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Nov 18^th, 2007 at 5:50am

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yesterday i tried once again to convert old pedals into rudder pedals, but it failed so im skipping it.

anywho... instead i am going to go ask my school if i can use their laser cutter, and make my own out of 5mm or so thick plastic.

the only problem is, i will need to use a gameport connection for it to work. and the second problem is that vista doesnt support gameport.

will getting a gameport to USB converter fix this problem?

any good tutorials for making the rudders also appreciated. ive roughly drawn up how it will look already.

cheers

-and in case you are wondering John, yes im trying to make this project work, aslong as i know it will work once it is done.

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Reply #1 - Nov 18^th, 2007 at 10:45am

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Before you invest in a gameport to usb adapter look up a joystick controller or hack an actual usb joystick, just for the ability to add more controls down the road and also the cost of a joystick controller is around the same price as a usb/from gameport controller.

Here is a good example:
http://www.lbodnar.dsl.pipex.com/joystick/index.html

This option of course will require some re-wiring of the rudder pedals.

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Reply #2 - Nov 18^th, 2007 at 11:02am

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that looks a little more impressive... certainly some more functionality if i wanted to add it

thanks- ill try and find a british selling version and invest

then to build me some pedals.

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Reply #3 - Nov 18^th, 2007 at 11:13am

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That joystick controller comes from your island by the way. Wink

I have one but my build hasn't started yet. I also think it could come in handy if you wanted to build a throttle quad down the road.

Another point, that controller will not support latching switches, you know ON/OFF toggle switches.

Best,
John

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Reply #4 - Nov 18^th, 2007 at 11:16am

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JSpahn wrote on Nov 18^th, 2007 at 11:13am:

That joystick controller comes from your island by the way. Wink

yeh... but the prices are in dollars.... and i wrote too soon.

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Reply #5 - Nov 22^nd, 2007 at 1:17pm

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Leo is a prince - enormously helpful.

And IMHO the kit is well worth it whatever the currency ( Wink

) - I'd recommend that you go for the high resolution version.

I use mine in combination with Total Game Control so I can program keystrokes to the buttons, etc.

Pads

http://www.234squad.org.uk

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Reply #6 - Nov 22^nd, 2007 at 1:30pm

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JSpahn wrote on Nov 18^th, 2007 at 11:13am:

Another point, that controller will not support latching switches, you know ON/OFF toggle switches.

Best,
John

Actually, there is a way of doing that - described elsewhere on this forum (c/o Chuckrc - http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1145609154

You would also need to include diodes in your switch circuits though as having more than 3 switches on at once will cause you difficulties. BTW I use on-off-on switches and they work very nicely (very limited electrical engineering know-how precluding Chuck's clever approach mentioned above)

TTFN

Pads

http://www.234squad.org.uk

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