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2 x Racingpod
filuren33:
I hope this is a relevant project for this forum and if not please tell me, I have been missing some racing project allthough I admire all the great builds here on the forum. I have done a couple of MAME build in the past but for a while I have been fond of racing simulation, I am not good at it but I have a lot of fun and the more the merrier they say so I have started and allmost finished a set of 2 pods for sim-racing. My friends at arkadtorget.se have allready seen this but I wanted to share it here to.
The pictures are not in correct order but so what ;-) Well here goes nothing.
All projects start with some material and so is mine, the pods are in 19mm and 12mm chipboard and the template are 12mm chipboard.
I started by measuring up the position of seats, steeringwheel and pedals the rest of the design just "happend" around those points. In retrospective the things looks like Santa's sledge, at least before the seats where mounted ;)
As far as construction we all knows the procedure, cutting the template, sanding, drew the lines on a thicker piece of board, milling the pieces to match the template. So I will not bore you with tons of pictures from that only one.
The slot cutter came to use one more time since I think the easyest best looking way to hide the edges on chip board is t-mold cant beat that finish.
Supports where screwed and glued in place according to the measurements I mentioned earlier.
The mounting was very straight forward just screwing and gluing the rest of the pieces together with the sides. Since I have screwed from the inside I don't need to put any putty on the sides.
And before knew it there was two of them.
I had to try it out and my daughter wanted to help me to :-)
emphatic:
Hello. :afro:
Someone here commented the other day on how there's a lack of racing cabs on this forum, so I think you're just in time. :cheers: Glad to see you post it here as well as "back home".
filuren33:
Thanks empi 8) .
The whole Idea with this is to get an easy built, relatively cheap way to race side by side. I think I got the job done.
After hiering some professional help ;) I ended up painting myself. This project isn't anything like those super sweet, high finish builds stretching over years and years. I do admire those of you that can keep the spirit for so long but I'm not one of them who can. So instead I wanted something that look decent but above all is done.
Some automotive carpet and t-mold will look just fine.
I first used two seats from a SAAB 900 nice comfort but old.
After a visit to the local timberyard I got the question "what are you building this time" When I said I was building car games one of the guys told me he had two good SAAB 93 seat that I could get for free. People are so nice ;D. The seats are hardly used, I have dismantled the airbags since there are no games that support them anyway.
Here is the general idea, the pods facing the wall and two LCD TV:s on the wall. The computer on the floor for easy access for changing game.
It's starting to come together, the wheel on the left is a Logitech Driving Force GT a good wheel but the G27 is better. Both pods will have a 2.1 speaker system.
Well here is the exiting part at least I think so. I bought the G27 because I allready had put a lot of work into a custom H-shifter and pedals for a logitech momo racing force wheel and I didn't want to do it again to have two sets...
I will post more details about those parts later on. Right now it's so nice to have some friend over and both drink and speeding legally ;D
yotsuya:
--- Quote ---The seats are hardly used, I have dismantled the airbags since there are no games that support them anyway.
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That would be the ultimate in force feedback.
TopJimmyCooks:
Wow:
Awesome sequential shifter. I guess its OK if you post your race sim stuff here . .. :lol
Welcome.