[olympus]

They're separate things. They are multi-function buttons on a throttle or stick.

Here's a castle picture in the link below- on the right side of the F-22's throttle you can see a large button that has angled sides and four tabs sticking out the top. The castle moves up/down/left/right and lets the pilot select targets and navigate menus. It's kind of like the eraser nub on ThinkPad computers, but bigger so you can use it with a gloved thumb : http://www.essexindustries.com/products/f-22-raptor-throttle...

Here's a boat (switch #1 in the link below)- Boats are only forward/back, and are often used as a do/undo option. Imagine pushing forward on the boat to designate a target for a missile, then deciding you don't want to kill that target. You'd pull back on the boat to un-designate the target. They are curved like the bottom of a boat, which gives them their name and lets your finger push forward and back: http://www.f-15e.info/joomla/technology/cockpit/81-pilot-thr...

[twic]

Thanks! Now i know what i'm looking for, it's much easier to google. Here's a castle switch, with much smaller battlements, that you can buy:

https://www.alliedelec.com/-t4-0122/70329688/

And here's one you can print (the plastic button of one, at least):

https://i.materialise.com/shop/item/f16-flightstick-dms-cast...

Plus a boat switch button you can print:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/KUZB6VZAM/f-15-boat-switch...

I notice that on the F-15 throttle, there is a switch below the boat switch that is sort of its inverse - raised in the middle and sloping down at the ends. I would guess that it's different so that the pilot can easily tell which is which.