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RetroBorg:
Thanks for all the replies guys, they gives me something to think about.


--- Quote from: hng on July 13, 2007, 06:35:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: johnperkins21 on July 13, 2007, 02:01:53 pm ---Not the answer you're looking for, but if you're really undecided, don't make a decision. Get both and make swap-able panels.

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how about figuring out a way to make a  switchable 360/270 like a top switchable 4way/8way joy?

from the end of the 360 shaft, you could make an extension with a slip fitting so you could engage a 270 section. It would contain some type of stops, and the electronics. Basically all you'd have to do is center the wheel, and pull a lever... kinda like engaging a PTO.

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This sounds like the best cheap option.

Has anybody ever made one of these?
NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: RetroBorg on July 13, 2007, 10:32:44 pm ---Has anybody ever made one of these?

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Swappable panels were easier, so I went that route.
hng:

--- Quote from: RetroBorg ---


--- Quote from: hng ---

how about figuring out a way to make a  switchable 360/270 like a top switchable 4way/8way joy?

from the end of the 360 shaft, you could make an extension with a slip fitting so you could engage a 270 section. It would contain some type of stops, and the electronics. Basically all you'd have to do is center the wheel, and pull a lever... kinda like engaging a PTO.

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This sounds like the best cheap option.

Has anybody ever made one of these?

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I just came up with that idea while reading the thread... (although I can't guarantee that no body else has done it)

I've got a Pole Position panel in the basement... next week at work I'll see if I can rig something up. Now that I've thought of it, I have to make it. Stupid OCD.

I'm wondering... mechanical coupling would be the cheapest (I could fab it out of scrap metal), but to get it to work all nicey-nice might be a challenge. If I could find an electric clutch... it would be real simple... press a button to engage the clutch, and BAM... a 360 is now a 270.
RetroBorg:

--- Quote from: hng on July 13, 2007, 11:16:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: RetroBorg ---


--- Quote from: hng ---

how about figuring out a way to make a  switchable 360/270 like a top switchable 4way/8way joy?

from the end of the 360 shaft, you could make an extension with a slip fitting so you could engage a 270 section. It would contain some type of stops, and the electronics. Basically all you'd have to do is center the wheel, and pull a lever... kinda like engaging a PTO.

--- End quote ---

This sounds like the best cheap option.

Has anybody ever made one of these?

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I just came up with that idea while reading the thread... (although I can't guarantee that no body else has done it)

I've got a Pole Position panel in the basement... next week at work I'll see if I can rig something up. Now that I've thought of it, I have to make it. Stupid OCD.

I'm wondering... mechanical coupling would be the cheapest (I could fab it out of scrap metal), but to get it to work all nicey-nice might be a challenge. If I could find an electric clutch... it would be real simple... press a button to engage the clutch, and BAM... a 360 is now a 270.

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Sounds like a good project, I look forward to seeing your results.
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