Building d.i.y Pedals?

[RacingMat]

Hello ! Great post ! Very inspiring !

+1 for real hydraulic system : I'm working on a master cylinder from a car !

And I'm working on a cheap load cell design http://www.gamoover.net/Forums/index.php?topic=28158.0
only 20€ for the load cell and the electronic circuits

Mat

 

[Jet Badger]

Hi, Mat

Great thing that you're doing here. Props for taking the non-overkill route 👍

 

[RSwagoneer]

If time to DIY is an issue , check http://hargettprecision.com/index.php/racing-simulation/racing-pedals.html.
He's around on the Iracing forum and sells these 2 pedal set ( 3 pedal set in development).

 

[Sergio Carr]

.. too bad this thread is dead ... I'm looking for some decent pedals and diy is definitely a possibility

 

[readyfe]

Hi Sergio, there's quite a few specialist pedal makers in the market now, and it works out a lot less than making it yourself especially if you're buying new parts.
I personally know a few guys that have developed their own hydraulic sets and cost them over AU$2,000.

For Hydraulic there's the HPP (as above) & also the Emery Emond Tiltons
Also the HE Engineering Pedals. I run the Ultimates but they have a Pro set also: http://www.h-engineering.net/shop/
Derek Speare has entered the market too with his pedals: http://www.derekspearedesigns.com/pedals.html

So it's not as bad as you think...

 

[lemansfanatic]

I would like to see why derekspearsdesigns went with a load cell over a hydraulic setup. Is a 100kg load cell close enough to hydraulic that people wont know the difference? Was this move to keep it simple and cheap vs a more expensive setup? I just don't see how a load cell can compete with a full hydraulic in terms of pedal feel, but I am still learning here. Glad this thread was rescued.

Edit: need a thread about modding pedals like Fanatecs and others to hydraulic.

 

[Sergio Carr]

Thx for resuscitating this post

Indeed there are many specialists pedal makers and that's a good thing ... the choice has definitely widened. But most of them are still too expensive. The ones I have my eye on are the ProtonSimTech PT1: They look amazing and have a fair price. The problem is there are still no reviews on its performance and most importantly there are still not out and when they do, only a 20 set batch will be produced ... trying to order a set will be like winning the lotery

Nontheless I feel that DIY has something to it ... the building is also part of the fun!!

 

[Jet Badger]

DIY is indeed very fun and rewarding at the end. You can take it as far as you want though building a set of pedals that would outperform DFGT stuff and similar can be done for not very much at all. It all comes down to what materials and tools you have access to.

I've built these awhile ago with only basic tools and as much as some plywood and brackets would cost. I never really got around to actually wiring them but mechanically they feel pretty nice having in mind they're built from random scrap.

 

[Sergio Carr]

DIY is indeed very fun and rewarding at the end. You can take it as far as you want though building a set of pedals that would outperform DFGT stuff and similar can be done for not very much at all. It all comes down to what materials and tools you have access to.

I've built these awhile ago with only basic tools and as much as some plywood and brackets would cost. I never really got around to actually wiring them but mechanically they feel pretty nice having in mind they're built from random scrap.

Looks like a simple solid base thx

How would you connect it? Brake: Load cell or pot? Which circuit board would you use? One of Leo Bodnar's?

 

[Jet Badger]

Looks like a simple solid base thx

How would you connect it? Brake: Load cell or pot? Which circuit board would you use? One of Leo Bodnar's?

There's a loadcell for the brake. A INA122 chip based circuit would be needed for the loadcell interface. The whole pedal set could be connected either directly to the wheel or any sort of USB joystick board like an MJoy, a scrap board from a flight stick or similar or an off the shelf controller board like Leo Bodnar's.

 

[Sergio Carr]

There's a loadcell for the brake. A INA122 chip based circuit would be needed for the loadcell interface. The whole pedal set could be connected either directly to the wheel or any sort of USB joystick board like an MJoy, a scrap board from a flight stick or similar or an off the shelf controller board like Leo Bodnar's.

--do you have more pics with other angles? I'd like to see the brake machanism.

 

[Jet Badger]

--do you have more pics with other angles? I'd like to see the brake machanism.

The pedal pushes on the angle bracket that pivots on a metal rod and pushes down on a 45kg loadcell below. There's more close up pics on the build thread here

 

[Sergio Carr]

The pedal pushes on the angle bracket that pivots on a metal rod and pushes down on a 45kg loadcell below. There's more close up pics on the build thread here

thx a lot

 

[jwhop3]

Has anyone ever tried using these as low-cost parts? Seems like they would work, would need to rig an attachment to the master cylinder for the brake, but should be aces for an accelerator or clutch pedal. If you're happy with spring or tennis ball for pressure on the brake pedal, that would work too.

http://www.bmikarts.com/Pedals-Footpegs_c_244.html