Start of my 2DOF simulator.

I am using two wheel chair motors.
Arduino with Monster Moto Shield.
Extruded Aluminum.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/xA4P1PPXdaCP5P9f7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/77ZGAm5GS8mPhmmv7




I have a steel frame made with a seat and my steering wheel but plan on rebuilding it out of the extruded aluminum.

Looking for some advice... I am using the MotoMonster shield which is 16v... I cant seem to find a 16v power supply. I would use a 12v power supply but the motors I am using have brakes built in and in order to disengage the brakes it needs 16v or greater. Should I ditch the MM shield and go with something that can handle 24v?

remove the brakes - you should not need them

consider raising the motors up a bit so you can get longer crank arms fitted

I did remove the brakes right after I posted haha... as far as longer arms how long should the arms be do you think 6 inches, 8 inches, 10 inches? I am 3d printing arms right now just for testing but will hopefully get them laser cut out of steel once everything is fitted and set up properly.

Has anyone used this ... turns out my moto monster shield was bad only 1 motor goes both directions the other one only goess one direction

The link was very useful, thank you very much, and I want to ask you a question, I already looked at several publications but I'm stuck in the .ino for the arduino, I don't know if I'm already dizzy or what the problem is but I don't know where to download it, and the doubt bigger is if I have to load the .ino in my arduino and to do so pay a license and the same with Sim Tools. Thanks for the help. The software is complicated for me, otherwise I already have everything.
The link was very useful, thank you very much, and I want to ask you a question, I already looked at several publications but I'm stuck in the .ino for the arduino, I don't know if I'm already dizzy or what the problem is but I don't know where to download it, and the Biggest question is if I have to load the .ino in my arduino and to make it pay a license and the same with Sim Tools. Thanks for the help. The software is complicated for me, otherwise I already have everything

I got my chair up and running but am having a weird issue where i almost complete a lap in LFS and one of my motors just shuts down. So I have a few questions...

Does the max limits in SMC3 matter? For example is my chair hitting the limit and shutting down that motor?

Every time I edit the LFS profile do I have to uninstall and reinstall the patch? Reason I ask is if I set everything to zero and just have pitch going it seems like its still making all the other motions.

Last question I would like to get the simchair working with beamng whats my next steps? Get my free license and then download the BeamNG.drive plugin?

Thank you so much for the response that will make tuning a lot easier. Im starting to think i am having a thermal shutdown issue if i feel the motor driver it is very hot. It also kills the motor random for example I was on a straight away and one of the motors just quit. Not sure what to do I could add some heatsinks and a fan and see if it corrects the issue or buy a bulkier motor driver just not sure what would be a good one.

checkout my 6dof build - the drivers I use have been very reliable

I have everything below set to 0 but my chair is still moving is it because on the main tab I have that at 50? I am trying to get more sway when I turn but its hard to adjust when the chair is moving every direction lol.