Albatros (joystick)
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Albatros is the name of a joystick
Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...

 produced by Alberici S.p.a. It was sold in the 1980s on the Italian market. The joystick had six microswitches, four for the lever and two for the buttons, together with an audible feedback.

A first series was produced with a slim frustum
Frustum
In geometry, a frustum is the portion of a solid that lies between two parallel planes cutting it....

 cone
Cone (geometry)
A cone is an n-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a base to a point called the apex or vertex. Formally, it is the solid figure formed by the locus of all straight line segments that join the apex to the base...

lever. The second production featured a sphere on the top of a larger lever.
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