excited to try out a K-Stick … just placed a order with Focus Attack for a 309MJ with a high tension grommet … gonna install the parts on a day off soon and start working towards my trip to Red Bull Conquest in Dallas.
Hey guys. Got some new parts from IST. The Gersung A3KZ version switches, I made a quick video to compare to the regular A3 Switches. Video of Switches
Also ordered the new crown bat tops from the Rotary lever: Click here to see the video.
Lastly I purchased the alpha lever. Here is a quick breakdown of it: Here
I hope this comes out okay. This new setup on phone is weird !
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Cool to see you’re back!
The new crown pearlescent bat tops have a nice touch (a bit expensive though…) , yet they have similar brass inserts as seen on chinese replacement tops which only offer a small contact surface with the shaft, unlike the larger exposed insert surface seen with the sanwa lb-30n-cw.
One thing I don’t like about the removable Samducksa tops is the fact that they seem to drill out a cavity (you can see the tooling marks) then --push-- in the insert . The first batch Fujin V2 tops (many had the insert pulled out during play) seemed to have the same problem.
Molded-in and cast-in method is much more effective for joystick tops as the inserts (inserts are different in design too) have a better internal grip on the plastic material : see seimitsu and sanwa tops.
I have the impression the samducksa inserts are mold-in type yet they pressed them in. kind of funny to see they went form an ultra-sturdy american style shaft with overmoulded plastic top (pullout or unscrewing is impossible, the shaft is set in) to a screw-on top with push-in insert akin to chinese tops.
Makesitck dot has been offline now for a while, the only option is the US version of ISTmall, yet no product descriptions are in english, which is a clumsy move if they intend in dealing with non-Korean speaking customers.
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Got the 309MJ installed in my Panthera, great lever, really good.
Also put a soft rubber in my Taeyoung in my Omni, also a great stick. The only thing I’d prefer is for a smaller dead zone, are there oversized actuators for the Fanta? I saw the Golden Kit but that has a ton of stuff I don’t need.
Thx
funny, I got the 309mj installed my panthera too…
I think i gotta get used to it…
all those reviews I’ve seen on reddit and other places generally mention the myongshin feels better than the crown if im not mistaken…and so far i’d have to agree.
If anyone’s interested in some custom korean parts made of delrin, I’m currently running an IC and we are at 11/20 minimum order. Here’s the post I made Delrin Complete set (actuators and core) interest check and I also posted on reddit regarding this to try to get the 20 minimum order of quantity https://www.reddit.com/r/fightsticks/comments/8pqbrr/ic_interest_check_for_delrin_custom_actuators_and/
I disagree. The omni is $199 and is fully moddable and hot swappable without having to do anything extra like drilling more holes ore getting extra plates but you probably already know that since you have one 
Only downside is that KR shipping. LOL
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I totally agree, if I could only own one stick, it would be the Omni without a doubt.
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The shipping, lack of anti-slip bottom, and inability to be opened toollessly place it below the Panthera for me.
That being said I love and enjoy both.
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You posted months ago but I have the collared versions of both the Myeongshin Fanta and the Crown 309 (also a 303) and the 309 may even be better than the Fanta. It is a very good lever.
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That’s good to know, after getting used to the lever more (even in 2d fighters) I’ve found it highly superior to my modded jlf, although I do like the jlf in some areas more such as having a tactile feel in games that require it
I’m kinda curious about the Infiltration Lever because it is a K-lever with an octogate so it’d help with that (I think they also sell octo-collars at the site that does the Golden Fanta kits but as I recall the shipping was kind of a hassle/pricey).
As I’ve been switching between the Taeyoung Fanta and 309MJ, the Crown fits me better for my playstyle. I really like it and the fact that the collar is flat too. It’s my favorite lever so far.
I haven’t tried the Japanese-mount version but I imagine it is similar.
I havent tried the 309Helpme but I believe the 309mj is 25a while the Helpme is 35a. I actually prefer the lighter tension as I dont play Tekken so return to center isn’t a big deal to me.
Is not a octogate, it’s a semi-square and actually is not a big deal cause you will never ride 100% of the gate doing circular motions due the too large throw vs a very fast engagement so large motions is totally unnecessary.
The interesting thing is that if you mount the actuator upside down you’ll have shorter throw, i don’t know the secret about this but it somehow prevents the shaft to go too far and the actuator don’t even reach the restrictor this way, unless you put a unusual effort.
I think there is no problem by using this way which i prefer, good stick.
it’s certainly not a “semisquare” , it’s a squircle. A semisquare is just a half square, and if you’re thinking of the equivalent area lune shaped quarter figure , that’s not it either, far from it.
Crown uses a truncated circle as lower “gate” or rather guide for most sticks (303,309 etc) , it’s “squarish” in shape of course and the truncatures are evident.
For the Infiltration stick, they proposed and unreleased rounded corner square (sanwa-seimitsu style) in proto stage and released commercially instead two gates a true circle one and a “circle square” one.
circle square doesn;t mean anything, it’s just a commercial name they took either via google translate or probably to have the clients grasp the idea instead of giving them the more obscure (and official) term : squircle.
In terms of playing and feel, the squircle will “lock in” the actuator better in corners than in cardinals, but at least it offer some form of locating for the cardinals, albeit when trying to remain/lock in one cardinal you will experience some lateral rocking since the curvature is much greater than the actuator diameter.
Imo, the crown infiltration “circlesquare” (squircle) version is not very good, they should have released instead a squircle shape with tighter curvatures, to get closer to an octogate feel, instead, the one released commercially feels too close to the circle shape they also offered, to the point where many found that it wasn’t worth buying the other gate.
Another goof was not releasing the rounded square gate (sanwa style), that one would have sold very well.
Btw, infiltration stick designer yoO designed a different “custom” actuator (as stated on his article on ruliweb) , which is sold if I remember correctly , on IST’s new site in the accessory section.
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Does anyone here in the Korean parts thread have a 15.5 golden mod actuator that they would be willing to part with? I bought the green lever setup from wazwuz, but I found that using the actuator from my 307 (15.5) feels better.
my 303, I meant.
Where do you live ? PM me