2Dof DIY Seat mover + Race/Flight Rig

This is a project I decided to do quite some time but I started just a month ago

My plan was to make a seat mover similar to the Dof Reality M2 and attach it to rig
I have little space in my room so it must be compact

I had a previous Rig with an office chair attach to it, but was unconfortable after 30 min of use and it was a little bit longer than what I needed

So my new rig must be shorter, more confortable (if I can) and I decided to build my own seat mover

I made a 3D reference model to take some measures and visualize how will it look

And I started making the M2-like seat mover with some square tubing, metal angular bar, lots of welding and a universal joint

For the motors I will use some wiper motors as apparently they can do the job, if not I will do some modifications for now and maybe later I can buy more strong motors



I remove all unnecesary parts to make them look clear

And i paint them in black just because

I didn't install them yet because I must to some kind of attachable supports but I'm currently working on it

For the rest of the rig I did it modular because if I need to add parts or modify something it's easier to just screw/unscrew the part i need

First I made the frame based on my 3D model measures

This frame (now) holes for ajusting the pedals/steering wheel distance from the seat

For the steering wheel i made 2 columns (I don't know how to call them) to ajust the distance and height

And to attach the steering wheel a little bit stylish structure that was harder than I though



For the seat mover part I attach my gaming chair using the ajustable rails of a car seat and the car seat is my new pc chair, this is because the gaming chair is lighter



and for now it looks like this



I use some metal wires to secure the chair while I work in the motors support

I have more footage but I want to make maybe a video of the process if it works fine

And one more thing, I must see how I can attach this H-shifter and HOTAS to my rig because I want to make something versatile, a unique simulator that I can use to cars and spaceships, I play usually assetto corsa/competizione, project cars and Elite Dangerous


And I have some transducers for rumble, that's the easy part so I don't have pictures yet but I must test if I use metal or wood for better results

That's all for now

I can take any suggestions or if something is wrong, let me now what do you think xD

You have a point, I don't know exactly where I'm gonna put those motors, depending of its performance but if those motors doesn't work for a compact rig I will use them temporary in their optimal location while I get better ones

This is what Iwas working these days

A structure to attach my wiper motors toy rig
Theorically both are the same
But in practice one have more torque than the other at least when they are shutdown

This is how it looks like


I have to test them first to really know how they perfom

I had an idea
I don't know much about dampering
And I didn't test those motors yet
But in case they aren't strong enough, is it possible to use some springs or bungee cord or something to reduce the torque the motors need to?

That's just what I wanted to read XD
I was overthinking yesterday about this possibility

The seat was balanced with me on it, so theorically i should be able to add some kind of springs/bungee cord/whatever I find to aid the motors

Anyway XD I though I had a monster motoshield... but no... So i have to order it, I don't know how many amps this wiper motors use and I have a 5-36v 2A motor controller but I'm pretty sure is not enough, my motors are apparently 12v and that's all the information I have

Ok XD I test the apparently "weaker" motor with my brother (which weights less arround 10kg less than me) and the motor can push him up without any problem so.. maybe my this will work better than expected (I need to secure my motors supports correctly first to test them better because they are held together with just a single screw right now)

I'm using wiper motor and a 12v30amp PSU, and there is no way my rig could move with me (72 Kg) on it, cause even now with a shoulder mount style, the motor still struggle. you realy need to test it in game to be sure it is enough caus if you just try it with the motor spinning, you don't really know, the most demanding is when you roll rapidly from on direction to the other and the back to the center position, my 2motor get stuck on the low position when doing such ! but it may be my motor also, so it depends ....