Mad Catz Street Fighter IV FightStick - Tournament Edition

I am officially taking back everything I said about this stick. I got a great deal on eBay for this, for a mere $100 with free shipping. I must say, this is THE BEST stick I've ever used. I will finish making my custom sticks, but I will have to make this my primary, and install a Cthulhu with an Imp switch to dual mod it for the PS3.

Update: I decided to use a hardware DPDT switch instead of the Cthulhu because its cheaper and lets you keep system compatibility set - eliminating the need to hold down a button each time you connect to the secondary system. (Say, if I ever need to leave the stick hooked up to my PS3 while the 360 is away for its 5th RROD repair...)

Ultra Combo Finish!

I just replaced the punch buttons on my BD stick with Seimitsu PS-14-GN 30mm Pushbuttons. These buttons improved the likelihood of an Ultra Combo coming out! So, I guess the Sanwas were too sensitive, after all... I must admit that it was a very quick test, so I'll have to see how it is once I've played some matches, but overall I'm very pleased with the new buttons!

Super Combo! (But No Ultra?)

It's done. Finally, I have a working wireless stick for the PS3 made out of the Sony BD remote controller PCB. I'm very pleased with the fact that I got it to work. The very last thing I had to do was to take out the common ground PCB for the Sanwa JLF, since the BD remote's PCB has different lines (kinda like grounds) for each direction. After that was all wired, the directions all seemed to be backwards, so the easiest fix was to just swap out the positions of the microswitches (up with down, and left with right).

Now the bad news...

Looks like something (either the PCB's design, my wiring/wires or the Sanwa buttons being very sensitive) is not making three simultaneous button presses register consistently/easily. I'm having the hardest time getting ultra combos to come out when I want. While I troubleshoot, I have temporarily solved the problem by mapping the R2 and L2 buttons to Px3 and Kx3. Focus attacks and other two-button moves work fine.

I'm tired. I need some sleep and then enjoy my new stick tomorrow. But, I have a feeling that once my MC Cthulhu comes (Still waiting, ModChipMan...), I'll put the wireless stick aside and just use a more reliable wired stick.