building cockpit
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ive never built a cockpit but i do have a suggestion for what i would do.
do you have a car? is it a standard? if not go to a dealership or find someone you know with a standard and take dimentions on how high the syeering wheel is, gas/brake/clutch placement, shifter placement, and some other dimentions. after that just get some wood and depending on what tools you have (my dad used to be a carpenter so we have everything) you will be able to make a frame with placements for your g25.
you should put each of them to where they a useful aand comfortable to you though so youd be better of making your own dimentions. hope i was of some help
do you have a car? is it a standard? if not go to a dealership or find someone you know with a standard and take dimentions on how high the syeering wheel is, gas/brake/clutch placement, shifter placement, and some other dimentions. after that just get some wood and depending on what tools you have (my dad used to be a carpenter so we have everything) you will be able to make a frame with placements for your g25.
you should put each of them to where they a useful aand comfortable to you though so youd be better of making your own dimentions. hope i was of some help
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I took some measurements of everything in my dads mustang and thought it may be helful. it was kind of cramped getting in and some things were hard to measure but i did my best.
20in / front of the seat - gas pedal (horizontal)
15.5in / floor - bottom of steering wheel (vertical)
6.5in / seat - bottom of steering wheel (vertical)
18in / floor - top of the shift knob (vertical)
5in/ edge of chair - middle of the shift knob (horizontal)
12in / floor - top of the seat ( part that you sit on ) (vertical)
25in / gas pedal - bottom of steering wheel (horizontal)
depending on how tall or big you are you may want to change some things. i found it hard to get in with the steering wheel so low. once you are sitting its fine and everything seems to feel good to me. just thought you might want some measurements (even though you already have a standard car) or they could be useful to other people wanting to make a cockpit.
btw, what kinda car do you have?
20in / front of the seat - gas pedal (horizontal)
15.5in / floor - bottom of steering wheel (vertical)
6.5in / seat - bottom of steering wheel (vertical)
18in / floor - top of the shift knob (vertical)
5in/ edge of chair - middle of the shift knob (horizontal)
12in / floor - top of the seat ( part that you sit on ) (vertical)
25in / gas pedal - bottom of steering wheel (horizontal)
depending on how tall or big you are you may want to change some things. i found it hard to get in with the steering wheel so low. once you are sitting its fine and everything seems to feel good to me. just thought you might want some measurements (even though you already have a standard car) or they could be useful to other people wanting to make a cockpit.
btw, what kinda car do you have?
Do any of you racers have a step by step instructions or demensions on building a cockpit for the G25. Any help would be GREAT
Hey
This is a few things i had from my design, these dimensions are approx only.
Hope this is some help.
With the adjustable seat, its not bad but would be better with adjust height steering and pedal side adjust.
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scroll down within this thread to see my pics.
http://boardsus.playstation.com/pla...essage.id=50359&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
Here's my zipped file with pics and instructions if you like.
http://home.comcast.net/~kurthil/GT4/Quisps_dfp_rig.zip
http://boardsus.playstation.com/pla...essage.id=50359&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
Here's my zipped file with pics and instructions if you like.
http://home.comcast.net/~kurthil/GT4/Quisps_dfp_rig.zip
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My measurements are based on our Mazda Protege... You can check it out here. http://geocities.com/missinganace/cockpit
I ordered my G25 online, so I had a couple days to measure my own car to get the exact dimensions and angles. I took very detailed measurements including angle of wheel, angle of seat, angle and distance of pedals to wheel, etc. My plan was to duplicate my car exactly. In the end, what I found was that I really did not stick very closely to the measurements I took.
My advice to anyone building a cockpit is don't worry about getting too specific on your measurements and replicating any particular car to exact specs. Most likely, in the end you are going to adjust quite a bit from your original measurements. For one thing, the wheel is smaller than a real one, so you cannot even have the correct dimensions no matter what you do. Also, in most cars the accelerator is farther back than the brake and clutch, so you cannot replicate that proportion either, unless you build a different housing for the pedals. If you are using something other than a car seat, the shifter won't be comfortable in the correct place. My chair has arms, so the shifter has to be forward a bit. etc.
I built mine mostly from materials I had around the house, and it wasn't very difficult to do. The top is 25" from the floor (probably could be .5" lower) the pedals are 5" from the floor; the Legacy GT dimensions would have the pedals higher, but with my chair, it would'nt sit quite the same. Also if the wheel was .5" lower, then the top rim of the wheel would be too low, so that means my G25 sits a little higher, and my sitting angle is a few degrees less than my car. There are a lot of things like that, but in summary, don't worry about getting too exact on your car measurements, concentrate on what will be comfortable to sit in for many hours at a time
my example is here: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=90066
My advice to anyone building a cockpit is don't worry about getting too specific on your measurements and replicating any particular car to exact specs. Most likely, in the end you are going to adjust quite a bit from your original measurements. For one thing, the wheel is smaller than a real one, so you cannot even have the correct dimensions no matter what you do. Also, in most cars the accelerator is farther back than the brake and clutch, so you cannot replicate that proportion either, unless you build a different housing for the pedals. If you are using something other than a car seat, the shifter won't be comfortable in the correct place. My chair has arms, so the shifter has to be forward a bit. etc.
I built mine mostly from materials I had around the house, and it wasn't very difficult to do. The top is 25" from the floor (probably could be .5" lower) the pedals are 5" from the floor; the Legacy GT dimensions would have the pedals higher, but with my chair, it would'nt sit quite the same. Also if the wheel was .5" lower, then the top rim of the wheel would be too low, so that means my G25 sits a little higher, and my sitting angle is a few degrees less than my car. There are a lot of things like that, but in summary, don't worry about getting too exact on your car measurements, concentrate on what will be comfortable to sit in for many hours at a time
my example is here: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=90066
