I use a solid foam *** ball under my brake pedal (homebuilt). A piece of
heavy wire was pushed though the center of the ball and loops made where the
wire comes through the ball. Two screws were passed through the loops and
secured into the plywood base to hold the ball in place. When the ball is
compressed the center of the ball (and loops) move downward, guided by the two
screws. The pedal has about an inch of free travel and then comes into contact
with the ball which will compress about another 1/2 inch or more (watch that
the pedal doesn't bottom out on top the screws). When I calibrate the brake I
press a little harder than I normally do while driving; I find this gives a
good amount of force near lockup in GPL.
My half a**ed attempt to draw it below:
Top view
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O * *0 wire loop
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side view
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_ ** ** _
| * * |***
-- * ball *-- loop
| * * |
| ** ** |
___|____ ****______|____base
Ken
> Hi all,
> I play GPL (and some other sims too mainly N4 and RallyChamp 2000) with a
> M$ Sidewinder .
> Like many of you, I suppose, I have to face a problem with my brake pedal.
> Unlike in real cars, you can
> brake at the max without any resistance.
> The best solution I found is the following :
> I cut a squash ball in 2 equal parts, put one upon the other, and put them
> under my brake pedal.
> By this mean, I can much more brake as hard as I wish without too much
> blocking my wheels.
> Some of you may have had other ideas. Could you share you some of you brain
> cells with me?
