Main > Main Forum
Building a Star wars yoke from scratch
menace:
Ok, POT question (not the give-you-the-munchies kind ;)) the dual strikes are 20k pots and have 180 degree range of motion but I've noticed 1up and others have hooked up the original atari pots (unknown resistance) and all worked well. What pot can give me the 3/4 turn that I need and still function with the dual strike. I guess i could change the gear ratio(now 2:1), but the gears i found are easy to find and cheap making them a great candidate for this little project.
Brax:
My understanding is that the dual strikes use 20k pots but they only use 1/4 turn for their range of motion which equals only 5k (used). This matches the arcade pots of 5k. Desolder the dual strike pots, wire up the arcade pots and you're good to go.
(I've yet to do mine but that's my understanding of the process.) Let me know if I'm horribly off base. ;)
menace:
So if i can find a 5k--3/4 turn pot, I can use its entire range of motion on my home built one, and be recognized by the dual strike--ok--thanks for the clarification!
GamingGreg:
--- Quote from: menace on March 08, 2004, 12:04:33 pm ---So if i can find a 5k--3/4 turn pot, I can use its entire range of motion on my home built one, and be recognized by the dual strike--ok--thanks for the clarification!
--- End quote ---
I don't think the original yoke had a full 3/4 (270 degrees) of travel on any axis. My guess is that it's just under 180 degrees on the x-axis and around 90 degrees on the y-axis (maybe a bit more).
Can anyone tell us the amount of travel allowed on each axis from the original yoke?
Xiaou2:
I cant tell exactly from your pic... but are the grips completely vertical or are they angles inwards at the top like the original yoke?
Its VERY important to angle the grips. My first yoke attempt had no slants... i found that pushing up and down too far on the y axis caused pain and discomfort on the wrist.
The inward angle helps to turn your wrist, into a position that allows greater up/down travel, without discomfort.
The slants wernt just for deco as i once thought... so I rebuilt the sleeves that connected to the grips with a slanted mounting cut... and it worked so much better.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version