R-Pod MkII Custom Rig Build - VR Enabled

[ericleroi]

DSD P1 arrived:



It will be a shame to take this apart but it needs to be done ...

 

[ericleroi]

Now that all the parts and materials have arrived, I've got myself together to make some more progress on the panels. The left panel will have 4 toggle switches, 4 rotary switches and 2 Neutrik USB ports. The right panel will have an 2 toggle switches (one with a missile switch cover), an engine start button, 4 momentary contact push buttons and 2 Neutric USB ports.

Left panel covered with carbon fibre (USB ports need to be screwed in):



Progress on the toggle / rotary switches:

 

[ericleroi]

Almost done with the wiring, only a couple of toggles left to do.

Left panel:



Right panel:

 

[rayoner]

Oh man Eric fan of your work since the shoryuken forums. Simply amazing!

 

[ericleroi]

Hey, thanks rayoner!

The wiring is complete. In the process of fitting and tidying. The cables are a mess but everything is secure (hot glue all over the place ) and working. I've also done a little more work in the wheel stem - the blanking plate at the front will be re-fitted.

Full frontal:



Right panel:



Left Panel:



Close-up (glad I held out for the hex screws):

 

[ericleroi]

Really please with how this has turned out.

Just need to wait for some retainers to allow me to fit the last screw in each of the panels and epoxy the blanking plate on.

 

[ericleroi]

Video tour of the R-Pod. Quality isn't too great but it gives a much better idea of the rig as a whole:

 

[fatkrakr]

Excellent craftsmanship. Now to get some lap time.

 

[ericleroi]

I've purchased some DSD Tilton style pedal pads which were very easy to fit:



First impressions are very positive. Somehow my feet seem more connected with the pedals and I experience a greater degree of sensitivity. Heal and toe is much easier as I need to be much more deliberate; the proximity of the break and accelerator pedals didn't really seem to work too effectively for me previously as they were too close. They are well worth the money in my view.

 

[ericleroi]

A couple of things to be added to the rig. I saw a harness going cheap for £15 on ebay (it didn't have mounting bolts) and thought 'what the hell'. It still needs fitting properly:



! also bought an Android phone specifically for DashmeterPro (5 inch display). It arrived today and I'm very pleased with it. Decent display, nice shape/colour and a protective case which I can customize for mounting purposes:







Also bought a GTX 980 last year so I can finally consider triples.

 

[ericleroi]

I've made a dashboard mount for my Android DashMeterPro display:

3mm Aluminium bent to shape with the edges rounded off slightly:



Mounting hole drilled:



Underside of the aluminium covered with vinyl with some thin foam also added:



Top surface covered with real carbon fibre:



Phone case covered with blackboard vinyl and trimmed:



Rear view of mount (this needs to be epoxy'd in place):



Aluminium edges painted (still needs another coat) :

 

[ericleroi]

Fitted to the dash. I can rotate it to a degree too.

 

[ericleroi]

Well, my awesome wife bought me an Oculus Touch for Christmas. As well as being able to use it for its intended purpose, the other reason was to use the second receiver in a dedicated fashion on the rig (I can simply twist this to point in a different direction when using it for Touch purposes). I did need to remove the mounting pole from the stand (hacksaw job) to enable me to do this. Fortunately the rig itself has very little discernible flex or movement in it (largely due to the triple thickness sides and double thickness supporting panels along with various metal supporting braces on the wheel stem), so the operation is great with no wobbling of the receiver.

I still need to route to cabling inside the nose section but I designed the rig to be able to do that.







Cable ducting:



Just about to pull the trigger on a CSW V2 and thinking about adding an additional, large buttkicker as well.

Also, added a new PC fairly recently to power it:

 

[Nick Moxley]

fanatec.....pshhh....OSW is the future buddy And you can re use your current wheels with a simple conversion.

PS nice ROG case on your desktop. 👍👍

 

[ericleroi]

Thanks Nick. Tell me more about that of which you speak

 

[Nick Moxley]

Thanks Nick. Tell me more about that of which you speak

Simucube + Ioni Pro + PSU + Mige motor = Heaven.

Fanatec + TeensyLC + little soldering = Cheap wheel for OSW.

More details can be discussed if interested. Lmk