oversized joystick? (insert perverted comment here)

[btp2k2]

Hey all,

I have an idea for a new project from my home arcade but need to know if a component exists or is something that could be scratch built.

The project calls for two oversized joysticks....the size of a flightstick would be about right but in the shape of either a battop or even a simple straight round piece.

Any ideas where I would find something like that?

[btp2k2]

Oh yeah.....I forgot to add one thing......no analog.

Microswitch based

[NoOne=NBA=]

I would build them using Xenophobe sticks for the base.
All you'd need is a straight sleeve, like a Tron stick, and then you could build your own top with wood/plastic/etc...
You could even do something with full-sized pool balls, or the acrylic juggling balls, if you wanted.

[btp2k2]

Any other possible solutions?

I was thinking about something from Happ, etc.....

the NOS thing can get a little expensive, and my budget isn't the biggest for this project.

[Kremmit]

If you're looking for something that comes pre-built with a giant handle, you're pretty much out of luck.  Original Berzerk sticks have a big bat handle, but they're not as big as you want, very hard to come by, and go for big $$ on ebay.  There was an old Exidy game- Targ?  that had an oversized balltop- but again, not as big as you described and hard to come by. 

You're pretty much going to have to homebuild the handle and attach it to an existing joystick base.  You could use a standard joy like a Super or Competition, but the extra-tall, extra-heavy handle would probably overpower the spring and possibly break the joystick base. 

NoOne's right; you need something heavy-duty like a triggerstick base: Xenophobe, Gorf, Tron, or the like.

Any other possible solutions?

I was thinking about something from Happ, etc.....

the NOS thing can get a little expensive, and my budget isn't the biggest for this project.

Happ still sells triggersticks.  It'll cost a lot more to buy them from Happ than to pick up some used ones on ebay, though.

[bfauska]

the extra-tall, extra-heavy handle would probably overpower the spring and possibly break the joystick base. 

Use a Nintendo joystick base, no breaking those.   

[deadkenndys1105]

You could take any joystick and glue a baseball to it.  Or you can go all out and get a basketball.  I would personally super size it and go with a beachball or a workout ball.

[btp2k2]

Yeah....I think the basketball will do the trick.


Seriously though....I was just sizing up the supersticks I have installed in another cab and those should do the trick actually....Guess I don't need over sized sticks

[fjl]

So why do you want them so big?

[btp2k2]

For this.......


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=73057.0

[DrumAnBass]

LizardLick carries, ahem... giant balls for Sanwa JLW sticks and can be adapted for JLF sticks, but only in white:

http://www.lizardlickamusements.com/pages/joysticks.shtml