USB Dual Strike Hack

[wee beastie]

So, I'm trying to do 1UP's dual strike hack with my Star Wars yoke.  On the yoke, one of the pots is broken, so I ran down to radio shack and started looking at the pots.

As is my understanding, I need a 5K, 3/4 turn pot.  The only 5K pot I saw was a 300 degree turn pot.  Will this work?

tia,
wee

[JustMichael]

well 3/4 turn is 270 degrees.  It sounds like it would be close enough as long as it is physically the right size.

[wee beastie]

yeah, I'd just hate to have to take it apart to get it to work properly.  I suppose that the dual strike comes with some sort of internal calibration tool, right?  If so, could you calibrate it to give the full range of motion even if the pot doesn't turn it's fullest?

[Lilwolf]

Probably not for long.  RS doesn't sell parts made for those type of loads... But try it and hope for the best.... btw, happs sells them, so you will probably find them at BobRoberts and www.videoconnect.com

[1UP]

Probably not for long.  RS doesn't sell parts made for those type of loads... But try it and hope for the best.... btw, happs sells them, so you will probably find them at BobRoberts and www.videoconnect.com

The only load that it'll be getting is from the Dual Strike electronics, it's not going into a jamma cab or anything.  But might as well get the proper pots if you can find them.  I saw some 5k pots at Fry's before.  Actually, they can probably even be 10k pots.  Anyway, the Midway T2 manual specifies that 10k pots are acceptable as replacements for 5k's in the T2 guns, so might still work...  The ones you found would still be closer though...

[rampy]

Probably not for long.  RS doesn't sell parts made for those type of loads... But try it and hope for the best.... btw, happs sells them, so you will probably find them at BobRoberts and www.videoconnect.com

The only load that it'll be getting is from the Dual Strike electronics, it's not going into a jamma cab or anything.  But might as well get the proper pots if you can find them.  I saw some 5k pots at Fry's before.  Actually, they can probably even be 10k pots.  Anyway, the Midway T2 manual specifies that 10k pots are acceptable as replacements for 5k's in the T2 guns, so might still work...  The ones you found would still be closer though...

I'm guessing lilwolf meant the mechanical load of constant movement of frantically shooting down TIE's being too much for radio shack pots...  and that they'd mechaniclly break...

rampy