to its trigger and thumbstick. That’s the wild new creation from Akaki Kuumeri, who has even shared the schematics so we can all spin filament into a HOTAS on our own 3D printers.

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Alice O'Connor