The missile covered switch is win with its build-in LED.. however the shield strength switch (aka Toyota 4runner power window switch) its not as simple electrically as I hoped. Im confident i can hack it however.
Showing posts with label Project Aurora Chair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Project Aurora Chair. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Parts
First batch of parts from china for the Freespace cockpit. There all win and quite cheap (about a quarter of the cost of buying them in Australia, and I struggled to find anything similar down here anyway)
The missile covered switch is win with its build-in LED.. however the shield strength switch (aka Toyota 4runner power window switch) its not as simple electrically as I hoped. Im confident i can hack it however.
The missile covered switch is win with its build-in LED.. however the shield strength switch (aka Toyota 4runner power window switch) its not as simple electrically as I hoped. Im confident i can hack it however.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Aurora Chair Concept post
So I have a brand new project to begin! All I have to do is paint the arcade box.. Im getting there...
This one im pretty excited about. Blatantly ripping off the idea here ive decided to make my own racing/simulation cockpit. Its a Ottoman, which has a hollow storage area in the middle. When you lift the top off, it has a fold-up seat, and contains a G27 steering wheel, with pedals bolted down and a steering wheel frame. You sit inside it to play games, and pack it up neatly into a functional couch.
I was going to just build a frame, but a cockpit of sorts you could actually sit inside of sounded great. I, however, dont really need a couch, but i do need a new coffee table. When not in use, a top can be placed on it to create a coffe table. When in use, the lid comes out, the steering wheel is mounted on top of it, and its Gran Turismo 5 time.
This also couples with my Freespace cockpit project - a cockpit with switches/buttons/whatnot. It works like any keyboard, so its compatiable with anything that can accept a USB keyboard and bind buttons. So instead of fumbling with buttons to play the game, id be using switches/levers/etc to kill Shivans. Sick of trying to target a particular ship, and going past it, and having to go through all the ships again because you never bothered to bind 'previous ship' or cant be bothered typing 'Ctrl-Alt-Mac Key-Commodore Key-F' to fire primary lasers? This will be for you!
Features include:
Crosssection of the box, with the right wall hidden for comparison
Closed up, a coffee table.
Seated view with the Racing wheel and custom sequential shifter to the left
Custom build freespace cockpit
This one im pretty excited about. Blatantly ripping off the idea here ive decided to make my own racing/simulation cockpit. Its a Ottoman, which has a hollow storage area in the middle. When you lift the top off, it has a fold-up seat, and contains a G27 steering wheel, with pedals bolted down and a steering wheel frame. You sit inside it to play games, and pack it up neatly into a functional couch.
I was going to just build a frame, but a cockpit of sorts you could actually sit inside of sounded great. I, however, dont really need a couch, but i do need a new coffee table. When not in use, a top can be placed on it to create a coffe table. When in use, the lid comes out, the steering wheel is mounted on top of it, and its Gran Turismo 5 time.
This also couples with my Freespace cockpit project - a cockpit with switches/buttons/whatnot. It works like any keyboard, so its compatiable with anything that can accept a USB keyboard and bind buttons. So instead of fumbling with buttons to play the game, id be using switches/levers/etc to kill Shivans. Sick of trying to target a particular ship, and going past it, and having to go through all the ships again because you never bothered to bind 'previous ship' or cant be bothered typing 'Ctrl-Alt-Mac Key-Commodore Key-F' to fire primary lasers? This will be for you!
Features include:
- Coffee Table
- Racing wheel for GT5
- Pedals reverse-mounted like a real car (push away, not push down like what comes with the plastic wheels you buy)
- Subwoofer/Speakers
- Bass Shakers (for force feedback for explosions/car engine/whatnot)
- Swappable Steering wheel/Freespace cockpit
- Custom built sequential/reverse shifter with a nice heavy feel (those plastic shifts dont do the wheels justice)
Crosssection of the box, with the right wall hidden for comparison
Closed up, a coffee table.
Seated view with the Racing wheel and custom sequential shifter to the left
Custom build freespace cockpit
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