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BadMouth:
spitballing ideas:

rotating panel:  panel slides downward leaving empty space between it and the monitor allowing for rotation, then monitor drops locking panel in place

unrelated, but I kind of like the idea of a pedestal.  I'd have the standard CP on the back of the seat though.  Have it hinged right in front of the seat so it flips up for joysticks and flips down for driving.  The steering controls wouldn't need to move, but I'd still want the monitor to drop down.

I'd only move the monitor, not the entire cabinet.  I'd have a "Race leader" marquee behind the monitor revealed when it slides down.

EDIT: If your plan involves the top part of the seat flipping forward, make sure you don't buy one of the cheap seats with the big knob on the side.  The cheap one  I had won't just flip forward.  You have to turn that knob for like 2 minutes to slowly move it forward.  The pleather seats I got from Summit Racing have a latch on the back to flip them forward.

RyoriNoTetsujin:
Hi there Cretster,

I built The Final Stage. It was great, worked well, and the design could easily be altered to "stand up" as you are interested in doing (a good base and a couple of strong actuators would do it. I didn't have the money at the time to go full-bore with that idea...)

Notice I speak of it in past-tense. Ultimately, even though it fit all my criteria and was a GREAT exercise for my skill level, I eventually got bored/frustrated/disappointed with it.  "Transforming time" was more than I would've liked, and I made that as simple and straightforward as possible! As a result, I started to mildly resent having to make the switch each time.  That's no good.

I know everyone wants to have a project (I have 4 different designs sitting in Sketchup just waiting for when my gf and I move next summer!) but for the sake of simplicity, ask yourself what's more important: the project, or actually playing the games and having fun? Especially considering you have kids.  Speaking of which, do you really want something that has that many moving parts/opportunities for injury around your kids? Because, let's face it, there's no simple, non-over-engineered way to have a "transforming" cabinet.  ;D

Nowadays, I think I'm of the "dedicated setups" camp (hence the 4 designs waiting for a new home!) but if I were you, I'd just take a real look at how, what, and when you want to play. Wall-mounting an adjustable monitor, then building a pedestal and a moveable seat sounds like a pretty simple and swanky solution to me, but if you want to go big, go big! Maybe do a design like Fire Truck? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Truck_%28video_game%29  ;D

P.S. BadMouth, don't cry that it's gone, I really don't have room for it in the apartment right now anyway... in its' place, I'm waiting on my (already paid-for) Medieval Madness Remake!  ;D ;D ;D

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: RyoriNoTetsujin on November 19, 2014, 10:19:34 am ---Hi there Cretster,

I built The Final Stage. It was great, worked well, and the design could easily be altered to "stand up" as you are interested in doing (a good base and a couple of strong actuators would do it. I didn't have the money at the time to go full-bore with that idea...)

Notice I speak of it in past-tense. Ultimately, even though it fit all my criteria and was a GREAT exercise for my skill level, I eventually got bored/frustrated/disappointed with it.  "Transforming time" was more than I would've liked, and I made that as simple and straightforward as possible! As a result, I started to mildly resent having to make the switch each time.  That's no good.

I know everyone wants to have a project (I have 4 different designs sitting in Sketchup just waiting for when my gf and I move next summer!) but for the sake of simplicity, ask yourself what's more important: the project, or actually playing the games and having fun? Especially considering you have kids.  Speaking of which, do you really want something that has that many moving parts/opportunities for injury around your kids? Because, let's face it, there's no simple, non-over-engineered way to have a "transforming" cabinet.  ;D

Nowadays, I think I'm of the "dedicated setups" camp (hence the 4 designs waiting for a new home!) but if I were you, I'd just take a real look at how, what, and when you want to play. Wall-mounting an adjustable monitor, then building a pedestal and a moveable seat sounds like a pretty simple and swanky solution to me, but if you want to go big, go big! Maybe do a design like Fire Truck? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Truck_%28video_game%29  ;D

P.S. BadMouth, don't cry that it's gone, I really don't have room for it in the apartment right now anyway... in its' place, I'm waiting on my (already paid-for) Medieval Madness Remake!  ;D ;D ;D

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Great feedback.

AzureKnight:

Shell-raiser is currently under development and looks to be very similar:


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,138959.msg1436407.html#msg1436407

Generic Eric:

--- Quote from: AzureKnight on November 19, 2014, 10:26:10 am ---
Shell-raiser is currently under development and looks to be very similar:


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,138959.msg1436407.html#msg1436407

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There it is!  I spent 20 minutes looking for that

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