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RC Gun Type Controller Hacks for Mame Driving?

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8BitMonk:
I'm wondering if anyone has seen a good RC gun type controller (below) hack to mod it for use as a controller for mame driving game. I've seen controller pieces used on a mini Daytona cab (the foam wheel) but never a full project making an actual driving controller. I have some interesting ideas for this but want to make sure I'm not reinventing the um... wheel.



Probably not for the racing cab purist but it seems like it'd be a good alternative way to control mame driving games. More natural than a spinner or gamepad and a better level of control.

I also know you can hook up an actual RC transmitter to Win 7 and have it show up as a gaming device with usb product that connects to the receiver, anyone tried this with mame?

SailorSat:
Go for it! :)

8BitMonk:
Whoa, cool, hadn't seen that before. I think an RC controller for Mame is more (though just barely) within my capabilities.  ;D

Fursphere:
Would work pretty good if you mount a spinner in the controller...

8BitMonk:
That's my idea, a wireless Logitech m507 to be exact. The Logitech mice with the 'hyperscrolling' scrollwheels in them spin forever like an actual spinner and have a great level of precision. The marathon was the cheapest version I could find that has the hyperscrolling at $36.

I was thinking I can take an RC controller wheel (or wheel from a car) with the foam padding and mount it so it somehow turns the scroll wheel. Unfortunately the scrollwheel doesn't look like it can be moved from the PCB so I probably have to find a way to spin it by something flush mounted up against it.



If I can't rig it to fit in a gun type controller I thought maybe I'd mount it in a small CP where the top part of the foam wheel sticks out the top about a 1/4". Then you'd just brush your hand left to right over the top of it to steer. The part under the CP would be on an axle and under that it would butt up against the top of the scroll wheel which would be firmly mounted.

For the throttle trigger and buttons for gears I was thinking about hacking a Logitech wireless gamepad since it'd use the same wireless unifying receiver. Would be completely wireless, battery operated mame driving controller.

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