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Level42:
Well it's just the rubber bumpers and fire buttons, but exactly what my yoke needs. A very nice gesture from Dave.  Somehow I have a feeling this thing will be available in the future. He just shouldn't claim it's almost ready for shipping when it's not.

The only other spare part I have is a working PCB set. But that sure is NICE to have, especialy because it cost me about €12,-  :laugh: :laugh:

I _am_ hunting an Amplifone 25" yoke though....hope it works out :) I am planning on reverse engineering it. And have it produced in China. 100 bucks a piece, anyone wants to pre-order ?
 ::)


Level42:
Amplifone Yoke is on it's way :)


Ummon:
Well, despite this dilemma, check out this recent auction price.

wbassett:
I saw that auction and cried!

I just had to dump almost $900 in my truck to repair the balljoints and a host of front end issues.  Then we ran out of heating oil and our hot water is from a boiler, not an electric water heater, $428 for 100 gallons!  So there was no way I could bid on that puppy.  Looks like it was in pretty good shape too.

Timstuff:
I'm starting to wonder how hard it might be to hack a SW yoke out of a steering wheel... I mean, a steering wheel is essentially the same as a flight yoke, except that it has one less mechanism (the axle for the grips). All that's really needed, in theory, is a box with an axle going through it that has a gear in the middle, which is connected to another gear that attaches to a pot. Then, you could mount some Happ trigger grips onto the axle, and put the whole rig in place of the wheel on a steering wheel.

The real hamper though is and always seems to be the parts themselves. I've seen people do SW yokes on the cheap before, but the real trick is to get a metal box that looks like it would survive an arcade, rather than just slapping together a few pieces of wood and covering them with cardboard and contact paper.

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