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wj2k3:

How about using a bass shaker.  I am not sure what the force feedback signal looks like but it would seem possible to modify/amplify it to input into on of these. 



shafor:

ding, ding, we have a winner.

ErikRuud:

The earlier versions of the Tesla Pods at the BattleTech centers had subwoofer built into the back of the seat.  It was something like 14" wide.

It did a prety good job of providing feed back when your mech got hit.  The ejection sequence was pretty impressive!

creatine28:

Found this, seems to be similiar to the base shaker thing.

It's on this page towards the bottom and it's only $10!

http://www.excess-solutions.com/closeouts.htm

Item ES2023 BWA-01 ExtraBass Body Woofer System
 

Xiaou2:


  The bass shakers are truely awesome.   I found an Aura bass shaker set with mini amps on ebay for less than 100$.   Popped them under my pc chair... and fired mame up...

  The results:   At low volumes... the bass shake felt as powerfull as a 500 watt subwoofer at high volume!    Setting the maximum power to the shakers resulted in me hardly able to view the monitor - because I was bouncing arround and made the screen appear to be shaking all over the place!

 What makes it nice - is that you do not need the high volume to feel the power. .. whereas a subwoofer needs to move a lot of air to blast the bass vibrations.   In many situations, theres actually more vibration from the shakers...  because with a sub with low volume of air movement,  you lose the impact.   Bass shakers vibrate all the time... and you can feel every bit of it.

  Obviouslty, a real powerfull motor to move the seat is completly a different experience.  Out Runs shaker motor for instance, completely rocks.  Maybe you could use the same type if setup as outrun.

 Using a powerfull one direction motor, (and hacking a rumble pad) you could use a metal  link arm... that moves the seat on a set of rails left to right rapidly.  (simular to the old style trains)

 However... remember that mame currently does not support Force Feedback yet : (   

 I highly doubt that 10$ jobbie would be sufficent or comparable to the power of a real bass shaker.


 

 

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