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Commercial Driving Cabinet Dimensions

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BadMouth:
The *stickied* Driving Cab Info/Beginners Start Here Thread has dimensions taken from my Virtual On conversion which is the same as the original Daytona, but the seat base (5.25" part) is a couple inches higher.
It also has links to the sketchup cabs.  It hasn't be revised since 2016, but most of it still applies. 

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,105961.msg1122648.html#msg1122648



3.5" castors + 8.5" base = 12" to top of platform  (that is total height of castors which is taller than just the wheel)
The seat base for Daytona and Indy 500 were a couple inches shorter, but I found the Virtual On height more comfortable.

Fursphere:
I tried using that diagram to sketch out my Daytona build, and it honestly created more questions than answers.  If I can remember where I put then, I can post the diagrams I drafted out for my build (based on the sketchup models).  And even that left a few things unanswered.

Drakkorcia:
All great answers. I have been leaning towards a 2x8 (+ 3/4 floor) which should give me an 8" step onto the wheel deck and 19" to the front of the seat from the floor which should be a lot closer to the height of an actual cabinet. I could also put casters or feet on it for a few extra inches; would just need 3 more cross beams to attach the casters too (the 1 1/2 inches of a 2x is probably too narrow for a caster/feet). At some point I would like to have a CNC shop cut out an actual cabinet where I can ditch the cockpit and have a plywood constructed cabinet with marquee and seat box, but that is quite a ways away, especially if the skeleton sim rig setup does the job.

Fursphere:
Absolutely, 100%, without a doubt, put castors on it.  Its going to get very heavy, and you're going to want to be able to move it.

Also, thinking about building sub-assembles so it can be taken apart to fit through regular household doorways.  Unless you have a double-door setup and that's the only place this thing is ever going to be of course.

Fursphere:
Here is a zip of the plans I made for mine.  Let me know if you have any questions.   I made the 'head' a little wider than stock to accommodate a bigger LCD.

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