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The Seat:
So for this project I reused an extra racing seat I had from a set I got to put together the force feedback racing simulator project. The nice thing about these racing seats is they are surprisingly light weight. A bucket style seat will cost about 50.00 USD. There are also formed plastic gokart seats that would work equally as well but cost about the same to a little more.
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Steel:
For this project we used some simple 1X square tube I had laying around. One nice thing about this project is its as simple as possible for new builders by making this without any angled cuts.
Cut List:
1 – 6 ft length
1 – 4 ft length
1 – 5 ft length
2 – 1 ft length
1 – 3 inch length |
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Tires:
The tires for this project we picked up on sale at harbor freight for 4.00 USD each. These are simple 10 inch pneumatic tires with a knobby tread. As I am using this in a salt flat type scenario I would have picked up smooth tires if they were cost effective. .
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Steering:
I picked up a set of brackets for go-cart steering from eBay for this project. I had to modify them slightly to get the optimal steering rotation out of them I wanted. But as a set of them set me back only 25.00 USD it really was worth the time savings. |
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The Kite:
The kite I picked out for this project is a beginner 2 meter parafoil style kite by slingshot. I have to admit I really love this kite. It has a great power capability in moderate wind and scares the hell out of me in high wind. Like I said though, this is a “beginner” kite. They make lots bigger ones for sure! |
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Nuts and Bolts:
The easiest way to make the free spinning axels for out rear tires was to get some 8 inch long bolts and washers that matched the inner diameter of the barring in wheels we picked up and cut off the heads. Then we took the bolt shafts and welded them into the ends of the tubes. |
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Tools that we used ( i.e. you may want to use as well )
One note on power tools: use them at your own risk. Be sure to read and understand any and all documentation on the tools you use. No amount of documentation can make up for experience, but there are many people with serious eye injuries from the school of hard knocks. If you don't know what you are doing, don't do it, and find someone that can help.
Screwdrivers
Pliers
Razor
Drill
Welding Rig |
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