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My Custom 6 DOF VR Rig for Microsoft Flight Simulator

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by Flying Pete, Dec 5, 2021.

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  1. smitty

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    this manual goes to Pn270

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    smitty, Jan 11, 2022
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  2. cfischer

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    This is great. Thanks for the far better manual!
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  3. Dirty

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    What a joy to read!!! I do love a good slice of 6 dimensional space in the morning. :)

    No, seriously: Great work! I have tried to calculate a slice of a 6D hyperbody and evetually admitted defeat. I had to settle for a numerical solution. So far, only for linear actuators...

    I will definitely be watching here :thumbs
    Dirty, Jan 3, 2023
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  4. Dirty

    Dirty Well-Known Member Gold Contributor

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    I had a very similar motivation to write my own custom solution too! :) I really like that attitude of yours. :thumbs

    In the meantime FS2020 has gotten a few bugs fixed so at least the data that is available for export is now correct and the proper accelerations can be calculated from there. I did it for my own software, and to the best of my knowledge Mover also provides the correct data.

    The collision detection thing is on my agenda as well. However, I will have to settle for a simplified solution, because I can't possibly modell my U-joints mathmatically. I also want to check for collisions between the upper frame and the actuators, but that hinges around how closely I can modell my upper frame :)

    Awsome project!
    Dirty, Jan 3, 2023
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  5. Gadget999

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    Good Job :)

    is there somehwere i can research the maths to do this ?
    Gadget999, Jan 4, 2023
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  6. Dirty

    Dirty Well-Known Member Gold Contributor

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    For the numerical solution? I saw a video on marching cubes that I drew some inspiration from. I don't know if there are any tutorials out there for the general case.

    For the 6DOF Stewart-platform specific case you can take a look at my git repo, but it only generates 2D slices of the 6D shape. The translatoric operating space is relatively easy to calculate, I gave up on the rotations though :)
    Bildschirmfoto 2019-03-29 um 14.43.53.png Workspace lateral.png
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    Dirty, Jan 4, 2023
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    Is your motion cueing software open source? Could I get a copy of the source code?
    GTakacs, Sep 1, 2024
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  8. mafli

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    Dear @Flying Pete,
    congratulations to your sim project!

    I really like that you used alu construction parts instead of welding.

    May I ask if the construction is still working fine and if you would modify anything if you would need to build it again?

    Thank you for your feedback.
    mafli, Nov 8, 2024
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  9. Dirty

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    It is! I opened up the source recently:
    https://github.com/Dirt-e/YAME

    It's a WPF application written in C#. I initially used the MVVM priciple, but have eventually abandoned that.
    Cheers.... :)
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    Dirty, Nov 8, 2024
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