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Is there a decent 'off the shelf' StarWars yoke?
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: BazookaJo on March 02, 2005, 11:44:47 am ---Apologies if my refusal to personally hand craft each cog of the x-control is upsetting the BYOAC hardcore.
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It's not that at all.
It's that there are too many subtle things about the controls that make them work as well as they do that you can't easily duplicate in a home-brew.
There is NO easy way to get a GOOD yoke, except to buy one.
If you are looking for a good start point, at least start with real arcade parts.
Bolting controls onto a good 270 wheel shaft will be much easier, and more durable, than using a PC wheel.
You are trying to approach this from too many angles (cheap, easy, good).
You only get to pick two.
Which two are most important to you?
lcddream:
...if i were you i'd pick good 'n cheap ';]
NoOne=NBA=:
Ahhhh......but GOOD and CHEAP ain't EASY.
The GOOD/CHEAP version is the TwistyGrip.
The GOOD/EASY version is a real yoke, and an AKI.
The CHEAP/EASY version is either an analog stick, or will likely be GARBAGE when it gets done.
BazookaJo:
--- Quote ---There is NO easy way to get a GOOD yoke, except to buy one.
If you are looking for a good start point, at least start with real arcade parts.
Bolting controls onto a good 270 wheel shaft will be much easier, and more durable, than using a PC wheel.
You are trying to approach this from too many angles (cheap, easy, good).
You only get to pick two.
Which two are most important to you?
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Well, I think you'll find that the '(cheap, easy, good) Exclusivity Law' is not a universal truth, though I agree it may prove correct more often than not.
I also agree that even the best mod of a PC wheel will fall short of 'arcade quality', having no greater durability than that of the PC steering wheel from which it was constructed.
That said, I have seen numerous scratch built yokes, and believe that the PC wheel would be as good if not better than most.
Guess there's only one way to find out.
Joe.
paigeoliver:
I really wish you guys would stop talking about these things, I have owned like 6 of them now, and people keep giving me big money offers on them, so I take them, and then I get the itch again!
I have Roadblasters one? I wonder if I could rig it?
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