Posted by bob on 10, 2001 at 4:42 PM:
In Reply to: Re: analog sticks posted by xiaou2 on 10, 2001 at 3:16 PM:
: You want the stick as loose as possible, cause you dont want to have to 'fight' with the stick. A tough spring can make it hard to do small adjustments - and hold them there.
: Im going to try to remove the spring on mine - to see if its better without one. I think it would be easier to hold the stick in the center than to force it out all the time.
that's the conclusion i came to when i tried it out on Star Wars last night. with the wingman it's a bit of a pain, because most of the "spring" comes from the rubber collar (dust boot) at the base of the stick. somehow i ended up breaking the feet that hold the hat-swich to the pcb, but epoxy took care of that.