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| LeedsFan:
Isn't that half Hexagon and not Octagon? Forgive me being a geometry nazi :p |
| Vigo:
Well, it could be either depending on which control panel we are talking about. My trog that I mentioned IS a half Octagon: Put two of those CP's together and you have a nice stop sign shape Octagon. I think the 1/2 Octagon design is a bit more popular than 1/2 Hexagon. The Shape Dave drew was a half hexagon though. Here is my horrible attempt at fixing that: _____ | | \____/ ^_^ Taa Daa! |
| DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: LeedsFan on July 01, 2011, 03:45:47 pm ---Isn't that half Hexagon and not Octagon? Forgive me being a geometry nazi :p --- End quote --- You are correct but I was referring to the half-octogon. I didn't add the sides perpendicular to the front in my ASCII drawing, my bad. Vigo fixed it for me, thank you. And yeah, that Trog cabinet is a perfect example. Interesting here, though, is that the shape is mimicked on the front design as well where the panels I usually see incorporate that into a (more or less standard) flat front. And also, it is a 4-player cabinet. I'm further guessing it a LuSiD design standard that a lot of people base their cabs off of (panel shape and all) and even the X-Arcade stick (and other commercially available panels) followed along. It seems like such an odd design for two players. Anyone with this design (two-player panels in particular) loving it or hating it? |
| Gray_Area:
It's also a bit easier cutting straight lines than even curves. |
| rackoon:
I'm not sure where it came from, but I took both into consideration when I built my cab because I wanted to save space. The straight front makes you stand up agaist the cab when your arms get tired. :cry: I can tell you this, its nice to be able to rest your wrist on the cp after a few minutes of game play. I even put a slight tilt to mine so it would be ergonomic. :cheers: |
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