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Home-Made Steering Whl./Pedals?

michael dobbs (micro b

Home-Made Steering Whl./Pedals?

by michael dobbs (micro b » Sat, 12 Nov 1994 03:08:53

OK, I have conceded that driving with a joystick is certainly no JOY!  I'm
drawing up plans for home-made steering "wheel" (see below) and pedals.
For the steering, I plan on using a bike handle bar/bearing assembly
connected to a potentiometer.  Any innovative thoughts on how to provide a
"resistance" to the bar to give it a more realistic feel?

For the pedals, I think I will use bike pedals/crank arms/bottom brackets
(one pedal/crank/bracket assembly for brake another for accelerator). I
thought to use a seperate pot for each pedal, and then just connect them
in series so that they become one joystick axis.  This way the resistances
from each are additive. Any comments/warnings?

Cheers!


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