Has Anyone Ever Tried This?

[bcard74]

I have been thinking about what sort of steering wheel I am going to attempt to hook up to my upright.  I am not too excited about a PC wheel, as most of the old games I like are the 360 degree rotation ones a la Pole Position.

What about mounting a second spinner on the front of the CP somewhere and then building a simple interface where you can mechanically attach an old wheel to it?  Seems to me a real simple way to get a 360 degree wheel, and it would be very easily removed when you aren't using it.

Of course I haven't thought of anything past would it work ...  The mounting spot would have to be worked out at an angle that would accomodate such a thing, but does the main idea make sense to anyone?

Just in the planning stages for my upright, so let me know if this is a possibility or if anyone else has every thought of/tried it.

All those wheel hacks look like a pain and would be way more difficult to make removeable.  You guys know what my mechanical/electrical skills are ...  Lol.  Thanks.

[eightbit]

From everything I've seen and read most of the 360' steering wheels are just great big spinners. Your idea will work. You just need a spinner that can take the weight and abuse of a steering wheel.

[Psyklops]

I have been thinking about what sort of steering wheel I am going to attempt to hook up to my upright.  I am not too excited about a PC wheel, as most of the old games I like are the 360 degree rotation ones a la Pole Position.

What about mounting a second spinner on the front of the CP somewhere and then building a simple interface where you can mechanically attach an old wheel to it?  Seems to me a real simple way to get a 360 degree wheel, and it would be very easily removed when you aren't using it.

Of course I haven't thought of anything past would it work ...  The mounting spot would have to be worked out at an angle that would accomodate such a thing, but does the main idea make sense to anyone?

Just in the planning stages for my upright, so let me know if this is a possibility or if anyone else has every thought of/tried it.

All those wheel hacks look like a pain and would be way more difficult to make removeable.  You guys know what my mechanical/electrical skills are ...  Lol.  Thanks.

Check this page.  The guy has a spinner knob that he slips off and then slips on a "mini-wheel" for driving games.  It's not quite what you are looking at but, the same idea....

http://mamecheats.fateback.com/control.htm

[MinerAl]

... You just need a spinner that can take the weight and abuse of a steering wheel.

I'm picturing a 1/8" phono jack style hole mounted near the spinner and a wheel with a phono plug centered in its base that sockets into the jack.  (or a similar sturdier situation)

The hole would be the right distance from the spinner knob to 1) have the neck of the wheel touch the knob for a friction gear relationship (reversed axis), or 2) have a rubber band/belt which would be looped between the two (same axis).

You wouldn't put any undue stress on the spinner itself,  the spinner knob wouldn't get stripped by removing it regularly, and the hole wouldn't be in the way when non driving games were played.

[Xiaou2]

From everything I've seen and read most of the 360' steering wheels are just great big spinners. Your idea will work. You just need a spinner that can take the weight and abuse of a steering wheel.

  Yeah - a lot of it boils down to how thick your spinner shaft is.   Youd need a shaft thats thick enough to fit into a set of rollerblade bearings... of maybe even wider.   Unfortunately,  the wider the shaft, the less the spin.  Youd need to get a larger weight as the bottom to help that out.  (Ive experimented with some of this stuff)

  The other thing is... how to keep it on durring a heavy spin?  I couldnt find anything that was easy to snap on/off and still be able to take high speed G forces.

  The mini wheel is a good idea I guess...  but not as cool as a real sized wheel.

  MinerAl's Ideas pretty cool.  A wheel that uses friction to turn the spinner... thus not having to worry about stress of a wheel.   Sounds good in theory... tho wounder if it will work well as high speed...

 

[planetjay]

I hate to state the obvious... (That's HowardC's job) BUT... Why not just use the spinner? Most R/C car controllers use a small 270

[SirPoonga]

am I understanding this correctly?  All you want is a 360 steering wheel that can double as the spinner?

Simply solution, talk to Kelsey at oscarcontrols.com.  

He has a steering wheel assembly (just a mouse hack) and a spinner (just a mouse hack).  

He makes high quality products.  And he is willing to hear new ideas.

[bcard74]

am I understanding this correctly?  All you want is a 360 steering wheel that can double as the spinner?

Simply solution, talk to Kelsey at oscarcontrols.com.  

He has a steering wheel assembly (just a mouse hack) and a spinner (just a mouse hack).  

He makes high quality products.  And he is willing to hear new ideas.

The more I think about it the less I like the idea.  If I am going to try and put a spinner assembly on the front of my cab, I am better off putting a wheel assembly there and figuring out how to make it removeable.

I was just thinking that it would be much easier to make a removeable wheel that would fit over a spinner rather than a real steering wheel assembly.

After reading all the wheel hack faq's and stuff it just seemed to be a pain, whereas it is easy to set up a spinner ...

I dunno, just thinking about easier ways to do things ...  Definately thinking out loud ...