Racing Wheels

[DanielPlotas]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

I'm pretty convinced that an RC style controller is about as good as it gets. We did an experiment a few years ago where all the potential drivers tried to use the RC controller vs the traditional dual joystick approach, and everyone preferred the RC controller. It's hard to go back to tank drive after you use a wheel.

148 won a championship in 2008 using an R/C controller like that one.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by tickspe15

Or 971

Or 254 and 60 (at least in the past, I know they've used 'em).

[mastachyra]

Originally Posted by Sperkowsky

Why do you want a usb driving wheel. As a driver who has a wheel at home I can tell you driving an frc robot with that would be difficult. They are made to have you feel like your driving in a car but I always found controllers easier. Wheels are fun but your driver will probably be able to perform better with a joystick or an Xbox controller.

A good application for the racing wheel would be a turret shooter. The mechanism could turn to the desired location and return to center when you let go.

[Ari423]

Originally Posted by mastachyra

A good application for the racing wheel would be a turret shooter. The mechanism could turn to the desired location and return to center when you let go.

...or you could just use a potentiometer.

[mastachyra]

Originally Posted by Ari423

...or you could just use a potentiometer.

Yeah, having the bigger wheel helps with precision. and having other buttons attached is useful. No need to reinvent the wheel! Pun intended!

[Ari423]

Originally Posted by mastachyra

Yeah, having the bigger wheel helps with precision. and having other buttons attached is useful. No need to reinvent the wheel! Pun intended!

I personally don't like the idea of the buttons' positions changing as the wheel rotates, but to each his (or her) own.

[jijiglobe]

Our team is strongly against using racing wheels to drive the robot, however I've talked to a couple teams (846 and 1538) that used racing wheels to drive their robots. From what they said, using that as a controller takes a bit of getting used to, especially if your driver is used to the simple tank layout. It's definitely worth playing out with different control schemes. Remember that just because you bought yourself a wheel doesn't mean you should necessarily use it for every single FRC game.

[dubiousSwain]

I've seen them at target and gamestop occasionally. Try searching on amazon or ebay.