Posted by Dave from Sweden on 13, 2001 at 12:02 PM:
In Reply to: question for YOU posted by CoreyGH on 13, 2001 at 2:20 AM:
: Hi, i was just wondering why you like the suzo 500 better than the Happ super 8. I'm trying to decide what parts to use for my controls; that's why i'm curious. Also, i went to suzo.com and couldn't find a suzo joystick called the "500"
The "500" is probably the universal 2/3/4/5/8-way stick. (The only other ones in the catalog are the Eurostyle, the inductive and the tulip top fire button stick. I have all but the last one, and I'm working on a review that I'll publish on-line any day now...)
Anyway, I don't have a Happ's Super 8 to campare with (yet), but either way, I think the Suzo stick is very nice. Accurate, high quality feel, and all movement restriction (ie less than 8-way) is done by turning a disk and/or moving two lock pawls in the very bottom end of the stick - where the force is minimal. That is, friction is not a problem. I'll have more comments in the second part of the review, to be published when I've had time to try all the sticks.