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FREX Sim3Pedal V2 Unveiled

Posted on February 2nd, 2013 in Hardware 7 Comments

FREX Sim3Pedal V2 Unveiled

FREX has unveiled their brand new Sim3Pedal V2 set, successor to their old pedal set that goes back all the way to the year 2000.

As usual, FREX is cutting no corners as the new set is highly adjustable and comes with advanced features such as pedal vibration, simulated clutch feel and much more as listed below.

Features

  • Aluminum strong stiff and durable construction
  • Hydraulic Brake system with real hydraulic pressure sensor
  • Newly developed Liner Contactless Hall effect sensor on Throttle and Clutch
  • Brake maximum foot pressure can be set up to 100kg foot force
  • Vibration brake at setup pressure
  • Clutch diafram spring simulated clutch feel
  • Adjustable spring tensions
  • Adjustable free play distance of brake pad against rotor
  • Adjustable brake feel street to race
  • Adjustable height of pedal
  • Adjustable pedal travel
  • Adjustable pedal angle
  • Adjustable pedal to pedal distance
  • Auto fill brake fluid from reservoir

The set sells for around 800 Euros as the Euro to Japanese YEN conversion is currently very favorable for buyers from outside of Japan.

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  • Niels Heusinkveld

    Well 138.000 yen is still 1109 euro, not 800!

  • Niels Heusinkveld

    Well, 138000 yen is still 1109 euro!

  • http://s1.zetaboards.com/SimSkinsByDen/index/ PetrolheadDen

    Pretty.

  • Anonymous

    if you look at all the materials that have put this together, i cannot see how it could possibly be more than £100, just for the metal materials. More like £50 even. The hydraulic gear – maybe another £100?

    I doubt the material cost for all of this cannot be more than £200. Labour to put it all together, maybe 3-4 hours? Tooling and forming, another 8 hours maybe? ANd thats being generous, they are using 80/20 for the base and its not exactly bespoke die cast metal.

    Sorry it just is not worth 800 euros. It just isn’t. They are probably making 50% margin on this.

  • Anonymous

    Neils, do think your pedals could offer the same type of ‘performance’ and acuracy? Thanks for any insight and opinion you can share. You are highly respected!

  • Niels Heusinkveld

    Asking a guy if his products are better than the others isn’t generally a good idea! :-) But since you asked, I’ll give you my opinion.

    I don’t like the lack of consistency in the design. Some home depot type brackets, some 80/20 aluminium profile, and some custom bits, three types / colours of bolts.. Subjectively the look is a bit messy, tiny springs that have gone off center..

    ARC had pedals up to 85kg, but they weren’t 85kg. I can’t tell if these are 100kg, but it is easy to forget about leverage and motion ratios. Before you know it the foot force is 50kg to get a sensor force of 100kg.

    I’m no fan of hydraulic brakes. Sure real brake systems are hydraulic, but the pedal feel depends on the pedal itself, master cylinders, length of tubing, type of tubing, flex of caliper/pad.. Some small some large effects but not the same as attaching a master cylinder and a tube to a pedal. My progressive rubber ‘stack’ is not perfect either but is easily adjustable and far more adjustable than hydraulic systems. I can go from 20 to 60mm pedal hardness in a minute by changing some rubbers and washers.

    I have no experience with hall sensors. I am wary of possible linearity problems, but perhaps there is a way to use these sensors and get good linearity. With load cells I’m guaranteed of good linearity and accuracy so I went that way.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you so much Niels. Exactly what I had wanted to know.

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