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pmc:

--- Quote from: spiffyshoes on October 14, 2005, 11:13:31 am ---Specialty Plastics used to make a Ball Top that fit Competition Joysticks.
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XtraSmiley:

--- Quote from: pmc on October 14, 2005, 01:37:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: spiffyshoes on October 14, 2005, 11:13:31 am ---Specialty Plastics used to make a Ball Top that fit Competition Joysticks.
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pointdablame:

--- Quote from: pmc on October 14, 2005, 01:37:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: spiffyshoes on October 14, 2005, 11:13:31 am ---Specialty Plastics used to make a Ball Top that fit Competition Joysticks.  They are nice and shiny.

http://members.aol.com/specialtyplastic/Joysticks.htm

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$32.50 a pair. Ouch.  Versa-ball is $12 each while SlikStiks are like $21 to $29 each. You'd think this would be cheaper

-pmc

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Economies of scale.  They'd be much cheaper if they were making them in the numbers that Happ makes them (or rather buys them), but these are specialty parts.

spiffyshoes:
The versa-ball is going to be the cheapest ball top replacement you can get for a Happ Competition joystick.

NoOne=NBA=:
If you get the Specialty Plastic ones, remember to order 4" for under CP mounting, or 3.5" for metal mounting.

The GGG ones have notches for doing either length.

I'm not sure exactly where the SlikStik ones fall height-wise.
They say they are 1/4" longer than the stock Happ ones, which I think is the measurement of the shaft below the bottom of the handle.
How the Balltop vs. original teardrop will affect the overall height, etc... is the part I'm not sure about.

As far as the cheapest replacement goes, that would fall to a set of NOS Wico handles.
The only issue is that the 3.5" ones will require a metal CP, top mounting, or a metal mounting plate to give you the proper height.

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