pic: Team 587 2008 modified joystick

[lukevanoort]

Sorry about taking so long guys. On Sunday nobody had a camera, not even a camera phone. Yesterday, I forgot to ask if anyone brought one. I think somebody will have a camera tonight, even if it is just a cell camera. So, either myself or another team member should be able to post it today/tomorrow.

There really isn't much to see. There are a couple of little plastic "arms" inside the joystick with notches for holding a spring. What we did was take a couple of stronger springs we had lying around, cut them shorter, and bend the last coil to fit into the notch, which is what took so long (ever try to plastically deform spring steel?).

NB: to anyone attempting to modify the springs; the screws that hold the joystick together strip really easily. I had to drill them out to open the first joystick we modified (I screwed up the switch wiring on the first one, and had to retrieve the stronger springs from it for the second joystick). This was after just one or two disassemble/assemble cycles. Definitely use a screwdriver and not a hand drill w/ a screwdriver bit.