Control selector

Claim 1

A CONTROL SELECTOR UTILIZING A CONTROL STICK IN WHICH NO FIXED FULCRUM IS EMPLOYED FOR ITS MOUNTING, SAID CONTROL STICK BEING ADAPTED TO BE GRASPED BY AN OPERATOR AND MANIPULATED TO VARIOUS POSITIONS AWAY FROM A ZERO DEFLECTION POSITION, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID STICK, INCLUDING RESILIENT MEANS TO WHICH SAID STICK IS FIRMLY ATTACHED, SAID RESILIENT MEANS FORMING THE SUPPORT FOR SAID STICK AND TENDING TO HOLD SAID STICK IN SAID ZERO DEFLECTION POSITION, A PAIR OF POSITION TRANSDUCERS, MEANS FORMING AN OPERATIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID TRANSDUCERS AND SAID STICK SO THAT SAID TRANSDUCERS WILL BE DEFLECTED BY SUCH MOVEMENTS OF SAID STICK, ONE OF SAID POSITION TRANSDUCERS BEING MOUNTED SO AS TO PRIMARILY SENSE STICK MOVEMENTS IN A FIRST DIRECTION, AND THE OTHER TRANSDUCER BEING MOUNTED SO AS TO PRIMARILY SENSE STICK MOVEMENTS ORTHOGONAL TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION, SAID RESILIENT MEANS POSITIVELY CENTERING SAID STICK SO THAT SAID POSITION TRANSDUCERS WILL BE IN THE ELECTRICALLY NEUTRAL POSITION AT ALL TIMES WHEN THE OPERATOR IS NOT MANIPULATING SAID STICK.