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USB Pedal(s)
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USB Pedal(s)
I've been looking around the forums and the internet for a dirt cheap wheel with pedals that I can put next to my standard pedals to make a clutch pedal (yeah, original idea, NOT) but I don't know how many wheels there are (if any) where the pedals are independent to the wheel; ie they connect to a USB port alone. If not, do you have to plug in the wheel and put it on the floor, or what?

Or, are there cheap USB pedals out there? I had a look on the ATC labs website, but they only had high quality and expensive pedal sets.

So, in summary, I'm looking for:
Cheap wheel and pedals for under £20
Reasonable USB pedals for under £20

Does anyone know where I could find these?
Most manufacturers don't sell independent pedals. If you find one that does please tell me, one of my teammates might be interested.
Here is what I did. I built a 3rd pedal from LEGO(don't laugh) and used a very cheap USB joystick's circuit and one of the pots for the pedal. If you can obtain a second pedal set and a cheap USB joystick you can do the same as I did, you just don't have to build the pedals. I'm sure you can find some cheap things in Tesco(IIRC you have Tesco in UK)
#3 - Jakg
ACT Labs sell USB pedals, but they aren't that cheap.
Quote from _--NZ--_[HUN] :Most manufacturers don't sell independent pedals. If you find one that does please tell me, one of my teammates might be interested.
Here is what I did. I built a 3rd pedal from LEGO(don't laugh) and used a very cheap USB joystick's circuit and one of the pots for the pedal. If you can obtain a second pedal set and a cheap USB joystick you can do the same as I did, you just don't have to build the pedals. I'm sure you can find some cheap things in Tesco(IIRC you have Tesco in UK)

An old team mate of mine made a H gate gear selector using Meccano and a screwdriver for the stick.
Quote from Storm_Cloud :An old team mate of mine made a H gate gear selector using Meccano and a screwdriver for the stick.

Hehe, nice

Currently I'm building the second version of my H-gate shifter but I didn't want to build it from Lego because I don't have so much Lego and I want a shifter that can take punishment and feels similar to a real car so my shifter is made from metal. I hope I'll be able to use it in the Wednesday LX race.
Reasonable USB pedals for less than £20, nah, ain't gonna happen unless you get really really lucky on eBay.

You can get USB rudder pedals for flightsim for around £20, but, there not even worth it. They're basically the cheapest set of pedals from the crappiest wheel setup on the market but with the inards from the crappiest joystick. Stay well clear is my advice.

You could, if you're feeling adventurous, make a clutch pedal as NZ(Hun) suggested. It's not hard.

Or if you want something now. Then a quick look on eBay finds these:-
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi ... J59xmzihXbyjctRLljb7fM%3D
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi ... Pi0JTzmR%2FVZU21%2B4EY%3D
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi ... Bm566qvkeFLXCBvf4mAiA8%3D
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi ... SbtTopsg6fp0SXXIaO1SIM%3D
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi ... mpDmJ1yJVgtadthqyD%2F8%3D
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi ... 0Loh5Vro6HCtbKqfq%2BW0%3D
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi ... Nsf6dKxRfYtt51xa9bdyjE%3D
http://ngvi.ebay.co.uk/vi?ngvi ... c6I%2B0jgs%2FOp2%2BwEg%3D
And many many more besides
Quote from _--NZ--_[HUN] :Hehe, nice

Currently I'm building the second version of my H-gate shifter but I didn't want to build it from Lego because I don't have so much Lego and I want a shifter that can take punishment and feels similar to a real car so my shifter is made from metal. I hope I'll be able to use it in the Wednesday LX race.

Easy, you mod your real car shifter to be made from lego, then it'll feel similar to a real car.

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USB Pedal(s)
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