Okay, so because of the lever-switches’ arrangement, one corner will always have a noticeably smaller active range. I really like this joystick but it’s a pain when I miss an input and know I’ve lost a match because of the hardware.
I run the JLW with the circular gate. I’ve already heard the ‘solution’ where you flip the unit until the bad corner is not one of the Down-backs, but I want an actual fix for the issue.
I’m thinking about wrapping the offending lever with some tape to help the actuator find it. Has anybody tried that, or had success with another means?
Hmm, I run a JLW in one of my sticks and I’ve yet to encounter this problem. The actuators on the microswitches are on an angle so I never miss an input. I run a square gate though. Mind posting a pic of the “bad corner”?
I believe it’s only a problem on the circular gate. There’s roughly only a 6% activation area for each of the diagonals iirc, so even a tinyyy inaccuracy is going to be noticeable. The problem lies in how the levers are situated, they all go the same direction, obviously, so one corner gets jipped.
I wonder if I could wrap the whole actuator with a thin layer of something?
I don’t know how a JLW is constructed, but perhaps you should try to get heat shrink tubing at a hardware store. get some tubing that will just fit the actuator in it. Cut the tubing so there is 2-3mm longer than the actuator, leave 1.5mm on each side and shrink carefully with a lighter. I would put the actuator on a pencil or chopstick.
If you have problem with one diagonal it is microswitch fault
with time micro have different activation point - bend lever. It is normal.
stick with round restrictors must have relationship throw to engage 2 : 1
JLW have 5,5mm : 3,5mm you need 5,5mm : 2,75-3mm
bend all lever on micro and all be OK
LS32 work OK but still not perfect but better than JLW:P