So, I'm preparing my Locost to be a future autonomous vehicle by setting it up with driving shoes. I figure they aught to know how to drive, right?
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Actually, what I'm doing is re-thinking my pedal arrangement. The gas pedal didn't work out. It took up too much space. So, I resized and re-spaced by pedal arrangement using my driving shoes, the narrowest shoes I have, with them being a reality check on what I lay out.
I think I have a new arrangement that will work.
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What's going on is this. The very dark, black line under the blue painter's tape is the "fall line" for the face of the pedals. So , if you put a line straight down from the curved pedal face, and tangent to it, it would strike the black line.
The blue tape represents the pedal width, and the free space between the pieces of tape, is the actual spacing between them. I wish the pedals could be wider, but I need the spacing bewteen them to avoind hitting 2 pedals at once.
The red ink trace is the widest part of the right or left shoe if the ball of the foot is centered on the pedals indicated. Obviously, my feet won't be flat on the floorboards, but this gives me a way to visualize where they will be in 3-space while driving.
The second, light black line at the rear edge of the wood is my heel line. I.e., the place where my heel will strike when the ball of my foot is on the pedal while driving. I'll likely put an adjustable heel rest into the car attached to the 16 gauge undertray.
The accelerator pedal arrangement looks too close to the brake, but I'm putting a vertical plate on the pedal so I can jamb the sole of my shoe all the way right when I switch off the brake. I think I'll be OK. Those are "famous last words", right? It will be close!
Now I'm off to do the accelerator pedal rework and create the mounting bracketry.
Cheers,