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Another Tron-lookin trigger-stick hack

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Kremmit:


--- Quote from: MinerAl on May 17, 2005, 03:02:26 pm ---In order to make the super/F-108 act like a "mostly 4-way" TRON stick, I'm going to shave down the 8-way end of the hourglass actuator until you have to really try to get it into the corners.  So the 8-way end will still be bigger than the 4-way, but only barely.  This works beautifully in my head... we'll see how it goes in real life :)

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I was thinking of using a Reunion base and shaving the restrictor to BARELY allow the diagonals.  I like your idea better, though, since I already have a Super base, and would have had to order the Reunion.  The only functional difference would be the feel of the round restrictor instead of the diamond shaped one.

daywane:

you could not find a 1 cm tube?
I just skimmed the post and my metric is foggy
i think 10 mm = 1 cm if so I have tons of it.
if 10 mm = 1 cm just tell me how long you need it, I will cut you off a piece.

I work in power steering lines at work. All our tubes are 10 mm thick
I can grab a section out of the scrap bin , toss it in the cnc lath and cut it to length. inner diameter hole is 7 mm. side wall are 1.5 mm thick
PM me if you need some tubes, I will forget this thread probably.  :-[



Hoagie_one:

did you figure out teh hat switch?

MinerAl:

daywane: yeah 1cm=10mm.  How bendy is the power steering line?  Would it hold up to being a lever like a joystick handle is?

Hoagie_one:  I didn't get the hat switch working as a hat switch, no.  As I said, I couldn't figure out how it sent any signal down the red wire.  I'm good with things like simple switches, but the hat was too complex for me.  Really, since the joystick isn't going to be analog, the hat would've been redundant anyway. 

I'm strongly considering taking the blue plastic plate with the two switches and the hat and replacing it with a TRON or Gorf looking insert with just the two switches.  Maybe just shave off the hat and put an insert looking sticker over the hole.

Hoagie_one:

yeah, if you cant get the hat to work....just replace it with a button or something

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