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GGKoul:

What is your estimated production date?  In the mean time I'll take that Star War Yoke off your hand?  :laugh:

Gamecab:

I'm pushing for sometime in early May.  I expect most of the laser cut parts to arrive in about 2 more weeks.  I have a possible gear vendor in mind who is shipping a whole bunch of different gears for me to try out.
I was thinking on selling the proto-type but I may want to mount that on the GameCab Driver Cab (Still unpainted and in the Garage).

Just hang tight for a little while longer.

1UP:

Charlie,

What's the extra long x-axis bracket for?  Are you adding something that we can't see in the pics?

Looks good.  I'm looking forward to hearing about any performance tests you do.

Xiaou2:


 Heya Charlie,

    Id be currious to know what your ideas on changes you have so far?

  Ok, heres what I have to say about the current pics...

    First off, a great job.   Most of the thing is really nice and well built.   Its the few radical changes that seem to cause problems tho.

    Im pretty sure that the small bolts that keep the thing from full rotation will snap off within a 2 month or so period of play.   They are a little too thin and since they are metal on metal... will pound each other to bits.   

  My suggestion is to use thicker bolts, and add a rubber bumper via a washer to keep it on.   The rubber will stop the metal bolts from deteriorating, absorb the high shock to the assembly (and the person : ))   

  The y stopper is also a bit too thin.   I believe it will end up bending within a short time.   I believe the original used a thicker harderend steel bar... which is much more durrable and bend resistent than those screw bolts.   The y dosnt usually take as much punishment, but still would be good to use a rubber stopper to avoid holes and dents in the assembly.

 It may be possible to use a hollow metal pipe as a sleeve arround the smaller bolts to give them added strength... but if not exactly snug, might end up failing anyway. 

 The spring is a dissapointment.   I was hoping to see the torsion (i think that the name) type.  As the ones you have on now will stretch
to become  unusable in short time, do not center as exacting, and can create a stretching noise.   I suppose these may do..  but hopefully at very least the rear will use the other spring type.

 I still do not understand how you can make the grips so close to the base backing.   By making the front larger like the orig... you get the needed distance to avoid any clearence troubles and provides stronger and easier mounting... at least.. thats how it appears.

  Anyway, I look forward to your ideas about the rest.

   

Tailgunner:


--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 23, 2005, 02:44:11 am ---    Im pretty sure that the small bolts that keep the thing from full rotation will snap off within a 2 month or so period of play.   They are a little too thin and since they are metal on metal... will pound each other to bits.

  My suggestion is to use thicker bolts, and add a rubber bumper via a washer to keep it on.   The rubber will stop the metal bolts from deteriorating, absorb the high shock to the assembly (and the person : ))
--- End quote ---

The bolts in an original are similarly sized. Agree that they need "padding" though. Short pieces of fuel hose would work, but ideally having nylon or delrin sleeves machined to fit would hold up the longest. Something else, adding self locking nuts to the back sides will keep the bolts tight so they don't start stretching out their mounting holes.   


--- Quote --- The spring is a dissapointment.   I was hoping to see the torsion (i think that the name) type.  As the ones you have on now will stretch
to become  unusable in short time, do not center as exacting, and can create a stretching noise.   I suppose these may do..  but hopefully at very least the rear will use the other spring type.
--- End quote ---

Check the first post, he's got torsion springs on order. ;)


--- Quote --- I still do not understand how you can make the grips so close to the base backing.   By making the front larger like the orig... you get the needed distance to avoid any clearence troubles and provides stronger and easier mounting... at least.. thats how it appears.
--- End quote ---

Actually the grip axis stop system limits how far it can be from the back of the housing. To move it further forward, he'd need to add something for the bolts to hit to limit how far the grips can turn. Longer bolts won't help as the longer they are the more leverage you've got against them. More leverage = a higher chance of them bending or breaking.

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