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Discussion in 'New users start here - FAQ' started by fermevc, Jun 20, 2009.

  1. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    That it is great that you solved it @lujanie but please do start your own thread here for building related questions: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-building-q-a-faq.31/

    Or here to create your own project thread: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    The welcome thread is not the place for it.
  2. Butch

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    Hi, my name is Stefan.
    I live in Belgium. I am passionate about the flight simulation for many years .
    I started a 2DOF simulator that I would like to work with SimTools for games like Elite Dangerous or FSX.
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  3. Blame73

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    welcome @Butch, we'd like to see your rig. Start a new thread and show us!
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  4. Pianocktail

    Pianocktail New Member

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    Hi, another new member from Sweden here.

    I'm looking to build a 2DOF platform. So far I'm mostly gathering materials, lurking this forum and brushing up on my stick welding.

    I'm going to start off with a small model like @insanegr 's to make sure I'll be able to handle the software side of things (I'm a mech engineer so that isn't my strong suit).

    Eventually I hope to use the simulator for Dirt Rally and RBR in VR with motion cancellation. I'm optimistic about HTC's Vive for this but I'm in no rush so if I have to wait longer for a system that supports this, then so be it.

    There's a lot of inspiring stuff on here. Thanks for all the great content guys!
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  5. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Pianocktail, you sound like you already have a pretty good plan on where your project is headed.

    Please do start your own build thread and ask questions as they come up, it is a really active community here.
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  6. Mo165

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    Hi my name is Moritz an im from Austria.
    I want to build a 2DOF sim.
    I have already designed the frame and want to buy a steering wheel.
    I will makesome pictures for you to see how i get forward.
    This page give me a lot of information for my project!


    Thanks to everyone!;)
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  7. MiNeM

    MiNeM ..........

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    Hi my name is Werner from Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Busy getting my 3DOF Motion Sim up and running and hopefully working soon :)
  8. Historiker

    Historiker Dramamine Adict Gold Contributor

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    Welcome MiNeM,

    I saw that you created a post introducing yourself, please post information there with any questions that you might have about your new project.

    I look forward to seeing what you develop.

    Please be careful not to spam the forums in order to quickly gain coins for download. This might result in a ban.
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  9. MiNeM

    MiNeM ..........

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    Yes sorry about that :)
  10. Bordiin

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    HELLO,
    I START WITH SIMTOOLS TODAY, A NEED HELP TO START MY TESTS.

    i'm brazilian, sorry for my english
  11. noorbeast

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  12. Bordiin

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  13. Hamreus

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    Hello I'm from Sweden, 38 years old. Many times it's been very close that I started to build a sim but It never happened. But now finally I have ordered a lot of stuff and will start to build it when everything has arrived :) I'm just waiting and planning now. The main parts are from Frex and some other nice stuff. Ok I mostly like rally and F1. I created a rally league in RBR called rbrchamp in the beginning when the game came out. We where like 10 people. Later we were over 100 people from all around the world. Later I let some others take over as I was so tired of it because it took so much time. Some year later I drove a season in a Swedish league and now I'm building my own stages from real Swedish stages. I lost a lot of contacts from Rbrchamp and if you where in that league it would be nice to talk again. Or if you just like rally :)
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  14. Disco42

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    Hello, another Aussie member here. I'm only in the design stage for a fixed sim replicating a Formila Ford seating position with VR use. Ultimatly I will like to have some small but high fielelity motion involved including traction loss simulation. Just poking around at this stage to get an idea of dimensions.. I'd like to hide the sim in a piece of furniture (very narrow and low seat).

    Seems as I'm here does anyone have any suggestion on how short a sideways displacment is worth going for with a traction loss system? 100mm in one direction? And then another 100mm allowed for vertical rotation when the top of the head is about 760mm high? I could push it out to 150mm each but after that the cabinet is getting too big and I'm ok missing the big movments to throw me about.
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  15. noorbeast

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    Hello @Disco42 , a compact seat mover is possible,
    600 x 600mm floor area.
    deskracer.jpg http://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/desk-racer-2dof.5326/
    However, id suggest start a new thread and we can advise from there.
    Dave.
  17. sektor974

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    Hi Guys,

    My name is Sektor, I'm from Reunion Island (Fr).
    I made my own playseat and I play with a T500RS and many tools from symprojects.
    Now I'm making my own plugins in C# and Arduino for Project CARS, Euro Trucks Simulator 2, Assetto Corsa, etc.
    I want to release a pluginfor WRC 4 and upgrade my playseat with a 2DOF.

    I hope I'll find some help here.

    Thanks
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  18. wjh308

    wjh308 New Member

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    Hi, my name is Bill, and I am new to the forums and lately been bit by the racing bug! Have rFactor1, and a few different Arduinos! My background is spread wide, from Aviation, electronics, machining, to programming. Real life I am an Airline pilot, and I want to get into 24 hours of Lemons racing. In the meantime, I think a racing setup would be very nice, with force feedback on the wheel, and actual instruments that are driven by the arduino!
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  19. Disco42

    Disco42 New Member

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    Thanks @bsft and @noorbeast, seeing how much help and advice is on here is really really encouraging. I'll put up a new thread :)
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  20. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @wjh308.

    There is plenty to explore here, you may like to start with the FAQ Peripherals, Game Dash and Building Resources sections:

    http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/diy-peripherals.13/category

    http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/gamedash-settings-tips-and-tricks.21/category

    http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/building-resources.12/category

    When you are ready please start your own project thread here: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Feel free to ask questions, the members here give freely of both their time and expertise.

    Good luck with your project.