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Spy Hunter on a Standard CP?
ahofle:
--- Quote from: wbassett on July 29, 2008, 12:58:51 am ---ahofle- I assume since you said this works pretty good for you and for Spy Hunter, the PC gas pedal works well I too? If so that's what I plan on going with.
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Yep, analog pedal works well. I'm interested in seeing where this goes. I think the biggest challenge is going to be in the mounting.
wbassett:
Mounting of the new steering assembly onto the old PC wheel? Yeah that will take some thought but like I said I've seen guys on here pull off some more amazing things than this.
ahofle:
Actually I was referring to the mounting to the cabinet. Not sure those cheap suction cups (or cheap plastic mounting brackets on other PC wheels) would hold well enough.
wbassett:
oh that... I think that is probably the easy part.
One way if the suction cups don't work could be rare earth magnets.
Put some in the cp embedded in the wood and then covered with the cp art and plexi, and then a couple in the steering wheel bottom... cover with felt so it doesn't scratch the plexi...
This is a trick some people have done with a DIY laminate projection screen for a masking system.
Bear with me because this is an idea on the fly.
One potential issue could be the magnets and any switches that are nearby. Rare earth magnets are pretty strong so it's possible they could interfere with leaf switches, but if they are far enough away the wood should isolate them. Or possibly some metal plates in the cp and just the magnets in the steering unit... like I said these babies are pretty strong and a metal plate would hold it pretty firm. Dunno though, like I said I never tried this and it's something that popped in my head.
I'm positive this part is the least of our worries though! Getting the tubing bent to have the right look and then the center hub to connect everything to is going to be the tricky part.
My final cp design is going to be modular so I guess I have a leg up in that respect and hopefully I'll be able to mount a variety of panels.
What about a latching assembly where the steering wheel system connects and disconnects on the front vertical board of the cp? We'll figure something out.
TheShanMan:
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--- Quote from: TheShanMan on July 28, 2008, 01:21:05 pm ---
* Do you mind measuring the dimensions of the base? I wonder if it would fit on one of my swappable panels (I think they're 19.5"x6.5"). Would be great if it's smaller, but maybe it could still work if bigger.
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Attached some crude measurements...
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Thanks Andy. But I'm a bit unclear on the one measurement. Is that a diagonal measurement from the rear cup to one of the front cups? Or is that a measurement that's perpendicular to the other measurement? If the former, then it's a bit deeper than my swappable panels, but I may still be able to work it out anyway - it would overlap onto the rest of the control panel (the non-swappable part), but that might not be a big deal. I'd have to take that baby apart and figure out a mounting mechanism though. Probably doable.