Here’s a list of currently available hardware devices that will allow you to interface your flight controls of choice to the host computer.
- EPIC – http://www.mindspring.com/~rrelect/
- BU0836 and variants: http://www.leobodnar.com/
- UnoJoy (Arduino based) http://arduino.cc/blog/2012/05/14/unojoy-a-usb-joystick-for-mac-pc-linux-or-ps3/
- GenericHID (Teensy++ 2.0 based) http://generichid.sourceforge.net/
- PoKeys USB – http://www.poscope.com/pokeys56u
- Hagstrom KE-USB108 http://www.hagstromelectronics.com/products/ke_usb108.html
- more?