DirectForce Wheel (Direct Drive Steering Wheel - Hoverboard Motor)

DirectForce Wheel 🏎

📄 Description

DIY Direct Drive steering wheel, powered by a hoverboard motor!

This project includes a fully 3D printable enclosure, essential mounting parts, components list and a build guide, ensuring a solid and professional looking build.

🏆 Goal

The goal of this project is to create a high performance direct drive steering wheel, while maintaining a professional look, costing a fraction of a commercial solutions.

👤 For who?

For sim racers who like to DIY.

💡 Features

✔ Solid structure using 2020 aluminium profile
✔ Fully 3D printable enclosure and support parts
✔ Design for real force feedback experience
✔ Perfect for DIY sim racers and makers
✔ Compatible with most of simulators
✔ Compatible with g25/27/29 pedals
✔ Illustrated Build Guide
✔ Reliable software

📦 Components List (BOM)

Click here!

📚 Build Guide

Click here!

⚡ Wiring

Magnetic Encoder MT6701

Incremental Rotary Encoder

Power Supply Unit

🧠 Firmware

I'm using the FFBeast firmware, but feel free to use whichever firmware you prefer.

Here are my settings using FFBeast, take it only as reference or start point, since every motor, encoder, etc are different, your settings will be different as well.

🖨 Print Recommendation

You can try printing with different settings, but avoid using PLA, as depending on how you use the steering wheel, you might need greater mechanical strength. I'm sharing the configuration I used, which worked without any issues.

• Material PETG/ABS

• Walls: 6

• Infill: Gyroid 25%

• Support: Not needed

🖨 Power Supply Unit

You can print a shell for PSU from: https://www.printables.com/model/1220713-power-supply-unit-cover

🕹 Wheel? Pedals? Shifter? Handbrake?

This wheel base has a DB9 Conector that is plug-n-play with G25/27/29 pedals, but you can use this connection as you want, you only need to follow the wiring diagram to make your own pedals with handbrake, for example. Since I had a G27, I made an adapter, and I'm using this for pedals, shifter and e-brake. Here is some options if you need:

• G25/27/29 Adapter for Pedals, Shifter, Handbrake: https://www.printables.com/model/933848-g27-adapter-with-handbrake-and-button-box

• Steering Wheel I used: After market common steering wheel at local store

• GT3 Wheel I used: https://www.printables.com/model/1306908-formula-b1-remix-esp32-bluetooth (this remix I used an ESP32 with Bluetooth, lithium battery and charger moule to make it wireless)

• Handbrake I used: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2915581

• If you want to try a 3D printed pedals: https://www.printables.com/model/1304974-sim-racing-adjustable-pedals-hall-sensor

📋 TODO

☑ Mount Support
☑ Parts List
☑ Build Guide
☑ Remove lateral top holes
☑ Change inset nut for traditional nut at bottom mount
☑ Add space for a fan in back cover
☑ Provide wiring diagram
☑ Add connection for pedals
☑ Design mobile phone holder for dashboard
☑ Design support for relays to prevent back current for mainboard
☑ Design Clamp for mount on tables
☑ Design support for encoder MT6701

🏁 Download, print, build, and happy racing! 🏁