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  • Building a handbrake for rally sims

    I love rally sims, and I also enjoy having the proper tools. A few months into Dirt Rally and it became apparent I would need proper controls to have any sort of a chance. First and foremost I needed a proper handbrake. A few months ago I was talking about torsion springs and jw33 suggested I try rat trap springs. That worked out great. I welded up a steel housing to test the idea of it, and it worked great. I started this morning on building a plastic housing I can 3d print which is a little more compact. Here is what I ended up coming up with.


    This is the basic housing and ebrake with mount.


    Here are the basic internals of the unit.



    It's super simple, at the rear of the housing is where the pot sits.


    I disassmbled an old Saitek joystick to get a USB host controller and potentiometer. Any $5 joystick will work. I made the base adjust on a slide so you can set the depth. Overall it's a simple design but it works great for games that can utilize an analog axis for the handbrake.
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  • #2
    That is fucking genius.
    ZOMBIE REAGAN FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!! heh

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    • #3
      Pretty impressive.

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      • #4
        Now that's dedication to the game. Looks better than the original. Do you do much 3d printing? What other stuff you make?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by orphan Shelby View Post
          Now that's dedication to the game. Looks better than the original. Do you do much 3d printing? What other stuff you make?
          sure. Oh, all kinds of things. I made stuff for my reloading machines, car parts, all kinds of stuff.







          "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
          "A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser Tytler

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