Steering and Seating

Steering column, rudder cables and a throttle on the steering wheel, then the seat, dash and bulkhead.

  1. Part 1

    Building the steering column

    I finally come up with a plan that I think will work for my steering, the assembly I have made from 2 bearings, a bit of...

    6 photos
  2. Part 2

    Hooking up the rudder cables

    I have both cables mounted now and they are working correctly together, there is almost 180 degrees rotation of the steering shaft from lock to lock....

    5 photos
  3. Part 3

    F1 style throttle on the steering wheel

    For the throttle set up I've gone with this arrangement, similar concept to how the formula 1 car guys do it with their gear changing in...

    6 photos
  4. Part 4

    Starting the seat and dash

    As I mentioned in the previous page I've decided to start building a 3/4 length seat and when I work out the final position of the...

    5 photos
  5. Part 5

    Dash, parcel tray and the mid bulkhead

    Here clearly shows that I have only built 3/4 of the seat in length, and I'm now thinking that it worked out good because the fuel...

    6 photos
  6. Part 6

    Seat side air vents and bulkhead mesh

    You can see what I mean here about the last 140mm of the seat sides, I angled them like that so that hopefully they have more...

    3 photos