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I did my own wheelbase

Discussion in 'DIY peripherals' started by Eyadserry, Nov 2, 2024.

  1. Eyadserry

    Eyadserry New Member

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    Well, I built my own wheel base but the enclosure is made out of wood so it looks pretty bad so any ideas on what material should I use would be helpful and if you have photos I would appreciate uploading them IMG_20241013_082952.jpg IMG_20241013_082959.jpg IMG_20241013_082944.jpg IMG_20241013_083005.jpg IMG_20241013_082915.jpg IMG_20241013_082910.jpg
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    It looks like the box could be slimmed down a bit vertically.

    If it works OK and you want a cheap aesthetic fix then enclose the wooden box and cover the box with heat shrink carbon fiber film.
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    I think this is a good idea,
    What if I want something cleaner and more expensive ?( More professional )
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    Yeah by the way
    You are a moderator so is there is section for diy steering wheel I only found 3D printed and diy motion stuff
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    There is this section for peripherals and another thread section dedicated to direct drive wheels.
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    Thwere is adhesive film with any color and structure available. Wood, marble, metal... Google "d-c-fix" but there are many other brands.

    BTW, why does everybody build FFB wheels with two motors? Because Logitec also uses two? But look at the gear ratio! The big toothwheel on the output shaft is around 20 times bigger than the tiny pinion on the motor shaft. That large gear ration contributes much more to the torque than the two motors.
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    I used two because I couldn't find the motor I was looking for so I bought two other motors to have higher torque without losing the RPM
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    If you run them in parallel on the same driver you actually don't get twice the torque because each motor runs only on half the current. Connecting them in series would double the torque.

    RPM is no issue. The motor can run multiple 1000RPM. Turning the wheel manually >100RPM is hard.
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    They are already in series
    About the RPM the motor is only 100rpm so if I wanted to double the torque it would be 50 rpm only so that's why I used two motors
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    Only 100RPM? Then the can in front of the motor (1/3 of the length) is a gearbox? Ok, I've overlooked that, sorry. Then your setup is nearly perfect.
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    Yeah it's a gearbox, no need to apologize.
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    Hello there for the material instead of wood is acrylic panels stacked one over the other it's pretty strong that way.
    On behalf of anyone's interest on this post I would like to ask some questions.
    1.What did it cost (roughly).
    2. Any heating issue with motor or bts driver if it does how soon ?
    3.Which software are you using ?
    4. What motors are you using and combined how much torque does it give to the wheel for ffb?(ps if you don't know how to calculate torque send the gear ratio and motor specs)
    5. Electornic Schematic for this wheelbase
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    1. Around 150 USD you would say just but g29 but he g29 in my country is around 300 USD( due to the inflation)

    2. I usually just play for 1 or maybe 2 hours I don't face any heating problem but one time I was with my cousins so we played on it for about 6 hours straight at that point I used the fans it made the motors and the motor driver very cold

    3. EMC utility lite but planning on changing to ranenbg ( you can find it on gethub)
    The reason I find ranenbg's more you could say advanced like the moza software you can control everything but EMC there's only few things that you can control

    4.about the Nm I used two 24 kg.cm motors or 2.35Nm with 1:1 ratio so total of 48 kg.cm or 4.7 Nm ( planning on changing the whole motors in the future to make it DD )

    5. It depends on what software are you going to use , for EMC FFB_Circuit_Diagram.jpg

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    Oh nice this might be the best budget working wheel out there
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