HRAP question

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Fri May 19, 2006 4:00 pm

How easy is to swap the joystick and buttons? Does it require any soldering?

Arcatech · Post by **Arcatech** » Fri May 19, 2006 4:05 pm

No soldering required.

As far as how easy it is, your guess is as good as mine. I have trouble setting up my vcr, let alone doing something like this.

tekneekz · Post by **tekneekz** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:48 pm

unscrew 8 bottom screws, take out bottom plate, use 7mm socket to unscrew the 6 screws under the plate, use pliers to take out the quick connectors and push the buttons out from the sides and pop in your new buttons and slap the quick connectors back on, joysticks sticks are plug and play just unscrew your old one and screw the new on the same holes if u got the right kind from seimitsu or sanwa, than your set just reverse the job by screwing the 14 screws back.

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:51 pm

Great, thanks for the info. I'm thinking geting one and swapping the joystick with a seimitsu.

ReKleSS · Post by **ReKleSS** » Fri May 19, 2006 11:17 pm

Actually, if it's a seimitsu there may be issues with the mounting plate. See http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=8093. The last post sums it up:

oxtsu wrote: For future reference and in summary: This type of baseplate is only present on recent production Hori RAP-1s (not sure the timeframe) and Special Addition (Sanwa special) ONLY. So if you have either of these, be sure to get the LS-56-01 or LS-55-01 if you want normal stick height and no fuss.

rolins · Post by **rolins** » Fri May 19, 2006 11:45 pm

Does the HRAP 2 have problems with the mounting plate?

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:40 am

rolins wrote:Does the HRAP 2 have problems with the mounting plate?

Both LS-32 and LS-32-01 could be mount in the HRAP 2's mounting plate of mine.

Latter production batch might be different.

And for swooping buttons config, as long as the contacts of the buttons is not directly soldered to the PCB within, it is easy. I think all those HRAP with hardware auto fire doesn't got button soldered to the PCB.