Added up some video, enjoy:-)
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Introduction
Hello, fellows X-simers
I’m sort of newbie to simracing and simbuilders community and I’d like to give share my noobish experience with you. Especially it might be useful to someone who wants build their first simulator.
First of all, I have to say, I did not have any experience in building anything decent in my whole life. But as soon as I got my first set of wheel and pedals it has become clear to me that I need to build some sort of structure for it.
The reasons were obvious:
1. Table and chair is not really an ergonomic solution to be used as driving seat. I ended up with discomfort in lumbar after 2 hours playing in any sim game.
2. Wheel and pedals were not properly secured and were tend change their location if you push them really hard. It was really annoying to me. Even more that point # 1.
3. A need for future upgrade and installing additional devices like shifters, gauges etc. You must have something to mount them on, right?
The next question was - There do I start?
The criteria for the project was:
1. The construction must be made out of metal.
2. No welding during assembly process.
3. It must be practical and have modular / upgradable design
I have started to look around internet and found the solution called Joker / Uno
So basically it is 25 or 32 mm steel tube with set of different connectors:
You can build quite impressive things with it for commercial or advertising purposes.
For example:
Now it is time to show how finished sim cockpit looks like:
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Technical Details
The tubes I'm using are about 1.5 mm think so they can withstand up to 100 kg of weight per 1 m without being bended. The ordinary connector can withstand 25 kg of weight. But you can also get heavy duty ones which can go up to 50 kg.
Normally you would you use 4 connectors for holding your seat, it means the total load with ordinary connectors must not exceed: 4x25 kg = 100 kg. It means that the weight of your body + weight of the seat combined must be below 100 kg (for most people this assumption is correct).
This project had started originally as stationary sim rig. But due to modular and easily upgradable design I went to the next stage.
1. I’ve built the pivot myself. Check the video below:
I used needle bearing to make rotation as smooth as possible. Dimensions are ID = 25 mm, OD= 32 mm.
You can use 25 mm steel tube as axis and 32 connector as bearing housing. See picture bellow:
2. Next, I went to SCN5 mounting
I have used:
Auto stabilizer linkages + some bearings
Few connectors
Bended 60 deg pipe
Final result is
P.S. Stay tuned I will update this thread with more details soon. (like components used, price, videos etc.)
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