Removable Star Wars Yoke mount

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rampy:

--- Quote from: Chris on June 25, 2003, 11:09:51 pm ---What I was going to do when I got a yoke is get my hands on a cheap PC steering wheel, remove the wheel and mount the yoke in its place. The Logitech wheels will clamp onto an inch of overhang...

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That was the bane of my CP... and the reason why it took so long to find somethign workable to mount my yoke. I have no overhang =(

Be sure to take pics of your steering wheel to yoke mod when you get to it =)

And yoiu're right about mounting the DS to the yoke and setting up a usb hub action...

Rampy

Chris:
In my CP redesign (I'm finalizing it now, constructing this weekend), I'm explicitly leaving overhang for a clamp-on wheel (Crazy Taxi!).

By the way, I remember once seeing cheapie clamp-on wheels that had no electronics... just a roller! You stuck your mouse in a little velcro pocket against the roller, and the wheel turned the mouse! They were utterly useless for PC games... but I wish I could find one now! Insant 360 degree wheel for MAME!

--Chris

Frostillicus:
That's great rampy. I was thinking about this for awhile and had a similar idea of Birdtales. Here is a quick cheesy illustration of what im talking about.

I was thinking of some really good suction cups to attach to the four corners of the trackball mounting plate - or perhaps the lexan around it if the plate isn't a good sale. Obviously this isn't too much to scale :)

EDIT pic attached.

Aceldamor:
Looks fantastic Rampy!! One question though....

Are you positive it is sturdy enough for those "overly excited" (sp?) players? What I mean is, how do you think those brackets are going to handle above average pull and push?

I wish I had the opportunity to see the romovable control panel...I clicked your link but it's a page error...checked the original thread, but it looks like his site is gone...

Again, great work Rampy!!

1UP:
Rampy, this is much the same as my design for a detachable yoke base. I think though you really need to have the yoke at about 45 degrees to the control panel to be playable upright, and it should be mounted a few inches back from the CP edge. Looks like you have lots of room on your CP to mount it farther back. The best thing to do is make a base with a triangular profile like this:

Note the long bolt that goes thru the back of the base. This would have a knurled plastic knob on the top that allows you to finger tighten it into a tee-nut on the underside of the CP. These knobs are sold at Home Depot, with molded hex shape on the bottom, to fit onto a specific size of bolt. You'll have to drill a 1/4" hole thru your lexan and wood. But this one nut could hold it all in place. Right now, I'm planning to just have the USB from the Dual Strike hanging out the bottom of the base, where it can plug into a USB connector mounted flush with the CP. I would probably have some kind of plastic cap to cover the USB port to make it look like a button or something when not in use...

Actually, the drawing above is not right, the bolt should probably be mounted perpendicular to the CP, but you get the idea...

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