Originally Posted by Sak75

I have a doubt and I'm sure someone can help me. In my flight lever I tried to make the z axis (yaw) with return to the zero point. I have tried with several types of springs and designs (scissors type) etc..

but in the end the use ends off center. If you have disassembled some joystick with z axis, as they usually do, use some kind of special spring?



Commercial joysticks use an torsion spring in their twist axis mechanism, in a very "meh" implementation. Spring similar to this:

https://www.grainger.com/product/GRAINGER-APPROVED-90-Degree-Carbon-Steel-Music-3HPN5

In this topic are detailed pictures of Ravcore Javelin (VKB Gladiator OEM version) internal parts.

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https://forum.il2sturmovik.ru/topic/4898-ravcore-javelin-gaming-joystick/