RacingCUBE - An affordable and fast motion platform

[TJ_Hack3r]

Found this while scrolling through my facebook feed. It's a new kickstarter out of Sweden for an affordable Motion simulation racing cockpit. 

I could find any other articles on it besides the page that posted it to facebook: https://www.carthrottle.com/post/the-racingcube-is-the-worlds-first-affordable-motion-simulator/

 

Words cannot describe how stoked I am for this to actually start shipping which should be FEB 2016.

 

Kickstart page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/370152296/racingcube-an-affordable-and-fast-motion-platform

[MblaZe7run]

That looks like an awfully small base for such a large, front-heavy device. idk though, I'm no engineer.

 

EDIT: For future readers, this is what I thought the base consisted of:

[Bean86]

That looks like an awfully small base for such a large, front-heavy device. idk though, I'm no engineer.

It's fine, the person is a big part of the weight and the screens are above the base too so it's all good

[MblaZe7run]

It's fine, the person is a big part of the weight and the screens are above the base too so it's all good

I caught that just now. I thought there was only the rear rectangular portion of the frame, due to the lightning and angle of the picture. Totally didn't see that the frame extends beneath the chair. I thought that was all suspended by some hydraulic arm underneath, mounted to that back part of the frame.

[Kamil]

That looks like an awfully small base for such a large, front-heavy device. idk though, I'm no engineer.

It goes much farther forward it looks in that picture. Here's a side view from their website:

[MblaZe7run]

It goes much farther forward it looks in that picture. Here's a side view from their website:

Yeah, I noticed. Re: my second post on this thread. Please quote that one next time, you make me look like more of an uneducated foll with this reply.

In the other post, I noticed that the angle of the photograph, and the neutral background and lighting make the frame look like just the rear rectangular frame.

[Maslofski]

That looks like an awfully small base for such a large, front-heavy device. idk though, I'm no engineer.

youll surely bolt it down somehow, ive it has harsch mevement youre going on a journey

[Thony]

So they ask about £1500 for a basic model. I dont know how much other cockpits cost but it doesnt seem to expensive. I love how it rotates on wheels. Thats pretty cool.

[MrRavens]

I always wanted to try these cockpit rigs out. Feel like I'm missing out

[LeGourmand]

So they ask about £1500 for a basic model. I dont know how much other cockpits cost but it doesnt seem to expensive. I love how it rotates on wheels. Thats pretty cool.

Simple standing cockpits are around 500. These http://www.motionsimulation.com/products-pricing/ are around 20k. This price seems faire to me, at least compare to what I can find online. 

It looks really fun, to bad I don't have 3 000$ lying around and an empty room.

[Khraft]

So they ask about £1500 for a basic model. I dont know how much other cockpits cost but it doesnt seem to expensive. I love how it rotates on wheels. Thats pretty cool.

 

The basic model doesn't have the rotation though.

[Tungsten_Hue]

Looking at their demo vid, I feel that it actually REQUIRES a seatbelt.