ok need a quick help routing flush my happ flight stick...

[bossyman15]

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never mind the stuff up there ^

anyway...

this is my flight stick from happ
http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/50997000.htm

i will be puting glass overlay over the CP and how would i put glass around that joystick? i guess i could take joystick apart and put it on there but what kind of screw driver do i use to take top part apart? i don't think i can use hex driver.

anybody?

[Fozzy The Bear]

I will be puting glass overlay over the CP and how would i put glass around that joystick? i guess i could take joystick apart and put it on there but what kind of screw driver do i use to take top part apart? i don't think i can use hex driver.

Ermmm... Sorry???!! What is it that you want to know..... 

Like any stick, you have to take it apart to put it through the panel or through the plexiglass...

That TRON stick you have has screws in it. You take the screws out put it through the panel and then put it back together.  It's not rocket science you know.

If it has Hex Screws in it use an allen key or a hex driver... what's the difficulty?? where are you stuck with it?? Why can't you use a hex driver??

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[bossyman15]

no i tried hex driver but it didn't work.

the screws has shape just like hex but also have small round thingy in middle of it. that's why hex driver will not fix in there. i would need a hollow hex driver or something.

[Fozzy The Bear]

no i tried hex driver but it didn't work.

the screws has shape just like hex but also have small round thingy in middle of it. that's why hex driver will not fix in there. i would need a hollow hex driver or something.

OH! OK that's better.... you explained your problem now.

That's a security screw. It requires a special screw driver the has a matching hole in the end. Try the DIY store. Most stock them.

The other alternative is to very carefully remove that centre pip using a dremel type tool and very small bit. You can then use an ordinary hex driver on them..

I really don't know why they put those damned things in them. They know people need to get them apart. Once you get them out, I'd change them for ordinary screws if I were you.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[rdagger]

Here is a link showing how I mounted my Happ Flight Stick in my aluminum/Lexan CP.  The one pain about placing Lexan over the flight stick is that you have to take apart the handle every time you want to remove the stick or the Lexan.   You can pick up security screw sets on eBay for around $10-$15 that will handle most of the security screws that you are likely to run into.

[bossyman15]

just got mine at OSH for 10 bucks and yeah i'll have to take it apart but only ONCE! becasue i plan to put CP overlay stick OVER joystick as well so if i want to remove the joystick i'll have to rip off the CP sticker 

[rdagger]

just got mine at OSH for 10 bucks and yeah i'll have to take it apart but only ONCE! becasue i plan to put CP overlay stick OVER joystick as well so if i want to remove the joystick i'll have to rip off the CP sticker 

Maybe I misunderstood you, but you could always just place the sticker under the Lexan without sticking it.  The Lexan should hold it.

[bossyman15]

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Maybe I misunderstood you, but you could always just place the sticker under the Lexan without sticking it.  The Lexan should hold it.
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would that look good?

[Fozzy The Bear]

would that look good?

YES! and means you can take things apart again! and you will need to at some point.

The other alternative is to stick it to one sheet of Lexan, and then put another sheet over the top of that.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)