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LeedsFan:
Isn't that half Hexagon and not Octagon?  Forgive me being a geometry nazi   :p

Vigo:
Well, it could be either depending on which control panel we are talking about.

My trog that I mentioned IS a half Octagon:



Put two of those CP's together and you have a nice stop sign shape Octagon. I think the 1/2 Octagon design is a bit more popular than 1/2 Hexagon.

The Shape Dave drew was a half hexagon though. Here is my horrible attempt at fixing that:
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^_^ Taa Daa!



DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: LeedsFan on July 01, 2011, 03:45:47 pm ---Isn't that half Hexagon and not Octagon?  Forgive me being a geometry nazi   :p

--- End quote ---

You are correct but I was referring to the half-octogon. I didn't add the sides perpendicular to the front in my ASCII drawing, my bad.  Vigo fixed it for me, thank you.

And yeah, that Trog cabinet is a perfect example.  Interesting here, though, is that the shape is mimicked on the front design as well where the panels I usually see incorporate that into a (more or less standard) flat front.  And also, it is a 4-player cabinet.

I'm further guessing it a LuSiD design standard that a lot of people base their cabs off of (panel shape and all) and even the X-Arcade stick (and other commercially available panels) followed along.  It seems like such an odd design for two players.   Anyone with this design (two-player panels in particular) loving it or hating it?

Gray_Area:
It's also a bit easier cutting straight lines than even curves.

rackoon:
I'm not sure where it came from, but I took both into consideration when I built my cab because I wanted to save space. The straight front makes you stand up agaist the cab when your arms get tired. :cry:

 I can tell you this, its nice to be able to rest your wrist on the cp after a few minutes of game play. I even put a slight tilt to mine so it would be ergonomic. :cheers:

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