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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>
To: "Greg Meyers" <advo@comcast.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] cockpit design and layout OT
> Greg--
> There are no "right" dimensions. Every car situation is different, every
> driver is different. In general give yourself as much space to start as
you
> can afford. You can always adjust the seat inward. Make sure you have
the
> rule book for whatever the applicable racing organization in front of you.
> Much of the layout will depend on safety considerations like protecting
> various parts of your bod. This gets a lot of "ink" in LSR forums.
> Remember you have to be able to see and/or reach all the controls and
> instruments. Oh yeah, and the course ahead.
>
> If you're any good at drawing to scale get yourself a positionable human
> figure drawing template. Google search "Alvin TD1735BG Human Figure" for
> sources of one example. Cost is less than $10.00. Then you can draw the
> rough dimensions of the car components like seat, steering wheel and
pedals
> in side view profile in a scale drawing. These figure templates range
> around 1/8 or 1/10 scale an usually represent the statistical average
human
> figure dimensions.
>
> OK, you say your driver in not that average size? Go find a copier
(Kinkos)
> to scale the pieces up or down. Cut them out, paste them to pieces of
this
> cardboard (like cereal boxes) put them together with pins at the joints
and
> set them down on the drawing.
> While at kinkos make some copies of your scale drawings of car components
> and glue them to cardboard shapes. That way you can move them around also
> on the drawing of the car frame.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Meyers" <advo@comcast.net>
> To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:57 PM
> Subject: [Land-speed] cockpit design and layout OT
>
>
> > While we're on the general topic, does anyone have a good source for
> general
> > guidelines on cockpit design? I mean like measurements from seat to
> > firewall, seat back angles, distance from shoulder to steering
wheel.....
> > I'm designing a vehicle from the ground up which will be used for
driving
> > twisty roads. It will use the turbocharged flathead six XO motor we
raced
> on
> > the salt last year (land speed content).
> > Thanks
> > Greg
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