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Is a Happ trackball really worth $62.40 more?
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krick:

--- Quote from: Apollo on May 24, 2004, 04:59:28 pm ---Why pay $90.40 for a Happ 2 1/4" trackball when the 3" is on special till the 31st at $59.95?

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Unfortunately, I don't think I can fit two 3" trackballs in my control panel.
Though at that price, maybe I'll give it another look to make sure.
rchadd:
yes
Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: krick on May 24, 2004, 02:42:27 pm ---Is there any other places that sell 2 1/4" trackballs that I should be considering?

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www.wicothesource.com sells a very similar trackball to the Ultimarc trackball, for about the same price (cheaper shipping in the USA, but fairly slip-shod ordering support).

www.therealbobroberts.com sells the Happ 2-1/4" trackball for $65 and should alway be considered over Happ for the items he carries.

Not sure if Betson/Imperial have anything in this size or not.
fredster:
Here's 3" balls on sale -  http://www.gatorcade.com/
krick:
I did some more work on my control panel design using measurements from the Happ and Ultimarc websites.  Man, I had no idea that trackballs took up so much space underneath.  I'm about 100% certain that there's no way I'm going to cram 2 trackballs into my panel unless I notch out two big holes on the front edge of the control panel "box".  It looks like I'm going to have to have one TB in the center and push my sticks and buttons to either side to make room.  This is what my original idea roughly looked like.  Note, this was quickly thrown together in Visio to illustrate a point.  I know stuff isn't lined up exactly...



...the black line represents the inner line of the "box" under my panel.    This drawing is with two 3" Happs track balls.  I think the 2.25 TB has an only slightly smaller profile.  Probably not enough to make this design work.
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