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try  http://www.oz.net/~wottenad/frames.htm
JM

Richard G Clegg wrote:

>   Wonder if anyone there knows of a web-page about home building of
> wheels.  I currently have an F1 sim compact - can't really afford a new
> one but I'm not that happy with it.  What I'd really like to do is to be
> able to put new electronics on the wheel to allow seperate
> throttle/brake controls and to stop the pot settings "drifting" (I often
> find driving games start to "pull" to one side or the other) and also,
> have to recallibrate regularly.  (The worst about this is that I have to
> recal. with foot "nearly to the floor" because this is the only way I
> can be sure I'm getting 100% throttle rather than 95% - but this is
> really unreliable because it means that where 50% throttle is moves with
> each cal.)
>
>   This behaviour drives me insane - especially with games like
> Colin McRae rally where the car might actually lose acceleration or
> pull to one side as a result of damage.
>
> --
> Richard G. Clegg     Only the mind is waving
> Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.
> email: richard@manor.york.ac.uk
> www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html



