zenandzen
07-09-2007, 09:16 AM
Hi,
(my second post)
I hope I am in the right place......!?
You see ,years ago I had a mania for driving Gran Tourismo
(car racing simulator for those that may not know) on Playstation 2 & set about making a console ,or whatever it should be called, to use a Logitech force feedback steering wheel with a seat that could support hours of staring at a tv screen.
I can't find my digicam & my drawing ability is hopeless so I'll give a mental (in every sense) picture instead.
You may have seen pictures of kids playing ,where they would put a wooden soapbox upended on some boards with skate wheels underneath?
We are getting close to the assemblage I have thrown together,except mine has a car bucket seat from the wreckers.
So essentially it is a particle board base , I think 1800 long 600 wide , a box at one end for the tv above,pedals below & steering wheel mount & the other end has the car seat bolted to some old speaker boxes to get the correct height & they in turn are bolted to the base & small caster wheels underneath so it can be moved.
Speaking of moving,it has been shoved to the spare room & it is waiting for my next wave of inspiration minus steering wheel & other gear,just a boxy seat base gathering dust.
I don't feel the need (just yet anyway,I can't really fly very well either) for switch consoles or guages & the like but I really want a convincing display of say,three crt monitors to begin with & virtual panel will do for the moment.
WW2 combat flying is my thing right now even though I have fs98 fs2k fs2k2 fs2k4 & cfs1,2 & 3 & of course il2 sturmovik complete, oh yeah I have fsX & Falcon4 not even out of the box.
So i will go & read up on the words of wisdom here to see what everyone else is up to & I can feel that wave of inspiration coming on.
All the best
Gerry
(my second post)
I hope I am in the right place......!?
You see ,years ago I had a mania for driving Gran Tourismo
(car racing simulator for those that may not know) on Playstation 2 & set about making a console ,or whatever it should be called, to use a Logitech force feedback steering wheel with a seat that could support hours of staring at a tv screen.
I can't find my digicam & my drawing ability is hopeless so I'll give a mental (in every sense) picture instead.
You may have seen pictures of kids playing ,where they would put a wooden soapbox upended on some boards with skate wheels underneath?
We are getting close to the assemblage I have thrown together,except mine has a car bucket seat from the wreckers.
So essentially it is a particle board base , I think 1800 long 600 wide , a box at one end for the tv above,pedals below & steering wheel mount & the other end has the car seat bolted to some old speaker boxes to get the correct height & they in turn are bolted to the base & small caster wheels underneath so it can be moved.
Speaking of moving,it has been shoved to the spare room & it is waiting for my next wave of inspiration minus steering wheel & other gear,just a boxy seat base gathering dust.
I don't feel the need (just yet anyway,I can't really fly very well either) for switch consoles or guages & the like but I really want a convincing display of say,three crt monitors to begin with & virtual panel will do for the moment.
WW2 combat flying is my thing right now even though I have fs98 fs2k fs2k2 fs2k4 & cfs1,2 & 3 & of course il2 sturmovik complete, oh yeah I have fsX & Falcon4 not even out of the box.
So i will go & read up on the words of wisdom here to see what everyone else is up to & I can feel that wave of inspiration coming on.
All the best
Gerry