Is there any H-shape shifter out there for sale? (with the wheel of course)
I have been thinking of making one for my home built
steering/gear lever controls but at this point it would not be
of much use due to no software/games to support it.
I would use Micro-switches for each gear and in fact the
standard joystick port allows for 4 on/off inputs but it is a
matter of code to use them. Then what happens to reverse and
6-speed transmissions.
Still might go ahead and make the mechanics.
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Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports
Nascar Coruba & Coke Chevy
Hamilton
New Zealand
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> I have been thinking of making one for my home built > steering/gear lever controls but at this point it would not be > of much use due to no software/games to support it. > I would use Micro-switches for each gear and in fact the > standard joystick port allows for 4 on/off inputs but it is a > matter of code to use them. Then what happens to reverse and > 6-speed transmissions. > Still might go ahead and make the mechanics. > -- > Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports > Nascar Coruba & Coke Chevy > Hamilton > New Zealandwrites
Yeah, CART and F1 cars have sequential [up and down] gear shifts, but
Nascars have a H-shaped shifter. Still, I can't see the point for
wanting one really, I mean who wants to miss a gear, especially in an
unforgiving Papyrus sim?
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Dave Bowers
i thought you people want REALISM
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>writes >>Just in case you or someone else dosen't know, the CART cars do NOT have >>a H shifter. Its just up and down. So, at least for ICR2, the sim >>shifters are already correct. >Yeah, CART and F1 cars have sequential [up and down] gear shifts, but >Nascars have a H-shaped shifter. Still, I can't see the point for >wanting one really, I mean who wants to miss a gear, especially in an >unforgiving Papyrus sim? >-- >Dave Bowers> Yeah, CART and F1 cars have sequential [up and down] gear shifts, but
> Nascars have a H-shaped shifter. Still, I can't see the point for
> wanting one really, I mean who wants to miss a gear, especially in an
> unforgiving Papyrus sim?
Actually to get that little bit closer to the "real thing" :)
I already have a design that would work, if I knew someone good in
electronics. One switch for each of the 4 gears. Hook them up to a
microprocessor chip and output to the up and downshift buttons on the
joystick or wheel. The real brains behind this is programing the
processor chip. Programming it to know that if you switch from #1 switch
(1st gear) to #2 switch it knows to upshift... and vice-versa. I know
that wouldn't be too complicated for a profficient electronics tech.
Now, where to find one? Maybe I'll go talk to an instructor at Devry or
the university here :)
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I think people can figure out the spam filter to reply to me..
Kel
Calgary, Alberta CANADA
: Maybe I'll go talk to an instructor at Devry or the university here :)
Don't go to Devry. In their latest commercial, they show how "high tech"
they are as they show a video of somebody putting a CD-ROM onto the tray.
The CD is UPSIDE DOWN. (or is that ITT's commercial).
Obviously, they don't want to advertise who's disk it is, but still. ;)
What you are looking for are "momentary" switches. These are switches
that pick up the press, but they don't "latch" if you hold down the
button.
