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attention all racers..regarding force feedback
mark shaker:
--- Quote from: arcadepcnut on July 06, 2006, 11:29:57 pm ---Would you be willing to help me convert this wheel over giving you credit of course. Im just not sure what kind of brushless servo amplifier will be needed to get the proper power to the happ force feedback wheel.
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I really don't have have any expertise in this area, I just tried someting and was lucky enough to have it work.
I can give you these bits of info:
You PCB must be designed to use a "normal" DC motor, without any internal feedback mechanisms.
You will need a "DC Servo Amp for Brush Type Motors".
You don't need a very powerful amp. Mine might be running at 5% of it's capacity.
You will have to configure the AMP to provide output that is proportional to input (disable any speed sensing inputs).
- Mark
arcadepcnut:
Well now that I have the fanatec wheel and had a little chance to play with it...it seems its a really robust wheel. Do i even need to convert over the wheel to arcade. will it be as noticable a difference using the arcade force feedback happ wheel with fantec controls as it was to replace the xbox mc2 pedals with metal arcade ones? because that made a WORLD of difference. If there is not much difference between the wheels I'll just cut this fanatec one and mount it into a control panel!
Kremmit:
That sounds like a personal decision to me- If the Fantec wheel feels good enough to you, then it's good enough. If it doesn't, then it isn't.
It's certainly easier to just use it as is...
versapak:
--- Quote from: arcadepcnut on July 11, 2006, 10:15:04 pm ---Well now that I have the fanatec wheel and had a little chance to play with it...it seems its a really robust wheel. Do i even need to convert over the wheel to arcade. will it be as noticable a difference using the arcade force feedback happ wheel with fantec controls as it was to replace the xbox mc2 pedals with metal arcade ones? because that made a WORLD of difference. If there is not much difference between the wheels I'll just cut this fanatec one and mount it into a control panel!
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I am sure the happ wheel would have a more solid feel, as it is actually built for commercial use, but I doubt the actual feedback would differ all that much.
I personally want you to do the swap anyway, so as to be a guinea pig for the rest of us ;D, but yeah... If you can fit the Fanatec nicely into your current design, then it probably wouldn't be worth the hassle.
Definitely replace the pedals though. The ones that come with that wheel are ---meadow muffin---.
arcadepcnut:
No kinding. those pedals with the wheel are absolute junk!
I already have the metal happ pedals wired. I'll would switch out steering wheels just for the fun and robustness of the arcade wheel....but where to put all those buttons ...Im not sure...I dont want to clutter the dashboard up. I was thinking of going with square buttons on the left side of the dash ala daytona usa but I cant source square buttons for less than $10usd each which would cost 40$ for buttons. The only reason I was thinking going with the fantec and no switch (although I already have the force feedback happ wheel in my possession) is because of all the buttons being right there on the wheel.
Im going to take apart the wheel tomorrow and take some pictures of the insides and see what I can come up with.
thanks for your reply and encouragement!