Home Made Sim Racing Cockpits

Hi, Does anyone know any websites that have info on making your own sim racing cockpits? I'm interested in doing something similar to the ones in these pics.... http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit1.jpg http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit2.jpg Cheers Damien

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> Hi, > > Does anyone know any websites that have info on making your own sim racing > cockpits? I'm interested in doing something similar to the ones in these > pics.... > > http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit1.jpg > http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit2.jpg > > Cheers > Damien

You could try reading Kev Schofield's article here: http://www.racesimcentral.com/features/kevscockpit/kevscockpit1.shtml Phil Lee --- Race Sim Central Administrator http://www.racesimcentral.com

>Does anyone know any websites that have info on making your own sim racing >cockpits? I'm interested in doing something similar to the ones in these >pics.... Try http://www.users.bigpond.com/galathea/ apparently the business is being passed to the USA. AB

I thought of Gary D's but could not remember the URL "Anthony Bulloch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > >Does anyone know any websites that have info on making your own simracing

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> >cockpits? I'm interested in doing something similar to the ones in these > >pics.... > > Try http://www.users.bigpond.com/galathea/ apparently the business is > being passed to the USA. > > AB

Try these links: http://home.mindspring.com/~kb7mxu/cockpit.htm http://www.xs4all.nl/~pidi/huxworld/huxworld.htm They look great to me "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:alec79$1o3ofg$[email hidden]...

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> Hi, > > Does anyone know any websites that have info on making your own sim racing > cockpits? I'm interested in doing something similar to the ones in these > pics.... > > http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit1.jpg > http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit2.jpg > > Cheers > Damien > > >

Thanks guys. Some amazing stuff in there! Cheers Damien

lol thanks for the link Phil. I thought this was hilarious, and oh so true when you try to explain sim racing to people. "When I went to pay for the seat, it came up in conversation that the seat was going to be used for a home sim cockpit where I race people from all over the world...Apparently this impressed the junkyard man, because after a blank stare for a few moments, he told me I could just have the seat. (perhaps he was questioning my sanity" "Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:alf65m$1p7dh9$[email hidden]... > "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:alec79$1o3ofg$[email hidden]... > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know any websites that have info on making your own simracing > > cockpits? I'm interested in doing something similar to the ones inthese

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> > pics.... > > > > http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit1.jpg > > http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit2.jpg > > > > Cheers > > Damien > > > You could try reading Kev Schofield's article here: > > http://www.racesimcentral.com/features/kevscockpit/kevscockpit1.shtml > > Phil Lee > --- > Race Sim Central Administrator > http://www.racesimcentral.com > >

Same thing happened to me. Seatec "TDRacin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > lol thanks for the link Phil. I thought this was hilarious, and oh sotrue > when you try to explain sim racing to people. > > "When I went to pay for the seat, it came up in conversation that the seat > was going to be used for a home sim cockpit where I race people from all > over the world...Apparently this impressed the junkyard man, because aftera

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> blank stare for a few moments, he told me I could just have the seat. > (perhaps he was questioning my sanity" > > > "Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:alf65m$1p7dh9$[email hidden]... > > "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:alec79$1o3ofg$[email hidden]... > > > Hi, > > > > > > Does anyone know any websites that have info on making your own sim > racing > > > cockpits? I'm interested in doing something similar to the ones in > these > > > pics.... > > > > > > http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit1.jpg > > > http://www25.brinkster.com/dtsmith/cockpit2.jpg > > > > > > Cheers > > > Damien > > > > > > You could try reading Kev Schofield's article here: > > > > http://www.racesimcentral.com/features/kevscockpit/kevscockpit1.shtml > > > > Phil Lee > > --- > > Race Sim Central Administrator > > http://www.racesimcentral.com > > > > > >

> > lol thanks for the link Phil. I thought this was hilarious, and oh so > true > > when you try to explain sim racing to people. Yeah, sim racing doesn't seem to have much "street-cred" Whenever I tell someone about it, they always turn up their noses as if they think it's a piss-poor excuse for the real thing...

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>lol thanks for the link Phil. I thought this was hilarious, and oh so true >when you try to explain sim racing to people. > >"When I went to pay for the seat, it came up in conversation that the seat >was going to be used for a home sim cockpit where I race people from all >over the world...Apparently this impressed the junkyard man, because after a >blank stare for a few moments, he told me I could just have the seat. >(perhaps he was questioning my sanity" >

My junkyard guy gave me the exact same look. Then he said "yeah, whatever, that's $50.00". Don McCorkle