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Droning On The Cheap

Tom Clayton

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I've been wanting to try out the drone camera for a while, but didn't want to do it by keyboard and didn't want to mess with assigning a bunch of extra stuff to my X52. I'd been looking at controllers on Amazon, and wasn't thrilled with the prices, even from the "discount" sellers. But then I remembered that there's a used books and games store here that deals in used game hardware. I came out with an Xbox controller for $12 and change, brought it home and checked it out. The "A" button was a little sticky, so I got some rubbing alcohol and used a cotton ball to drip it around the button, then used a "canned air" duster to blast it clean and dry. It's not quite perfect, but everything works, and I've been playing around with it a little. I'll be tweaking some of the assignments, deleting the ones I don't need and moving the ones I want to use more from the keyboard to the ABXY set - especially the translation speed controls. I think I'm going to like this!
 
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