Like many people, they started out with a keyboard and mouse and eventually moved on to a joystick. While a HOTAS ... using a Teensy 4 to control two 3-axis joysticks and one 2-axis stick.
Using just one of these sensors, he was able to build a joystick with the usual X- and Y- axis control, but also with a rotary axis. What’s more, he built a motorized version using two NEMA 17 ...