Showroom 2dof foot mount sim powered by 12v Electric Jacks

It is really weird, here, a 12v 150W dc gear motor costs U$S300 (plus U$S300 on tax and shipping), while in Ebay costs U$S100 or less, and a 2ton 12v 120/150Watts jack here costs U$S40 and in Ebay no less than U$S70.
Even I can get a good 50:1 gearbox for U$S100 to attach to this jacks and get a geared motor for U$S140.

Is it possible you can do a side video, say of just the front end of the sim, maybe a rally game run, example, Dirt2, Dirt3, that would show how well they could perform under really harsh motion.

No problem, I will do it tomorrow.

@mariano68 , so it looks something like this, where you can see how well they move

Let me meet my camera director to see if we can make it that way
I have to learn how to make a video with screen capture and embedded web camera, because the motors and the monitor are at the same place, side by side and it would be impossible with just one camera.

Sorry, I didnt mean that specific, I was just suggesting something. Im a stupid sod.
Ive used OBS software for mirroring a dash display from the main screen to a smaller screen. As the software is free, you need to run the game in a window, which may affect frame rates on screen. However, the software does work well

It took me 3 hours to understand how to record the rift and Dirt rally at the same time, and get in the road as much as possible to get a semi decent video (the driving is awful, but it was a lot worst than that...). So, this is the best I can do for you today @bsft

It looks like to be on the Ujoint itself, but I have to check better.
I'm using a 45mm lever.
Also, can be that the 1,2 meter long lever from motors to Ujoint is putting too much force on that point. Anyway, I can feel every detail and I had to lower the forces to not rumble that much over details on asfalt, so, it works fine.
In the "to do list"
-get a ujoint from a rear transmission.
-Get a good seat with seat belt.
-Keep thinking in my next sim

I did a new video dedicated to @bsft , pure furious electric jack power! Dirt rally off road to see jack performance over terrain changes.
I'm uploading it right now, soon in a forum near you!

Good stuff @mariano68 , looks like they are working well. Now I see what you did and my mistake, I thought you left the "jack" part on, but you removed it in favour of a lever. Sorry, Ididnt see that in the beginning. Well done on the video and thanks man. It looks good.
Yes , maybe a proper uni joint is needed, and fiddle with profiles for sure.
I just looked up the jacks on ebay, about $75 each here in Australia.
I may buy one for checking out though, to see what gear ratio it has on it now and potentially how much it could lift.
Interesting find and well done for implementing.

Thank you @bsft !
Gear ratio is about 50:1, 12v and a max 15A in the 2ton jacks.
Now the video, lever behaviour over ice:

Wow, that looks really good, very twitchy! Fantastic, I may have to place an order for a pair of those.
Cheers for the video, it really does show what they can do.
Dave.

Yeah!, and they are feeded with less than 12v as SMC3 settings:


Maybe, it would be nice to see the car jacks added to the faq as another motor alternative to the wipers.

I take it they are already earth isolated then?

Yes, they are already isolated.

Well the price is right and hopefully they are available as much if not more than PGsaw motors, then with a bit of modding, yes, a good alternative to wipers. Considering how much those damn things cost. Wipers that is.