Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum

Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: ienjoy on January 07, 2010, 08:27:27 am

Title: The Force Is All around us....
Post by: ienjoy on January 07, 2010, 08:27:27 am

I'm planning on turning this:
(http://i47.tinypic.com/mn16qr.jpg)


Into a Star Wars upright using the Yoke of this:
(http://i48.tinypic.com/zmcbaf.jpg)

Title: Re: The Force Is All around us....
Post by: wp34 on January 07, 2010, 10:28:53 pm

Interesting project.  Are you going to go with original Star Wars artwork?

Title: Re: The Force Is All around us....
Post by: ienjoy on January 08, 2010, 01:03:41 am

Quote from: wp34 on January 07, 2010, 10:28:53 pm

Interesting project.  Are you going to go with original Star Wars artwork?

I would love to as much as possible but the budget for this is about £0  ;)

Title: Re: The Force Is All around us....
Post by: ienjoy on January 11, 2010, 03:28:27 pm

OK started stripping down the Pharoahs Gold:
(http://i47.tinypic.com/1zp40ut.jpg)

And removed the control panel from Vapor Trx:
(http://i46.tinypic.com/o09s7b.jpg)

While taken out I noticed the yoke has a motor attached:
(http://i49.tinypic.com/30wukp4.jpg)

Could I use this some how for force feed back/rumble?  ???

Title: Re: The Force Is All around us....
Post by: saleem on January 11, 2010, 05:01:32 pm

well if the motor isnt capable of force feed then i doubt it.i would have thought for force feed you would have had to buy the correct (is it a yoke?) type.
:)

Title: Re: The Force Is All around us....
Post by: ienjoy on January 11, 2010, 07:40:57 pm

I meant as I'm going to be using emulation in this cab then perhaps I could rig something up to 'jiggle' the motor back and forth to emulate rumble .
For example if I hack a controller that has rumble then I could connect the rumble wire to a circuit with a relay to switch on a mono stable multi vibrator (anyone remember them?). That could flick the voltage back and forth causing the motor to run back and forward giving a rumble effect on the yoke.
For force feedback something similar where it try to steer the opposite way giving you a hard time to steer.

Wasn't there a hacked mame or final burn that had force feedback?

Title: Re: The Force Is All around us....
Post by: ienjoy on January 14, 2010, 11:24:40 am

Change of plans. Won't be using this cab.
Pics later

Title: Re: The Force Is All around us....
Post by: ienjoy on January 15, 2010, 06:04:33 pm

OK complete change of plans now. Still gonna be a Star Wars Cab with Yoke but I may add 2 player controls.
Still undecided.