Cab concept drawing

[brihyn]

First off, I am definitely NOT an artist. this is about as good as my artistic ability gets.
That said, watching the Goldberg's gave me an idea for the cabinet design I want to build sometime in the somewhat near future (I'm taking a break from any projects right now...and am coming up with years worth of future projects as a result. Saving money gets expensive!)
So, anyone think this is do-able/worth doing? is it at all recognizable?
I'm thinking sit-down cabinet with 3 WS 19" monitors.

[yotsuya]

You saw the A-Team van episode, too? 

[brihyn]

It was inspiring!

[Fursphere]

Is this a full enclosed cabinet?  With the back end "opening up" for access?

Its gonna get hot in there... 

[brihyn]

Great point and something that I'll have to keep in mind.
I do plan to make the seat area open on both sides and above. That said, the more I think about it i'm worried how wide it will be to support 3 monitors and will it fit through a doorway...which makes me realize that I"ll need to make sure the future arcade has a very wide door.
I also think the drawing shows a cab that will be much longer than it will in real life....just long enough to fit my 6'6 legs and an area for the pc.

[Fursphere]

In the US at least, front doors and garage access doors are normally 36" wide, with interior doors being 32" wide.  But you loose an inch or so due to the door frame and whatnot.

My driving cab (see signature) has a 32" screen, which is 32" wide..  so my cabinet is about 35" wide to "enclose" the screen.   The entire "head" unit on my cabinet unbolts so I can turn it sideways to get through doors.   I haven't had to do it since its in the garage, but its something I at least tried to plan for.  And due to the size, its heavy, so the entire thing is on wheels.   Saved my back at least a dozen times rolling the thing around.   

For a triple screen setup (I've consider it many times), I think 25" - 28" screens should be ideal for me based on how far I sit back from the screens.  The 24" screen on my desk is 23" wide - so more than triple that for bigger screens and then take off a little for the screen angles - and it gets really wide really quick.  I'd guess at least 48" wide.  Not something that'll fit through doors.

[brihyn]

I'm thinking that if/when I build this, it'd be 19" WS monitors just because I can source them easily and cheaply at the local goodwill (and therefore keeping the wife happy with my spending).
As for door space, i'm going to put in an arcade room at the back of the shop I'm putting up (if the ground ever thaws out...the building materials were delivered a month ago). So I can put in as wide of a door as I can find, which will certainly help.
That said, you're providing great info, a lot of things I'll need to consider.

[Generic Eric]

I check BYOAC at least once a day.  I really like it here.  That said, you should check out thewayiplay.com for builds more your style.  The only game I saw with more than one screen was that f355(?) game.  They have a lot of simpits there.

[brihyn]

Thanks.

[yotsuya]

One thing- are you sitting in the van facing backwards? That's what it looks like in the drawing.

[brihyn]

Yes, that was what I was envisioning. not sure it makes a lot of sense, but if the cab was fairly small, maybe 4ish foot long, I was kind of imagining even some plexiglass for the windshield to see in behind the player.