This is my own design for a sim racing steering wheel. It has 8 push buttons which can be used in games as DRS, navigation buttons or any other setting you like. It also has paddle shifters just as a race car.
Here is the list of components you need to build your own one:
How to assemble:
Step 1
Get all the required parts
Step 2
Soldier all the buttons to different wires in a way that is possible to connect them like in the picture with the Arduino board. You need 2 wires for each button. Follow the provided image ignoring the potentiometer.
Step 3
Assemble the paddle shifters. For that you will need to insert the end switch in the body of the paddle, then put 2 springs in the body, align the arm of the paddle with the holes in the body and insert the wire through both components, forming this way a hinge like mechanism that is pushed open by the springs. Finally mount the handle on the paddle and repeat this steps for the other paddle.
Step 4
Mount the paddles to the back of the main body with 8 M4x25 screws and nuts
Step 5
Glue the buttons to the existing squares on the body and back handles.
Step 6
Assemble the handles. Join the front and the back of each handle and fix them with the M4x25 screws and nuts.
Step 7
Put the handles in the main body. You should end up with something that looks like a F1 steering wheel without front cover (see the image).
Step 8
Pun on the central spacer and central cap aligning holes with the buttons and the screw holes. Then finally fix them together using the 4 M4x30 screws and nuts.
All you need to do is to wire it to an Arduino board or whatever controller you like and mount it on a steering wheel base. I also made my own steering wheel base that I may cover in a different thing.
I hope you like my design and feel free to modify it as you wish. Good luck building it and have fun.
Center_Spacer.stl | 20.4KB | |
Central_Cap.stl | 49.1KB | |
Left_handle_back.stl | 266.7KB | |
Left_Handle_Front.stl | 263.9KB | |
Main_Body.stl | 90.9KB | |
Paddle_arm.stl | 47.0KB | |
Paddle_body.stl | 56.2KB | |
Paddle_handle.stl | 148.7KB | |
Right_Handle_Back.stl | 266.7KB | |
Right_handle_front.stl | 263.9KB |