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Alien spaceship simulator

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by Alejandro Luevano, Jan 20, 2015.

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Would you like to see this product on the market.

Poll closed Jan 29, 2015.
  1. yes

    14.3%
  2. No

    85.7%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Alejandro Luevano

    Alejandro Luevano New Member

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    Hi guys can you please watch my simulator video on YouTube is as three axis 360 degree motion and human flight simulator, read the description at the end of the video it is mind blowing to all the thngs it can do and the most amazing is that it will be able to simulate human flight, bow? well, you stand up inside the cupsule with your hands up secured with a special harness of course and the capsule rotates 180 degree at this point you are with your feet up and down you go from. the top of a skyscraper dodging thru buildings and all this level of realistic simulaton can only be acquired with three axis rotational systems because all the axis are moving in a synchronized movement but the prototype that you see on the video will not be the final product I am working on a very compact module.
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    prodigy Burning revs

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    Just to save people some time for searching the video, here it is:

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  3. shannonb1

    shannonb1 Well-Known Member

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    feels rather spammy
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  4. shannonb1

    shannonb1 Well-Known Member

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    So basically your are trying to replicaste this

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    shannonb1 Well-Known Member

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    so understanding that you would need to go above and below a person as well as to the side.....sitting down im say, 3 feet wide at 240lb....sitting height is like what 3.5 feet......standing im 5'10"...so this thing will have to be atelast what 8 feet tall? then remember its a circle....so it will have a radius of 4 feet in all directions atleast....so its 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide.......oh yeh, and you need motors and controlers....big motors...

    How are you going to make that compact and modular? And

    another video posted for scale...
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    shannonb1 Well-Known Member

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    ANother great view standing.....look how big it has to be due to the overlapping requirments

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    shannonb1 Well-Known Member

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    Here is another challenge for you......how you gonna run electronics?.....youre talking about a 10k atleast venture here...
  8. Alejandro Luevano

    Alejandro Luevano New Member

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    This is going to be fully controlled with a joystick not like gyroscopes that don't have control when spinning and yes my plans are to find investors.
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    and the rest in cost! Not to mention safety features......etc

    I recall a guy about 3 years ago popped up on the original forum and wanted to build one for under $1000 and use wiper motors.
    He didnt stay long.........
  10. shannonb1

    shannonb1 Well-Known Member

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    If you are looking to build something commercial grade and are looking for investors why are you here?
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    kickstarter is the best place to find investors
    there was another similar thing put up here a while back.
    It has also stalled I think.
    @dontcarefilmer is working on a code and using a small scale model to build and design something as well.
    If you are looking for commercial intentions, watch out for liability insurance
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  12. shannonb1

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    fully controled with a joystick?,....ok where are you going to put say....your monitor wires?.....or your HMD WIRES?....um,,,what you are building is a gyroscope.....with motors.....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope

    Whats your business plan? What does your prospectus show? Would love to hear about your long and short term revenue goals that you plan to present to investors..

    Hopefully they can help you get a new webcam
  13. Alejandro Luevano

    Alejandro Luevano New Member

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    Well, I am not in a harry I have all my life to do it
  14. Alejandro Luevano

    Alejandro Luevano New Member

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    Well, I am not in a harry I have all my life to do it
    I am not in a harry I have all my life to build it and I can't tell you all the technical details.
  15. bsft

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    Fair enough.
    I can understand the enthusiasm of a new idea and wanting to "test" the waters.
    The best place to find backers is kickstarter.
    Things like build details and software can be found and sorted here, but be prepared to get complicated.
    I am not going to dig through the threads, but at least 1-2 a year a similar thing pops up here.
    And oddly enough, the similar approach, a gyroscope style simulator.
    Straight up, good luck finding financial backing here.
    we all have our own intentions of "commercial" to some extent, be it free demos or business set up.
    Most of us are not really well off money wise, hence the DIY approach.
    If we had money, we would just go and buy commercial.
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    ok, so you say you need investors...but you have all your life to build it?.......called it spammie....poof goes the vapor
  17. Alejandro Luevano

    Alejandro Luevano New Member

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    Well if can't find investors I have to build it myself is a dream that I been working for about 10 years and I been working on all the electronic connections and the synchronized movement of all three axis to simulate all the maneuvers like when you are playing video games like ace combat, dog fight and many others and really be able to do evasive or pursuit maneuvers and rotate in any direction like in real life.
  18. Alejandro Luevano

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    Shannob1 I think you haven't watch the video on YouTube.
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    @dontcarefilmer is developing a scale model currently for himself

    http://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/prototype-pitch-roll-full-rotation.5804/
    Its going to be a HUGE sim once its done, not to mention expensive, many safety features have to be put in.
    @Alejandro Luevano , consider building a proper scale model first. You will need a proper working code for control and have to show many safety features before most people will hand over their money to your project if you wish to commercialise it
    I do recall at least one 360 deg sim company , cannot remember whom, closed up because of a law suit against them from someone whom purchased their product, but didn't use the safety harnesses, hence hurting themselves.
    Nothing wrong with the idea, but as said, either get a proper working model going and then come back to us or put it on kickstarter.
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  20. noorbeast

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    The idea looks like a replication of this spherical 360 sim:

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