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Old 13-03-2023, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by UniPol View Post
Thanks for the report Peter, I've owned my FSQ-106ED since 2013 and it is the capstan wheel model. I'm always amused when I hear that the capstan wheel is often referred to as a Captain's wheel, a helmsman comes to mind though.

From memory, the first FSQ-106ED was released in 2007 and as Peter said is optically unchanged since then, only the addition of various adaptors on the visual back have been added. So, it is quite possible to buy the current EDXIV adaptors and fit them to any of the earlier models.
Capstan/Captain's wheel...

humm... I pondered that for a bit.

Given the MK III has turned posts fixed on a single wheel, rather than being part of a pulley system, I'll stand by my description.

I wouldn't call it a capstan...but if that floats 'y boat. Go right ahead.
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