This is my first time in this forum but I'm hoping to post quite alot over the next few months.
I'm currently doign a project for one of the automotive companies in which they want me to produce a seating buck that mounts their seat, steering wheel and pedals. It needs to allow all three to be adjusted such that they can be set up for a sports car position through to an SUV postion. I've fixed the seat as it's the heaviest component so the steering wheel and pedals both need to move in X Y Z and be able to rotate.
That's fair enough....
They now want it to be dynamic, with minimal visual obscuration. It's going to be used in a 3D CAVE (virtual reality room with 3D projections on walls+ceiling.
Which is where it get's interesting, as my previous design was just a nice chunky aluminium frame, I'm now starting to worry about weight not to mention the fact I have no idea how to make a motion sim.
My current (favourite) concept is below so what do you guys think? I'll try to update as I move along the project. My budget is £500 to build the buck, but, the company will supply components required for the motion sim aspects.
Don't worry about the poor CAD quality, they were 5 minute concepts.
- Perspective View
The whole thing is basically suspended on top of three pneumatic rams, similar to this video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LozPhmN4ZVY
But with the rear actuator moved to the front, which will probably be moved further back towards the middle.
I'd love some opinions on wheter I'm tackling this correctly!
I could also use some ideas on how to get all the XYZ motions I need for seat and pedals, I'm struggling to think of things that will be sturdy enough to resist the buck moving around and yet not so large they reduce visibility.
Thanks guys,
Chris
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