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    They are sprung as standard - or at least the ones I got were (maybe
    Doepfer got custom ones?)<br>
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    You can remove the springs by taking the backs off the pot -
    carefully, of course - and make sure the back goes back on firmly to
    keep the tension on the stick (otherwise it gets excessively droopy)<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/04/2016 20:49, Jason Proctor
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">well the joysticks arrived from China. they seem
        mostly fine, except despite having the exact same part number as
        the Doepfer one, they are sprung-return. this is a little
        annoying as they are no use to me unless i can disable it
        somehow. i will attempt to sort it RSN...
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Tom
          Bugs <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:admin@bugbrand.co.uk" target="_blank">admin@bugbrand.co.uk</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi
            Florian,<br>
            <br>
            Having now tested the TBM joystick - good news - it works
            nicely like this.<br>
            <br>
            The mechanism is somewhat similar to the Alps joystick, but
            more refined - two hemispherical paths, whereas the Alp one
            seems to have one linear and one hemisphere + is overall
            much more compact.<br>
            <br>
            You can move the paddle along the bottom of one axis without
            raising the output voltage/resistance - the good thing is
            that doesn't mean there's a dead-spot of travel if, for
            example, the paddle is in a central position - I checked
            that too and change occurs as soon as it leaves the bottom
            position.<br>
            <br>
            I'm noting that I'll need to leave a relatively larger panel
            hole for the paddle movement compared with the Alps. I think
            the paddle moves to a wider angle than than for the alps -
            perhaps 90degree side-to-side compared with 60 for the Alps
            (guessing that)<br>
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            Best! Tom<span class="im HOEnZb"><br>
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              On 05/04/2016 09:44, Florian Anwander wrote:<br>
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                  Hello<br>
                  <br>
                  Am 05.04.2016 um 10:28 schrieb Tom Bugs:<br>
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                    .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                    I made this suggestion a few months back for a
                    similar query::::<br>
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                  To my experience all the joysticks built like these
                  have one problem: you cannot reach a postion "max(X),
                  max(Y)", because the top mask (right word?) is
                  circular shaped. I'd always look for a joystick, where
                  the mask is a square.<br>
                  <br>
                  Florian<br>
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