Showroom 6DOF Prototype

Hello,

I have been wanting to fly my own plane since a long time. But I am only 15, therefore am underage to fly a plane.

I wanted to feel the experience of flying my own plane therefore a simulator was what I needed to build. I could fly and feel the vibes of flight.

Project Introduction:

When I brought up the Idea with my parents, they said that I had to build a prototype first before I build a full scale model. The small scaled model was to demonstrate the different elements of physics that are involved in this simulator.

Here is how the final design looks like:


This design uses 6 motors to produce 6 Directions of Freedom. The six directions of freedom are Pitch, Roll, Yaw, Heave, Sway, SwingThis is a really basic design and in no way does it show the final design. This design is used to understand the basics and it costs less than $50 to make. Below I will explain the different components that are involved.

Base:

There were 4 bases cut out, 2 for the top and 2 for the bottom. The reason for this will be explained later. The material of the base, are Acrylic, which was sanded and cut by hand using sandpaper and a Hexo blade. You can find the layout these designs by contacting me (because I can't post links from outside and it doesn't support Auto cad formats). The upper base has slightly more length than the bottom, so that it joints tightly with the top.

Connections/Joints:


In my opinion, this is the most important section, because this is where the true creativity comes out. I will start explaining from the bottom of the structure. The main connector that connects the top to the bottom is a plastic piece (picture 2) with two holes on either side of it. The Plastic connector is connect by screw to the Servo arm, and the Servo arm fits just on top of the Motor axel (As seen in the First pic). Then the top is connected by a piece of firm wire. As you can see in picture 3 and 5. The hole on the upper side of the plastic connecter has a firm wire going through it and between the two upper base plates. As I just explained, the two of each base was created so that we could sandwich the motors at the bottom and then we could sandwich the wires at the top. This was so that we did not need to buy a ball and socket connecter that we had thought of buying. The wires are not the best of solutions, but it will do for now.

Processing:
The whole project was based on Arduino and a code will be produced to work along with SimTools as well.

Updates will be continually posted on this page.