Microsoft force feedback racing wheel help please

I would like to know if the Microsoft racing wheel will fit on my desk. The problem is I have one of those slide out keyboards and only about three inches of space between the two surfaces. I have searched and searched but cant find any specs or even a good picture of the setup. Everyone who reviews it raves about how easy it is to set up but no one talks about the actual nuts and bolts of the setup. I searched this group via google to find the answer but with no luck..... Thanks in advance........ Brad If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, its probably a duck!!

Brad wrote:

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> > I would like to know if the Microsoft racing wheel will fit on my > desk. The problem is I have one of those slide out keyboards and only > about three inches of space between the two surfaces. I have searched > and searched but cant find any specs or even a good picture of the > setup. Everyone who reviews it raves about how easy it is to set up > but no one talks about the actual nuts and bolts of the setup. > > I searched this group via google to find the answer but with no > luck..... > > Thanks in advance........ > > Brad > > If it looks like a duck, > and quacks like a duck, > its probably a duck!!

Hi Brad, I have the Microsoft FF Wheel & it does actually fit OK on the keyboard shelf, as long as you don't get toooooo carried away that is!! Mike

On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 18:09:41 +1030, Michael Enright <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >Hi Brad, > > I have the Microsoft FF Wheel & it does actually fit OK on the keyboard shelf, >as long as you don't get toooooo carried away that is!! > > Mike

Hello Mike, Thanks for the reply so you hook it up on the keyboard shelf I couldnt imagine how it would fit on the upper part. How do you like the wheel? I'm looking at the Microsoft for ease of setup from what I read and because I have had good luck with Microsoft equipment but also thinking about the Act Labs and the Logitech Momo. I had decided against buying the wheel and here I am now two joysticks and two gamepads later looking at the wheels again......lol...... Brad If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, its probably a duck!!

In message <[email hidden]>, Michael Enright <[email hidden]> writes

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>Brad wrote: >> >> I would like to know if the Microsoft racing wheel will fit on my >> desk. The problem is I have one of those slide out keyboards and only >> about three inches of space between the two surfaces. I have searched >> and searched but cant find any specs or even a good picture of the >> setup. Everyone who reviews it raves about how easy it is to set up >> but no one talks about the actual nuts and bolts of the setup. >> >> I searched this group via google to find the answer but with no >> luck..... >> >> Thanks in advance........ >> >> Brad >> >> If it looks like a duck, >> and quacks like a duck, >> its probably a duck!! > >Hi Brad, > > I have the Microsoft FF Wheel & it does actually fit OK on the keyboard shelf, >as long as you don't get toooooo carried away that is!! > > Mike

That's what I did too, works fine. -- Sean Black

"Brad" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > I would like to know if the Microsoft racing wheel will fit on my > desk. The problem is I have one of those slide out keyboards and only > about three inches of space between the two surfaces. I have searched > and searched but cant find any specs or even a good picture of the > setup. Everyone who reviews it raves about how easy it is to set up > but no one talks about the actual nuts and bolts of the setup. > > I searched this group via google to find the answer but with no > luck..... > > Thanks in advance........

If you have a keyboard tray below the desk then I doubt any wheel will fit on the desk, including the MS wheel. Dump the keyboard tray is my suggestion. I bought a slimline Cicero keyboard so that it doesn't take up much desk space. Only cost $10.00 CAD too.

I have to remove the keyboard tray when I hook up the MS wheel. But it only takes about 10 seconds, so it's no big deal. "Brad" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > I would like to know if the Microsoft racing wheel will fit on my > desk. The problem is I have one of those slide out keyboards and only > about three inches of space between the two surfaces. I have searched > and searched but cant find any specs or even a good picture of the > setup. Everyone who reviews it raves about how easy it is to set up > but no one talks about the actual nuts and bolts of the setup. > > I searched this group via google to find the answer but with no > luck..... > > Thanks in advance........ > > Brad > > If it looks like a duck, > and quacks like a duck, > its probably a duck!!

Moved my keyboard to the desktop, then, since my keyboard tray is only a half-inch thick I held a small, half-inch board on the underside of the tray to add more support as I tightened the wheel down. My only problem is one of the cats who sits in my lap will hit the "Force" button once in a while with a paw. 8-) -- Chris H. "Brad" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > I would like to know if the Microsoft racing wheel will fit on my > desk. The problem is I have one of those slide out keyboards and only > about three inches of space between the two surfaces. I have searched > and searched but cant find any specs or even a good picture of the > setup. Everyone who reviews it raves about how easy it is to set up > but no one talks about the actual nuts and bolts of the setup. > > I searched this group via google to find the answer but with no > luck..... > > Thanks in advance........ > > Brad > > If it looks like a duck, > and quacks like a duck, > its probably a duck!! >

Ahh the wonders of Velcro....take the clamp mechanism off and use 3 strips of velcro to attach the wheel,Works a treat on mineand if you use the furry side on the desk it doesnt interfere with the keyboard. Ian

maybe your cat likes the look on your face with the FORCE on :-)))) "Chris H." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:NG9c8.89737$[email hidden] m... > Moved my keyboard to the desktop, then, since mykeyboard tray is only a > half-inch thick I held a small, half-inch board onthe underside of the tray > to add more support as I tightened the wheel down.My only problem is one > of the cats who sits in my lap will hit the "Force"button once in a while

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> with a paw. 8-) > -- > Chris H. > "Brad" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > I would like to know if the Microsoft racing wheel

will fit on my > > desk. The problem is I have one of those slide outkeyboards and only > > about three inches of space between the twosurfaces. I have searched > > and searched but cant find any specs or even a goodpicture of the > > setup. Everyone who reviews it raves about how easyit is to set up > > but no one talks about the actual nuts and bolts ofthe setup. > > > > I searched this group via google to find the answerbut with no

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> > luck..... > > > > Thanks in advance........ > > > > Brad > > > > If it looks like a duck, > > and quacks like a duck, > > its probably a duck!! > > > >

In article <NG9c8.89737$[email hidden]>, "Chris H." <[email hidden]> writes: >Moved my keyboard to the desktop, then, since my keyboard tray is only a >half-inch thick I held a small, half-inch board on the underside of the tray >to add more support as I tightened the wheel down. My only problem is one >of the cats who sits in my lap will hit the "Force" button once in a while >with a paw. 8-) The cat sits in your lap while you drive? Does he pay attention to the screen? :-) Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Nah. He's asleep at the wheel. 8-) He prefers chasing NBA or NHL players on the TV. I'm testing a new RPG right now, and some of the sounds in it do get his attention - even out of a dead sleep. -- Chris H. "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <NG9c8.89737$[email hidden]>, "Chris H." > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >Moved my keyboard to the desktop, then, since my keyboard tray is only a > >half-inch thick I held a small, half-inch board on the underside of the tray > >to add more support as I tightened the wheel down. My only problem is one > >of the cats who sits in my lap will hit the "Force" button once in a while > >with a paw. 8-) > > The cat sits in your lap while you drive? Does he pay attention to the screen? > :-) > > Eldred > -- > Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank - under construction... > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. >