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Home made Starwars yoke for the technically challenged - talk me out of it!!!
BadMouth:
If going the gyroscopic route, one option would be to get an xbox speed wheel for $30* and call it done.
http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Wireless-Speed-Wheel/dp/B0050SY0L2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1368718669&sr=8-4&keywords=xbox+speed+wheel
*receiver not included
Le Chuck:
Isn't it much easier just to say, "nah man, that twisty grip looks like crap" rather than "I can't find the right pipe". You're not going to hurt my feelings. ;D
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on May 16, 2013, 11:40:41 am ---Isn't it much easier just to say, "nah man, that twisty grip looks like crap" rather than "I can't find the right pipe". You're not going to hurt my feelings. ;D
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He didn't say it looked like crap, he said it was a bit naff. I'm quite chuffed by that.
BazookaJo:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on May 16, 2013, 11:40:41 am ---Isn't it much easier just to say, "nah man, that twisty grip looks like crap" rather than "I can't find the right pipe". You're not going to hurt my feelings. ;D
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But seriously you can't get the pipe either...I ended up having to turn to various fish centres and still was having to consider getting certain bits imported:
http://www.koicarp.net/pvc_plumbing/pvc.html
Also - difficult to hide the fact that it is PVC* piping however much you box it up.
*Of course the sizes required never available in black...
BazookaJo:
I hear what you're saying, but it's more like a traditional yoke with the up/down centred below the wrists instead of in the centre of the palms - might as well buy a USB flight yoke.
As we all know - the feel of the SW yoke is unique, but is basically it's just a steering wheel with a rod though the centre. Mount a bluetooth gyro in the centre somehow and the yoke becomes a purely mechanical exercise instead of an electromechanical one with all the cogs pots and intricate work previously involved becoming unnecessary.
That was the dream anyway...
--- Quote from: BadMouth on May 16, 2013, 11:38:38 am ---If going the gyroscopic route, one option would be to get an xbox speed wheel for $30* and call it done.
http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Wireless-Speed-Wheel/dp/B0050SY0L2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1368718669&sr=8-4&keywords=xbox+speed+wheel
*receiver not included
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