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This thing looks, and feels, like it came from an actual F-15. Holding it I feel like I could bomb [country that offends you] tonight!

Anyhow it's a Radio Shack 26-8104 "F-15 Combat Fighter" joystick. It's heavy. There seems to be a metal plate with actual hex head screws holding it together. There's a mish-mash of PS2, PC, and DB-15 connectors on there, can't wait to see if it sends out mouse or keyboard signals. Maybe because it has so many buttons it uses both the 15 pin and keyboard interface?

Googling it gives the rarely seen

"No results found for Radio Shack 26-8104 "F-15 Combat Fighter"."

Like, you'd think maybe one or two hits, something, some retirement home Myspace page about flight sims, nothing.

I just buy these things because they amaze me more than having a use for them.

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[โ€“] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

There's a mish-mash of PS2, PC, and DB-15 connectors on there

Sounds like that could be a hassle if it needs all that for a joystick. Maybe it was also part of a HOTAS and acts as the connecting hub for all the controllers, so you might get away with not plugging everything since you don't have those.

Having a metal plate at the base is like level 0 of a decent joystick imo.. Even my X52, which basically cheaps out on all features, has that. Can't imagine how unstable it would be with a plastic part instead

Edit : holy hell it looks like all these connections are actually for the joystick itself. Does it have a throttle ?

[โ€“] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Well to be fair those keyboard connections are just a pass-through. I'm guessing you just need to hook in to one of the two types.