Happ Happ Happy
Tuesday, 9th November 2004 at 9:38AM (1519 days ago)
I'm surprised how quickly my joysticks took to arrive. I ordered them on Thursday and they got through customs yesterday and arrived in the afternoon. Talk about timing!
The joysticks feel really good, they're a little bit heavier weighted than the J-Stick's that i've got, but they are really smooth to use. They've got a spring action inside that always returns the joystick to the centre when you let go.
The happ joysticks are a little bit taller than the J-Stick's, but what I like is the fact that the joystick handle is one piece rather than the ball screwed ontop of the metal like the J-Stick, it's a lot more comfortable to use and it looks really nice in the black too.
The happ joystick is an 8-way only and uses separate microswitches, whereas the J-stick uses a leaf switch type system and is rotatable between 4 and 8 way via the resistor plate on the base. The good thing about the happ is that you can replace the microswitches if anything goes belly up. Microswitches are very inexpensive, about $1 each.
The plans are almost complete and i'm hoping to send them off this week or early next.