No mate..not DOA, works a treat (or will when finally in place lol)
First issue was the chap who was buying my GT Omega pulled out, after I had bought my new OMP seat (pretty bit frustrating)..
Then the framework which I bought secondhand as a part of a bundle from the chap I got the actuators from is not not enough framework for a complete cockpit so I had an dilemma. Bin it and start again, which would have been £250 down the drain (just the aluminium) or think again. It's Frex profile so I didn't just want to buy something else and mix n match..
So last night, I took it apart, built an 18mm MDF based with 44mmx44mm frame
and fitted the GT Omega frame to it but that didn't work either (after another 2am finish). In practice it may work but the seat is adjustable so not really gonna work as well as a rigid seat anyway..
Anyway...to cut a boring story short...currently I'm back on the OMP (blue seat).
The plan now is to fix the actuators to the MDF base, probably using some kind of dampening, and the universal joint will also bolt straight to the MDF which will free up sme of the aluminium frame to finish the cockpit.
I do wish I hadn't started this and just left my rig as it was and bought a simxperience starter kit or something.
The upside will be that having a solid MDF raised base means I have all the space in the world to play with tactile units
This morning I sprayed the universal joint to tidy it up...and this evening after work I'll be mounting the UJ to the base and seat and will be ready to start fine tuning dampening options. Then I'll be looking at the options for front cockpit for wheel/pedals. At the moment the front half of the GT Omega is still in place
I'm going to give myself a good week or so to take this at a slow pace..I just miss my race fix every night
Once it's all done and I'm happy, I'll strip it back and do the finishing touches like carpeting the base etc