1DOF rig & FFB joystick

Hello,

Happy to join here. Thanks for all guys who shared tips, knowlesge, SW and supporting this forum.
I already build up my first 1DOF motion simulator controlled my custom SW and SMC3 (Thank you).
Here is the link of my youtube.


I was also creatied analog gauge working on War Thuner game. I think I sould not go more detail because I think gauge is not your interest.

I am currently working to build Force Feedback rudder pedals and also working to upgrade my rig from 1DOF to 2DOF.

Best wishes!

@noorbeast Thanks for moving to the right place. Yes I will share my rig shortly.

Overview(PC and monitor is not included)
My rig is for flight sim and roll direction only.

Engine (60w DC motor and controller in white junk box)
My lift is shaked by 30cm aluminum arm.Current position is 15 cm away from motor axis.

BOM (Only for mortion simulator area and major parts only. I may missed something....)
1.Lift
φ28 x 900mm steel pipe x 4 (optionnal: +2 for enforcement)
φ28 x 600mm steel pipe x 10
φ28 x 200mm steel pipe x 2(optionnal: +1 for enforcement)
L shape metal joint x 8 (optionnal: +2 for enforcement)
T shape metal joint x 4 (optionnal: +4 and +1 extender metal joint for enforcement)
600x450 plywood x 2
2. Base
800mm 4080 aluminum frame x4
1100mm 4040 aluminum frame x4
4040 corner bracket x 12 (Optional: frame joint bracket x2)
M8 20mm Screw, M8 Spring nut, M8 spring and washer x 48(Optional: 24 for frame joint bracket)
3. Axis
swivel caster x2 (Need manual modification)
M6 x 50mm bolt and nut(PTFE or Teflon type is recommended) x 2
M6 spring nut x 8
M6 20mm Screw , M6 spring and washer x 8
4.Engine
DC 24V 60W motor with gear(XD4D60-24GN-21S) x1
Motor bracket x1
10mm shaft adapter x1
300mm 2020 aluminum frame x1
250mm m6 rod x1
m6 rod end and nut x2
Metal joint for panel mount x1
2020 corner bracket with screw x3
5. Controller
24V power supply x1
Motor driver BTS7960 x1
Arduino Nano x1
Magnetic rotally encorder AS5600 x1

I like how you have all the dials and switches. Which plane(s) do you have that setup for in War Thunder? Are you using SimTools 3 or SimTools 2 for your War Thunder setup?

Thanks for your comment.
I am playing Japan aviation such as a6m or ki61.Some analog gauge does not work if it does not exist in the WT cockpit.
I am not using SimTools yet, but using my custom powershell script.

I have posted movie to see how my rig moves.
The input signal was triangle, motion and square. These signal was produced from SMC3 tool (thank you).
You can check signal waves from SMC3 tool on top left.
Please allow her to hide some area of my room.

If someone interests my force feedback rudder pedals, please like this comment. Then I may open a new thread for it when I got may likes.
This FFB rudder pedals is not fully tested yet and not confirmed to work on my favorite War Thunder game. So I will need time.
(Update the link to Youtube.)

Very neat, it will be great, once finished, for WW2 flight games to really feel the push back from your rudder. With a FFB joystick you will have a ton of realism especially in VR. Good Job

The hardware side is pretty clear. You connect a geared DC motor to the pedals with a timing belt. Torque and thus force on the pedals is proportional to the current through the motor. But I'd really like to know how the software works. Is there some sort of standard (HID) for FFB devices? I can see a test panel where position and force is displayed. What software are you using?

Great setup man, dunno how Ive missed that thread. Love to flying zeros in WT as well LOVE IT

@Aerosmith Thanks for your question. The software I used is below.
https://github.com/ranenbg/Arduino-FFB-wheel
I upload one of firmware from it to my FFB controller and run 'DXTweak2.exe' tool which included in this repository. You can find it under 'FFB_misc_programs' folder if downloaded.

P.S. I read somewhere that this firmware is compatible with Thrustmaster FFB Wheel. But it did not work with War Thunder game. So I am working on developping a software which capture the game data and pass it to this firmware.

Thanks @Slawko . Hope we can meet in the sky in WT game.

@cstdarknight Yeah, I hope so. And I also believe this rudder pedals get some excesise for me to diet.

Sorry guyes not updating this thread for a long time.
I had been working on Force feedback rudder pedals, but I could not make it work.
I realized that I do not know well about FFB.
So I decided to build regular X-Y axis type of FFB joystick first and it done.

Here is a video.
First part, FFB effect was 100% and I needed both hand to control my air plane. Rest of the part, FFB effect was 50% and I could managed by single hand.
You can find my code in Git.
https://github.com/GNZ-3/ArduinoFFBJoystick

Here is a overview.

My design is to use geared DC motor and one axis motor is mounted on the other axis motor rod . You can see it right photo above. Pros vs Cons is below.

Pros:
1. No custom parts is needed (e.g. all parts can be purchased from Amazon.)
2. High torque / low power consumption
3. Easy to build
4. Cheep cost

Cons:
1. Not smart look. ( Y axis motor is visible.)
2. Some friction comes from gear (you can not move joystick so quickly)
3. Shorter lifetime
4. Difficulty to implement a movement limit
5. Play of gears for joystick movement.