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Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: btribble on July 10, 2004, 03:58:49 am

Title: TwistyGrip Star Wars flight yoke at Ebay
Post by: btribble on July 10, 2004, 03:58:49 am
Hey everyone, just thought I'd point out I put my old TwistyGrip controller up for bids at Ebay. I got this way back when they first started (now they just have blueprints for sale at their page). Right now it's at $1 with no reserve, so someone here may be interested I thought...  ;D

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8117301881

As for why I'm selling it, the PVC it's made out of is a little big for my hands, I have a hard time attaching it to my desk, and the buttons are a little flimsy. But there are probably enough guts for someone here to do something interesting anyway...
Title: Re:TwistyGrip Star Wars flight yoke at Ebay
Post by: ChadTower on July 10, 2004, 07:36:39 pm
I have a real Star Wars yoke that is missing a couple internal parts... what's inside this TwistyGrip controller?  Are the mechanisms the same, as in could I reap your controller for parts for a real one?
Title: Re:TwistyGrip Star Wars flight yoke at Ebay
Post by: btribble on July 10, 2004, 08:17:48 pm
I have a real Star Wars yoke that is missing a couple internal parts... what's inside this TwistyGrip controller?  Are the mechanisms the same, as in could I reap your controller for parts for a real one?

Hm, I didn't take mine apart for fear of breaking it... but considering the parts used for the outside look like they came from a hardware store, I really doubt the inside parts would help fixing your Star Wars yoke (which is a shame)
Title: Re:TwistyGrip Star Wars flight yoke at Ebay
Post by: ChadTower on July 11, 2004, 10:44:41 am
Crap, I'm just starting a major multivector cab project (soon to be announced on the projects board) and getting that yoke working is a major priority for me (since I passed on a gorgeous Star Wars standup to get the cab I'm actually using).

Still, maybe it would be good to get just so I could at least PLAY Star Wars until the rare parts I need pop up.