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Momo pedal/potentiometer transplants "the solution"

Bruce Mill

Momo pedal/potentiometer transplants "the solution"

by Bruce Mill » Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:18:13

I built my own pedal set for use with the Logitech Momo.  When I put
the pots from the Momo into my freshly minted pedals, I only got
readings for about 1/3 rotation of the pot, but my new rig has
increased pot travel to about 120 degrees rotation.  So the rest was
all dead.  Worse, on the brake, I did not have any of the "old" range
in my new range of rotation, so there was no brake movement at all.  I
don't know what causes this (ie., whether the Logi pots have only a
short carbon strip or whether it is some other problem -- because the
pots from my old T2 that worked in the LWFF did not work with the
Momo) but here is what solved the problem... I replaced the pots with
100K Radio Shack linear taper pots.  They work just fine (and for
purposes of experimentation) cost less than $2.00 US.  Now I have full
range of travel on both pedals.  I will probably replace these pots
with some high precision (conductive plastic with ball bearings, or
some such) in the near future.
Schoone

Momo pedal/potentiometer transplants "the solution"

by Schoone » Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:24:12

We tried replacing with 250K pots as well and it seemed to work fine.
Perhaps your correct in that the momo pots are only short strips internally.



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