In this tutorial you will learn how to modify an RC Car to enhance the experience of driving it. You will build a cockpit, housing controller, using VR camera and goggles, and modifying RC car and controller. Simulate the real-life feeling of being the driver of your own race car by just sitting down.

Step 1: Components

Redcat racing RC car
Fatshark VR goggles with camera
Redcat racing controller
Steering wheel
Seat
MDF plywood
20k ohm potentiometers (2)
Metal pole
Fischertechnik gears
Screws
Electrical wire
Housing for the controller
Batteries

Step 2: Tools

Measuring Tape
Vernier Caliper
Battery Charger
Soldering Iron
Multimeter
Laptop
Solidworks
Power Drill
Plyers
Filers
Sharpie or some kind of marking tool
Center punch
Saw
Wire cutters
Tape
3-D printer

Step 3: Cockpit

Obtain the piece of wood and mark the wood according to the cuts needed. (the size of the wood is relative to the size of the wood is relative to the size cockpit the use is constructing)
Use measuring tape to measure how long the wood should be cut
Cut the side panels of the board
Cut the front and back boards of the cockpit
Cut the flooring for the cockpit
Cut boards to attach to the bottom of the floor
Cut the platform board and the support platform boards
Use a power drill with the relative drill bit size
Use 3/4" screws to bolt into the wood

Step 4: Housing Controller

Measure the dimensions of the individual parts
3-D modeled the controller mechanism to hold the controller and batteries
Modeled the steering mechanism that would translate to the potentiometer
Modeled the lower bottom of the box and the roof of the box
3-D print the parts
Polish the parts to make it smooth
Attach the hinges onto the housing

Step 5: VR Camera and Goggles

Charge batteries of camera and goggles
Turn on the camera
Turn on goggles
Find the correct signal that connects the camera to the goggles

Step 6: RC Car and Controller

Charge batteries of RC car and controller
Take out the controlling components of the controller
Separate the accelerating and steering potentiometers
Unsolder the wires of the original potentiometers
Switch the original potentiometers with 25k ohm potentiometers
Resolder the electrical wires to the new potentiometers
Reattach the two potentiometers to its respective translating mechanisms (1 for the steering wheel and 1 for the accelerating trigger)
Attach the steering wheel to pole and attach respective mechanisms to the pole

Step 7: Camera Mount

We made a Camera mount using a 3D modeling program called SolidWorks. This camera mount was designed to be able to incorporate the camera, transmitter, and the arduino nano board.