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jlfreund:

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--- Quote from: jlfreund on October 28, 2011, 03:40:26 am ---RobotronNut, I am going to use 2 Happ rotaries (the mechanical ones, not optical).  Do you know how well they should perform -- do they have circular restrictors needed for robotron?  

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The Happ rotary has a circular restrictor, with a notch at one spot in the circle, so it's not perfectly smooth all the way around. I have no idea how well it performs with Robotron.

If you want decent Robotron performance without a lot of work and expense, the Happ Super is pretty good (but not quite as good as my modified P360s). The Super won't play rotary games, but are they really important to you? The rotary is the one thing I wish I'd left off my panel.


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What problems did you have with the rotaries?  Is it just sub-optimal for robotron, or were there other problems?

I didn't build the CP yet, but just testing the stick on it's own, I do feel a few small notches when moving in a circle, but it doesn't feel too bad.  And the handle top also inadvertently twists a little when you move in a circle.

I'll stick to the rotaries for now and get those games out of my system, then if it's too much of a problem I can switch out to the supers a couple years from now.
RobotronNut:

--- Quote from: jlfreund on October 29, 2011, 11:54:03 am ---What problems did you have with the rotaries?  Is it just sub-optimal for robotron, or were there other problems?

I didn't build the CP yet, but just testing the stick on it's own, I do feel a few small notches when moving in a circle, but it doesn't feel too bad.  And the handle top also inadvertently twists a little when you move in a circle.

I'll stick to the rotaries for now and get those games out of my system, then if it's too much of a problem I can switch out to the supers a couple years from now.

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No problems with the rotary, just that I almost never play games that require it. It was expensive and takes up a lot of controller inputs and space under the panel. I wish I had used the space and money on something else, like a maybe second flight stick, for tank games.
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