Smooth Control that's Stupid Simple

[Godfactor]

Here's a solution I came up with for smooth control for those cinematic moves that make your thumbs cramp. Take some half inch foam and cut out a 1 1/2" circle, poke a hole through the center, remove thumbsticks and insert through the hole and reattach to your controller. This provides just enough resistance without restriction movement to the furthest limit of your thumbsticks. I think you're going to love how it feels.

God Bless,
Rob

 

[GFields]

Interesting!

 

[Grandpa]

I like the concept, "but I have to try it first."

 

[MA2 317]

Good idea.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Godfactor]

Here's a link to some of the foam on Amazon. The foam can't be too firm or it won't work.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087PFY8NG/?coliid=I3HY02Q4IWV2XO&colid=G8Q0OJJOWRNB&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

[MS Coast]

Stupid simple? Nope. Smart simple.

That's a great idea. I just tried it out on the Mini 3 and it works like a charm. You can use denser foam or increase the thickness to achieve greater smoothing in the control movement.

I really like simple, practical, inexpensive, and creative do-it-yourself ideas. This one is a gem. Good on you, @Godfactor.

 

[Godfactor]

Stupid simple? Nope. Smart simple.

That's a great idea. I just tried it out on the Mini 3 and it works like a charm. You can use denser foam or increase the thickness to achieve greater smoothing in the control movement.

I really like simple, practical, inexpensive, and creative do-it-yourself ideas. This one is a gem. Good on you, @Godfactor.

Thanks @MS Coast glad to hear it worked great for you. I tried CineSticks but found them to be a bit too restrictive and had issues with having to recalibrate my controller all the time so I decided to come up with a solution myself.

 

[MavicFlyer2]

Thank you for sharing your idea and I'll try it also !

 

[jeff Voigt]

Here's a solution I came up with for smooth control for those cinematic moves that make your thumbs cramp. Take some half inch foam and cut out a 1 1/2" circle, poke a hole through the center, remove thumbsticks and insert through the hole and reattach to your controller. This provides just enough resistance without restriction movement to the furthest limit of your thumbsticks. I think you're going to love how it feels.

God Bless,
Rob

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Rob, great input. Thank you. I had the same difficulty with the Cinisticks. I’ll give your idea a go. All the best.

 

[YVRGUY]

That is genius. I’m up there in age and I slowly inherited a tremor in both hands. So, anyone who understands this condition would know the difficulty of precision flying. I have not installed your design yet, but, I feel pretty confident this invention is going to help me. Don’t forget to patent it. I’ll get back to you after my first flight.

Fingers crossed…thank you.

 

[DVPOWERS]

Pretty darn clever!

 

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[Eagle Eye 62]

The Mini3 just got a firmware update that supports the slow speed (1 meter per second) just like the old "Tripod Mode" I am hoping they will bring it to other models as well.

 

[mereflyer]

Great idea, simple, effective, answer to a problem I also have.
Will make a couple asap...
Thanks for sharing!

 

[PaJi]

Sounds like a great idea. Just ordered the foam. Thx!

 

[Capt KO]

That’s a Top 10 forum idea.