Seating positions
Seating positions
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205alive

Original Poster:

6,087 posts

197 months

Tuesday 6th August 2013
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I thought this might be the best place to ask questions regarding vehicle design - specifically, does anyone have any links to any illustrations of low level seating positions in various kit/sports cars?

I've done a google image search but can't really find what I'm looking for, other than a pretty extreme F1 seat position - the remainder seem to be fairly run of the mill.

What I suppose is needed is a side view of a driver seated low with arms and legs in a relevant and ergonomically correct driving position.

Any pointers, please?

FlossyThePig

4,138 posts

264 months

Tuesday 6th August 2013
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Is this the sort of thing?

Drawn by Gordon Murray as part of the plans for his Alfasud powered Midas.

Stuart Mills

1,208 posts

227 months

Tuesday 6th August 2013
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chris7676

2,685 posts

241 months

Tuesday 6th August 2013
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Stuart Mills said:
Struggling to reach the steering wheel as per the picture is not a great idea.

Anyway, it's a bit pointless to ask what you are asking, as it will always be person-specific (legs, arms, height, etc). You need to put your seat into your car and see where you want to be before fixing it.

205alive

Original Poster:

6,087 posts

197 months

Wednesday 7th August 2013
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Thanks for the suggestions - I actually got something from Recaro, although the seating position wasn't suited I was able to take the illustration in to photoshop and adjust angles to suit.

It's not actually for an existing build, I just needed a ready made figure to drop into an illustration.

But again, thanks all.

205alive

Original Poster:

6,087 posts

197 months

Wednesday 7th August 2013
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FlossyThePig said:
Is this the sort of thing?
Incidentally, yep that was exactly the thing.