I've been spending far too much time recently watching videos on sim rigs. Broadly they split into flight / space sim and driving sim. But how can you easily switch between the two? At my desk I just move the pedals or rudder into position and attach or remove the wheel. But while removing a driving wheel is not difficult on a sim rig, I've yet to see anything about switching between pedals and rudder. How do you do it?
Sim rigs / frames and driving vs flight, particularly pedals
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If it is an 80/20 rig there are a few options, I think a lot of it comes to how much space there is. I have seen rigs where the driving pedals push back allowing space for the rudders. If its a desk setup I guess just swopping them over is the easiest
I'm in the process of mounting my VKB pedals (and Gunfighter/STECS) to my SimLab P1X which has a wheel, pedals, etc. already mounted. I've got some spare profile so am thinking of cutting that to length and mounting the VKB pedals in front of and below my racing pedals. It should work because my pedals are in a GT position and the VKB pedals are fairly low profile. I've got some adjustment in the seat for height, etc. as I used a real car seat and modified the mounts to fit. I've got my racing pedals on a slider so I can adjust the reach for different drivers (partner and friends sometimes like to have a go on it) so that should give me a bit more flexibility if I need it as well.
The easy way to do it would be to work out where you want them in terms of height and angle and then mount your flight pedals to a bit of wood or something and slot that in whenever you want to fly.
The easy way to do it would be to work out where you want them in terms of height and angle and then mount your flight pedals to a bit of wood or something and slot that in whenever you want to fly.
I don't - yet - have room for it so this is just academic interest with a hit of research.
Using aluminium profile (8040 and similar) makes life easiest as you can unbolt and shuffle around, as using wood, which for me used lots of screws and saws of a motley bunch of wood that I had to hand.
My seat is from an MX5. Dirt cheap even for a leather one. I kept the rails, such it can be moved backwards and forwards, just as you’d do in a car.
Ref swapping pedals. IMO it’s down to room available. My flight setup is in a small space, so can’t accommodate easy changes.
If I had space I’d probably mount the pedals side by side on a frame that could slide left and right over the profile base as needed.
My seat is from an MX5. Dirt cheap even for a leather one. I kept the rails, such it can be moved backwards and forwards, just as you’d do in a car.
Ref swapping pedals. IMO it’s down to room available. My flight setup is in a small space, so can’t accommodate easy changes.
If I had space I’d probably mount the pedals side by side on a frame that could slide left and right over the profile base as needed.
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It's not easy to make a rig to easily switch between setups, will take some engineering. Have seen people make parts on hinges that can swing out the way. But the idea of a rig is that everything is firmly bolted down.