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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Yippee38 on May 15, 2012, 03:00:26 PM
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I was wondering if any of you guys sim race as well as fly, and what you do to keep your pedals sets from moving around, yet allow you to switch between flight sim pedals and racing pedals. I don't have a cockpit setup, nor will I, so those don't help, but let me see them anyway. Maybe it will give me an idea. I'm looking for something that is not anchored to the ground as my desk is on a concrete slab and I'm not going to drill into it.
I'm thinking I need some kind of board that will push up against the wall behind the desk, but will allow me to switch between the two pedals sets.
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3/4 inch plywood holds my saitek peddle in place as well as strenthening them for use on carpet!
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I built a rectangular frame that I add spacers to for holdeing out from the wall. The front half has an angled tray that my Saitek peddels sit into with a slight up angle to match my body position in my chair.
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Based on your description, I'd suggest mounting them each to their own board that butts up against the wall, and swap them out as needed.
Wiley.
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I use velcro on all my controllers. When I had my simpit it had a vinyl flooring. I used a good double sided tape to stick the velcro to both the flooring and the pedals. Now I have carpet, and have the "hook" side of the velcro on my pedals and they stay put with out a problem. My stick and throttle are velcroed to their stands as well.
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I use velcro on all my controllers. When I had my simpit it had a vinyl flooring. I used a good double sided tape to stick the velcro to both the flooring and the pedals. Now I have carpet, and have the "hook" side of the velcro on my pedals and they stay put with out a problem. My stick and throttle are velcroed to their stands as well.
I always had my Simped pedals velcro'd to the chair mat under my desk. The problem is that I just got a load cell mod for my brake pedal, so it takes a lot of force, and velcro won't hold it.
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I use velcro on all my controllers. When I had my simpit it had a vinyl flooring. I used a good double sided tape to stick the velcro to both the flooring and the pedals. Now I have carpet, and have the "hook" side of the velcro on my pedals and they stay put with out a problem. My stick and throttle are velcroed to their stands as well.
Same here as well :aok
Rob
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I always had my Simped pedals velcro'd to the chair mat under my desk. The problem is that I just got a load cell mod for my brake pedal, so it takes a lot of force, and velcro won't hold it.
LOL!!! you just need a bigger piece of velcro! :devil
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A plywood base is what I use,you can drill holes in it to place the front legs of your chair into to prevent the base from moving! Or you can make a pedistal and mount both chair and pedals like I did!
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PS: a mason bit and tapcons would fasten the pedals to the concrete if you want the cheapest and easiest way to do it!
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I'm using a piece of non-skip rubber matting, (floor is carpeted), works fine for me
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LOL!!! you just need a bigger piece of velcro! :devil
Yep in Penn&Teller they tried separating two blocks of steel held together by a few feet of velcro. Two monster trucks were pulling them and yanking, velcro held. Just add a few strips of it and it'll hold.
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I'm using a piece of non-skip rubber matting, (floor is carpeted), works fine for me
+1 but on a wooden floor. Extremely useful at cons... Works well under joystick and throttle, too. If it gets slippery, it's time to do some housekeeping and wash the rubber mesh and the surface below it and of course the bottom of the pedals/stick/whatever.
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I was wondering if any of you guys sim race as well as fly, and what you do to keep your pedals sets from moving around, yet allow you to switch between flight sim pedals and racing pedals. I don't have a cockpit setup, nor will I, so those don't help, but let me see them anyway. Maybe it will give me an idea. I'm looking for something that is not anchored to the ground as my desk is on a concrete slab and I'm not going to drill into it.
I'm thinking I need some kind of board that will push up against the wall behind the desk, but will allow me to switch between the two pedals sets.
Yippee
You could always take a look at building a sliding panel with a latch mechanism to hold them in place. One that would allow sliding just far enough right and left to get the required pedals moved into position for whatever you want to do. Take a look over at SimHQ in the Pit Builders section and you can see some different variations that guys have tried over the last few years for that type of thing.
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screw gun + drywall screws! side note--keep wife out of room, so she doesn't notice what you did!
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I have my computer desk in a corner, so I took a suitable piece of plank and put it across the corner so it makes a triangle with the adjacent walls and prevents my pedals from sliding. I also have a rotating chair, which is not at all compatible with pedals; it turns while I push them... So I have a pair of rubber ropes with hooks attached between the hand rests of my chair and the feet of the table.
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For my racing pedals I use a high tech solution. I place the yellow pages between the wall and the pedals. I can also adjust it to place the pedals closer or further from me as I see fit.
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I tried velcro and losts of it. it didnt work in my carpet. so I learned to not push so hard with your feet.
semp
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Screw your pedals to a piece of plywood and cut to holes in the plywood to put chairs feets into :rofl
Little Little Feets :banana:
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I tried velcro and losts of it. it didnt work in my carpet. so I learned to not push so hard with your feet.
semp
Perhaps your crochet is not big enough?
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Screw your pedals to a piece of plywood and cut to holes in the plywood to put chairs feets into :rofl
Little Little Feets :banana:
Might want to read the posts b4 you post,thats exactly what I wrote.
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Might want to read the posts b4 you post,thats exactly what I wrote.
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It's OK, he has pies :rock
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Might want to read the posts b4 you post,thats exactly what I wrote.
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It worked for me as well :)
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It worked for me as well :)
Ah,sry my mistake! Much like Bizman I used bungie cords to keep my chair from moving until I came up with the plywood base. I decided I wanted my controls mounted to my chair arms to be more comfortable and made some mounts very similar to what Mntman uses,search help and training for a pic of his mount system it can be adapted to any chair. In the end I bought a bentwood chair and mounted every thing to this wooden chair,placed it on a plywood pedestal and put casters under the whole thing so it can be moved out of the way easily.
If I posted pix I'd post some of my chair so others could use some of the ideas!
:salute Oh and my Pies are turning Japaneese!
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Perhaps your crochet is not big enough?
actually i solved the problem by not clipping my toenails.
semp