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Author Topic: Happ universal in 4-way -- anything I can do to make it better?  (Read 1453 times)

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Are there any steps I can take to make the Happ Universal better in 4-way mode? I hate that I can still hit the diagonals.
Any suggestions?
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Re: Happ universal in 4-way -- anything I can do to make it better?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2008, 08:10:38 pm »
Someone (maybe Oscar) used to sell mounting plates that restricted the movement of the joystick for exactly this purpose.

I've been MIA for a few years though, not sure what the current best bet is.
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Re: Happ universal in 4-way -- anything I can do to make it better?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2008, 08:40:15 pm »
Yeah, I'm well aware of the fact that Oscar used to....

I guess it's not a big deal. I was hoping for an easy solution, preferably the free kind. (Tweak something, etc)

Thanks for the reply, though.
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Re: Happ universal in 4-way -- anything I can do to make it better?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2008, 09:23:27 pm »
Not too sure what you mean by Happ Universal Joysticks, but RandyT over at GGG makes these.

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Re: Happ universal in 4-way -- anything I can do to make it better?
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2008, 09:42:09 pm »
Not too sure what you mean by Happ Universal Joysticks, but RandyT over at GGG makes these.

As in the Happ Universal joystick. There's also the Ultimarc E-stik, which is virtually identical.



And, yes, I was aware of RandyT's restrictor, but I don't think it would be any better than the restrictor already on this (no offense to RandyT. It's just not what I need). Plus, I want to retain the ability to switch from 4-way to 8-way with ease.
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