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Racer cabinet than folds into an upright (or vice versa)?

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Cretster:
Scratch the comment about mine being like that other cab on instructables.  Mine has a built in wheel that hides inside a door/front panel, then just folds out and locks in place when I want to play a driver. Nothing separate to attach/detach.

Hadn't thought of a cranked mechanism. Interesting!

Thanks for the diagrams Xiaou2, cunning idea but I think I 'might' be able to do it with less space. IF my idea works...

Cretster:
Here's a pretty simple and crude idea of what I've got in mind.

Malenko:
Looks like a bunch of over engineering to me.  Why not wall mount the TV, and have it on rails to adjust the height? Have a pedestal for "arcade games" and a racing rig for driving.  Or make the pedestal a hybrid with the race part in the front and the arcade part in the back.

The way you have it in the drawings looks like maybe you'd rather do 2 things mediocre over 1 thing done well. Wall mounting the TV is equally nice in both form and function.

Cretster:
Interesting though on the wall mount tv and worth further consideration i think.
Yes it's probably over engineering but as I say I enjoy that sort of thing.

Not sure why it necessitates being mediocre though by virtue of ticking two boxes?

Malenko:

--- Quote from: Cretster on November 19, 2014, 09:00:35 am ---Not sure why it necessitates being mediocre though by virtue of ticking two boxes?

--- End quote ---

Wasnt meant as an attack, just an observation. I'll expand a little. Having to look at a 2 player panel in your line of sight while driving would lessen the experience for me. Also, "transformer" time would also be something to consider.

To engineer your sketch a little better, I think it'd be better if the panel was more like this:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133495.msg1374798.html

but the cab height was adjustable, and you just put a racing seat in front when you wanna get your daytona on :)   I think the wall mount is a more elegant solution.

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