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Is there a decent 'off the shelf' StarWars yoke?

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GGKoul:


--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on March 03, 2005, 03:28:25 pm ---I would be more inclined to START with a working Y-axis, such as a HyperDrive controller, and BUILD the X-axis, rather than the other way around.
The X-axis is the EASY one.

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I have a HyperDrive Yoke, but its missing its missing the internals...  :-[ 

Looked any different opinions to rebuild it, but none have really worked...

MameMaster!:

....I just traded this yoke to another BYOACer....it works well....and is a good off the shelf sub....

Or you can just use the one I built... I take if off of my shelf an put it into my arcade machine all of the time!

MameMaster!

BazookaJo:


--- Quote ---You might want to think twice about insulting other people's work before starting a similar project on your own.
That same guy may be the one holding the crucial piece of info you need to complete your project.

I also suggested that you start with arcade quality stuff, if you want to END UP with arcade quality stuff.

The TwistyGrip is a PROVEN design.
If you start with an UNPROVEN design, you will encounter problems that require more time/money/effort.

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Before I bought my Twisty Grip plans I sent the dude an email asking about availability of parts in the UK - nothing.

After 2 weeks I thought 'what the hell' and bought them anyway only to find that the pipe fittings weren't available in the UK.  Sent the dude an email saying so - nothing.

So excuse me if I don't worry about burning my bridges with this particular dude and I'm sorry but the TG looks pretty naff - and it's PVC so you can't even paint it!!

I hear what you're saying, but desktop grade durability should be sufficient for my needs - it's not going to get an arcade level battering after all and price and availability are considerations too.

As for proven concepts there are a number of home brew designs on the web which provide solutions to many aspects of the design which could be adapted - the link http://www.arcadecontrols.com/hosted/yoke/ for instance looks like an excellent reference point.

Finally, easy is a relative term, let's just say easy as possible without it being crap,  something DEFINITELY easier than TwistyGrip.


--- Quote from: mamemaster on March 03, 2005, 03:59:47 pm ---....I just traded this yoke to another BYOACer....it works well....and is a good off the shelf sub....

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Hey, now that doesn't look too bad, might keep my eye out for one of those...

Lilwolf:

I would be interested to see if anyone could come up with a good solution myself.

I think with some lazy susans and some metal pipes you could probably get close....

I LOVE the twisty grip plans.  I like the ideas brought together to make them.  I like the pipe in pipe idea..  But are they strong enough?

I have a Hydra controller I picked up super cheap... Its close but not the same.  It scales the Y axis so there is more detail in the middle of the screen... and the springs had a very different feel to them (stronger).  I ended up removing the springs and this helped a LOT... Now I want to put a weaker spring without the very very noticable 'center'.  I also am looking at how I could change the Y axis so that it would not scale (its not two gears together... but a pipe connected to another).

Anyway, sometimes I think I should just build my own... I should have bought a starwars controller years ago when you could find them for 50 bucks on ebay ever few weeks...



menace:

Being a guy who actually built his own--its not that hard--the write up that goes along with it (http://www.arcadecontrols.com/hosted/yoke/) is intentionally long winded and verbose--it wouldn't be a very good guide if it wasn't.  I'm at a loss on how you could build anything that doesn't look like --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--, is very cheap and easy to build and still have the full range of motion and functionality--if it was that easy everyone would do it rather than spending 200$ on a used yoke.

And i agree on the twisty grip--sure it works but I would be laughed out of my basment for attaching PVC piping to my machine.



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