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New Product: Versa-Ball Joystick Replacement Shafts
Minwah:
Apologies for any misunderstanding, Tiger-Heli hit the nail on the head - I didn't mean to start anything, just trying to figure out how the shafts work purely because...
Ultimately I want a ball-top on my 49-way - I am just trying to weigh up if this is possible / the easiest way to do it.
Randy:
SlikStik Christian:
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--- Quote from: Minwah on November 23, 2004, 01:57:05 pm ---I have a dumb question:
If the shafts are all one diameter, what stops the shaft slipping down (for say the competition)?
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RandyT:
--- Quote from: Minwah on November 24, 2004, 02:55:30 pm ---Apologies for any misunderstanding, Tiger-Heli hit the nail on the head - I didn't mean to start anything, just trying to figure out how the shafts work purely because...
Ultimately I want a ball-top on my 49-way - I am just trying to weigh up if this is possible / the easiest way to do it.
Randy: So how does the shaft (the part which is usually thinner) fit through the joystick's actuator? It looks as though it isn't possible, but I don't have a Competition stick to examine to figure it out. On my 49-way it certainly looks (note I haven't took it apart fully) like it isn't possible, at least without drilling out the centre of the actuator or something.
Edit: (sorry Tiger I missed the part where yo usaid you don't get it either)
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No Problem....
The situation is this: If any working part of the stick goes below 10mm in diameter (like the Ultimates....) Then these shafts will not work. If the 49-ways fall into this category, then I will need to look into a custom version. If anyone wants to volunteer some precise dimensions, I will look into a special version.
--- Quote from: SlikStik Christian on November 24, 2004, 03:01:44 pm ---
In my personal opinion the step does more than act as a stop, it also fits through the plastic shaft spacer that actually prevents the shaft from being sloppy inside the base.
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Hmmm....Well, in a situation like this, opinions don't really relate to solid engineering principle. The shoulder on those sticks do nothing more than stop the stick from pulling through. They are also part of what creates the spring tension required to center the stick. On most of the common sticks, this is plastic and is molded into a spacer below the "knob". It never goes inside the base, so I'm not sure what you are basing your opinion on. The Versa-Ball design mimicks the original shaft exactly as far as it's interaction with the base is concerned, and there is no "slop" of any kind. We have already sent out a few and I'm sure our first customers will be able to attest to this.
Obviously we have taken different engineering approaches in our designs, but just because you don't understand how mine works, doesn't mean that it doesn't work and work well.
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As far as competition, I wouldn
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Tiger-Heli:
Okay, I looked at Oscar's review and I think I see how it works on the competition. Hard to tell without a stick to compare. . .
The competition's shaft does not appear to be stepped (I think the Super's shaft may be stepped to accept the long or short sleeve). The shaft goes through what OSCAR calls the Z-stop and the actuator attaches over that.
I am ASSuming that RandyT's stick will also go through the Z-Stop and the actuator goes over the stick/z-stop assembly.
Either that or the stick actually is stepped and you discard the Z-stop with RandyT's Versa-ball sticks, but I don't think so . . .
subzero23:
so can anyone confirm the material the ball is made of on the ones from RandyT?
Are they the same size as the ones on X-Men/Simpsons etc
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