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[Not_Sean]

1 hour ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Sketchup is ok but the model fidelity isn't great for printing. Blender has a lot of the same tools once you learn it, it's just the mentality of starting out with a geometric shape and extruding it as you need.

 

I found it a PITA to convert to STLs from sketchup so I jumped right into blender, Took a while to learn how to make custom measurements and mold parts but so much easier to do stuff.

I'll give it a go  def a worthy skill to have

[PandaCopyRight]

10 hours ago, Not_Sean said:

Get on it man!! 

I'm finally finishing welding up the new sim this weekend. Busy 3D printing the Steering adapter and need to also make some wires for the switches. 

9 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

 

I recently got into this and its actually pretty fun modelling stuff in Blender. Frustrating when your measurements are off, and you have to redo the entire thing, but still fun.

 

Prints take forever if you want any decent amount of infil but a healthy amount of printers to play with.

i would love to get into 3d printing ... but but god damnn the printers be expensive 

[chaozbandit]

52 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

i would love to get into 3d printing ... but but god damnn the printers be expensive 

Our public libraries have 3d printers you can rent. Ultimakers 2+, 2 mini, a makerbot 3 and a lulzbot are what I've been using. 

[PandaCopyRight]

35 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

Our public libraries have 3d printers you can rent. Ultimakers 2+, 2 mini, a makerbot 3 and a lulzbot are what I've been using. 

my country aint that fancy

[Not_Sean]

7 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

my country aint that fancy

Look into building your own one, thats what everyone I know has done. 

[PandaCopyRight]

3 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

Look into building your own one, thats what everyone I know has done. 

build one? like go on ebay and source bits to put together? 

[Not_Sean]

3 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

build one? like go on ebay and source bits to put together? 

Yeah man, you just buy the parts you need and build it all, I'll get a pic of my mates one that I use. 

[PandaCopyRight]

12 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

Yeah man, you just buy the parts you need and build it all, I'll get a pic of my mates one that I use. 

idk, i'd rather get one with instructions  

[Not_Sean]

38 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

idk, i'd rather get one with instructions  

Where is your sense of adventure  

 

they easy man 

[PandaCopyRight]

13 minutes ago, Not_Sean said:

Where is your sense of adventure  

 

they easy man 

welll ..... if i had the patience ... sure  

[Not_Sean]

3 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

welll ..... if i had the patience ... sure  

Never.Get.A.Race.Car

[PandaCopyRight]

10 hours ago, Not_Sean said:

Never.Get.A.Race.Car

im am so getting a race car  

[Not_Sean]

8 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

im am so getting a race car  

Make sure its comes built cause building it is a wonderful balance of Patience and eating ramen for a month. 

[PandaCopyRight]

1 minute ago, Not_Sean said:

Make sure its comes built cause building it is a wonderful balance of Patience and eating ramen for a month. 

no that is a thing i would waste like 5 years on to do properly ... 

[bcredeur97]

I finally picked up that G27 from my friend.

current issue is the pedals sliding on the wood floor. Cleaning the little rubber pads makes it stick well. But once it slides once... it's done. It moves all over. every press of either the clutch or the brake and the thing moves. Lol


any solutions? Larger rubber pads for the bottom or something?

[PandaCopyRight]

8 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I finally picked up that G27 from my friend.

current issue is the pedals sliding on the wood floor. Cleaning the little rubber pads makes it stick well. But once it slides once... it's done. It moves all over. every press of either the clutch or the brake and the thing moves. Lol


any solutions? Larger rubber pads for the bottom or something?

bolt it down to the floor  

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, PandaCopyRight said:

bolt it down to the floor  

that's unfortunately not an option.

I need a real cockpit now no room for that tho haha

[PandaCopyRight]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

that's unfortunately not an option.

I need a real cockpit now no room for that tho haha

build a wall so the pedals sit against it? 

for me an issue was my chair rolling backwards when pressing the brake with the fanatec pedals  

[chaozbandit]

51 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I finally picked up that G27 from my friend.

current issue is the pedals sliding on the wood floor. Cleaning the little rubber pads makes it stick well. But once it slides once... it's done. It moves all over. every press of either the clutch or the brake and the thing moves. Lol


any solutions? Larger rubber pads for the bottom or something?

The best solution is to mount it onto a dedicated plate, or find a way to jerry rig those rubber suction cups to the bottom of hte plastic base. What I did for a while was set a few dumbbells behind it, or put the base against something otherwise too heavy to push out the way.

 

Or get a cockpit 

[brownninja97]

15 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

I finally picked up that G27 from my friend.

current issue is the pedals sliding on the wood floor. Cleaning the little rubber pads makes it stick well. But once it slides once... it's done. It moves all over. every press of either the clutch or the brake and the thing moves. Lol


any solutions? Larger rubber pads for the bottom or something?

I use dumbbell plates around my peddles to stop them moving, works very well. 10kg on the back and 5gb on the sides. Might need 20kf as you are using three pedals. 

[PandaCopyRight]

Shieeeeet i havent used my wheel and pedals so long that both of them have new driver versions  

[Techicolors]

anyone checked out the crew 2? curious about wheel support 

[PandaCopyRight]

2 minutes ago, Techicolors said:

anyone checked out the crew 2? curious about wheel support 

i played the closed alpha and open beta, and idk why but i didnt think of setting up my wheel  

[Techicolors]

1 hour ago, PandaCopyRight said:

i played the closed alpha and open beta, and idk why but i didnt think of setting up my wheel  

i wonder if you can use the wheel for boats and planes, tho it'll be odd for plane handling

[JZStudios]

4 minutes ago, Techicolors said:

i wonder if you can use the wheel for boats and planes, tho it'll be odd for plane handling

You can, but it's super fucky for planes. Boats work fine.

I also played both betas, not the recent one, and wheel support was technically there but not really. So, unfortunately I'm as useful as a fart in a divers helmet when it comes to final release.

The FFB and DOR on the early betas was super bad.