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datenwolf
Up and Coming
September 9, 2014

Treadle trainer(?) for locomotion input

Today when bicycling to work I had a (I think) wonderful idea: Take this



and connect the integrated motion encoder to the computer to control forward/backward movment. It's compact enough to fit under the desk, can be used while sitting in your favorite chair and as a side effect you're training your legs.

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    Shannonb1
    Up and Coming
    September 10, 2014
    My 2 cents is just use a set of rudder pedals as they already have the electronics built in.
    JimT
    Up and Coming
    September 10, 2014
    I remember being able to steer a tricycle with my feet alone, since you can push (& pull) on the pedals with your feet to turn. Thus you could mount the pedals on a turn-table or to a turning axis to control turning as well as pedaling. That would provide positional control over translation & rate control over turning. I don’t see an easy means of controlling your course (direction of motion w.r.t. your avatar’s body) with this setup.

    I’ve tried using rudder pedals on a turn-table but that doesn’t work, because pushing to slide them & pushing to turn them interfere with each other. On the other hand you can apply the up-down motion of the rudder pedals to control turning. Still no obvious means of controlling the course with rudder pedals alone.

    -JimT
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