New Pedal Box

[voucht]

Hello everyone,
I've kept it a little bit secret for one month now, as I wanted to finish it before showing it and I was note sure I could go to the end . I've actually redrawn the pedal box of the book, and now it is finished. Of course, I got a lot of inspirations from the pedal box of the book, and from other existing pedal boxes, but my idea was: why cutting new plates, order them laser-cut, when at this stage of the building, we have so much left overs of tubes. And why not using the leftovers of 20mm round section tube instead of a 28mm for the pivot of the pedals? Furthermore, the position of the driver in the Roadster is closer to a single seater than to a sedan. So why not having a single seater-like pedal box, with square tubular section pedals in a vertical position? of course, this gave a lot of changes in the geometry and I had to adapt every single element of the pedal box to this new design. But it was passionating to do it, and now the pedal box actually exists .
Here are a few pics. All the details and a lot of other pictures on my blog. Unfortunately, I haven't written the “English subtitles” yet, but they are coming. Anyway, hopefully pictures are talking by themselves (or you can practice your French )

http://vouchtroadster.blogspot.se/20...edal-box1.html

All comments are welcome !
Thank you.
Sylvain

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[HandyAndy]

Sylvain
That is very nice indeed
I like the adjustability you have built into it

very nice work

cheers
andy

[twinturbo]

Neat Idea, Less chance of flex on the pedal which is a known issue.

It would be good to have the full guide in the amendments section.

the roadster is a bit like "OpenSource" software in the computer world, where people contribute to the further improvement and advancement of the design.

TT

[K4KEV]

HASTA LA VISTA .....BABY.....built for Arnie
innovation dude ....nice one Sylvain.

[voucht]

Thank you for the comment Andy, very nice to hear, especially from you
TT, yes, I'm all for Open Source softwares and I'm a big defender of them (I used Blender 3D and Inkscape to draw the pedal box), and I like this conception applied to the Roadster. So yes, of course I'll share the design (if people are interested ?). I'll prepare a file with all the specs of the pedal box, and we'll see with you guys and the moderators if we put it in the amendments section, as I think it is more than an amendment because all the dimensions change with the straight pedal arms.
Ah ah ah Kev, yes, heavy duty Terminator thingy : you can drive it with your Steel Toe Dr Marteens shoes ! Thanks mate

[mgglep]

Hi there this looks good, this solves the problem that i faced which was cutting the 5mm plates for the pedals neatly without the use of heavy machinery