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Zebidee:
Hi all

I just got two sets (8 joys, 2 red/2 blue/2 green/2 yellow) of Happ Competition joysticks for fitting into two four-player cabs, and I'm not very happy.   :'(

The joysticks are very, very sloppy.  Unacceptably so, and because of this they feel cheap.  the joystick bounces so much that often I find my game character has turned around inadvertently, because the joystick has bounced back the other way.  This makes many games (eg Ghosts n Goblins) unplayable, even though they should be playable with a good 8-way joystick.

I mean, I thought that the Happ controls were better than this.  From the reviews I've read, posters on this forum etc.  I feel ripped off.  :hissy:

So, my questions are:  Does anyone know how to make these joysticks more playable?  How do I "stiffen them up"?  Especially, I want to eliminate this double-bouncing behaviour.  They are spring-centred, but stretching this would only make them looser and sloppier, I think.  :dunno

Xiaou2:
Dont let go of the stick, and they wont bounce.

Zebidee:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on December 01, 2007, 10:50:21 pm ---Dont let go of the stick, and they wont bounce.

--- End quote ---

Cmon guys, any serious brains out there?

Spaz Monkey:
What are you doing to make the stick so bouncy?

Zebidee:

--- Quote from: Spaz Monkey on December 02, 2007, 02:26:50 am ---What are you doing to make the stick so bouncy?

--- End quote ---

Played a game.  Any serious input?

I've solved the problem now - they are heaps better now.  You need to put shims in under the spring the make it a bit shorter/tighter, so that the stick doesn't bounce back and hit the opposite direction.  Quick visit to the hardware store fixed the problem.

I put an M20 steel washer and two 12mm fibre washers (used in plumbing) as shims to reduce the spring length by about 5mm.

Does anybody else out there actually have Happ Competition Joysticks and understand this problem?  I would never  be happy with them as sloppy and bouncy as they were, out-of-the-box.  Much happier now though ;D and I know that I can make adjustments by adding/removing shims.



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