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  1. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @LibranRabbit.

    You have come to the right place, there is a really active community here who freely give of their time and expertise. There is also a pretty large contingent of fellow Aussies!

    You will find plenty to get you started in the FAQs, from design software, dimension of sims, to PSUs, pots, motors, JRKs, Arduinos and Motor Monsters and more: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    If something sounds odd then look it up in the glossary: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

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

    Good luck with your project.
    noorbeast, Aug 27, 2016
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  2. RacinWally

    RacinWally New Member

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    I guess I gotta start somewhere. Hi my name is Ron and I live in the Seattle area. I'm currently building a wind simulator and was directed to this site to D\L simtools. What an incredible amount of information. Kinda makes me think I should consider building a motion cockpit.
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    RacinWally, Aug 28, 2016
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  3. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @RacinWally

    There is indeed a great deal of information available here that makes building your own motion simulator possible, backed by a ver active community who give freely of their time and expertise.

    When you are ready please start your own project thread: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/

    Good luck with your project, whatever that turns out to be.
    noorbeast, Aug 28, 2016
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  4. paredaks

    paredaks New Member

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    Hey all, Thomas here. I'm just finishing my semi-custom 8020 build (can't post links yet, but it's on the ISRTV forums search for 'Building the SuperSport Evolution' if anyone's interested) and gosh darn it I had to run across a rear traction loss only build. Between my own 'it's never good enough' personality and some prodding from my 'I don't have my own rig so let's make yours awesome' friend, I'm looking to head down that road.

    Even if I had the funds (which I don't this soon after my initial build) I'm not looking to invest an off-the-shelf solution. According to the designer of my rig, I need "pivot on the front, and casters underneath, plus a DC motor with a 4" arm". Ha! Sounds so easy. I need to do a lot of digging through projects to translate that into my own build.

    Most projects I see thus far are more complex, so I'll likely need some help teasing out just the relevant traction loss parts. FAQ #174 here I come!
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    paredaks, Aug 29, 2016
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  5. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @paredaks.

    The FAQs are a good place to start for information and there is a traction loss section, which will save you some time hunting through threads: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/traction-loss.174/

    If something sounds odd then look it up in the glossary: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

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

    You can't yet post an active link but you can do something like google dot com to show your current build stage, or re-post the details on your own build thread here

    Good luck with your project.
    noorbeast, Aug 29, 2016
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  6. paredaks

    paredaks New Member

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    Thanks @noorbeast . I was happily working my way through the rear traction loss FAQ, when a chance conversation with @Nick Moxley it was suggested that with my rig I could pull off a compact seat mover and get some motion too. Grrr, now there's that rabbit hole too!

    Actually it sounds fantastic. I'm in the middle of your own DX Racer - Compact Simulator thread, but the photos alone make me think it's viable.

    So now I've got two pieces to work out. I'll do some more reading then start up a thread.

    Here's the current'ish state of the rig - needs some final painting but fundamentally built.

    2016_06_06 SS Evolution Phase 1 _6060038.jpg
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    paredaks, Aug 30, 2016
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  7. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    noorbeast, Aug 30, 2016
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  8. theronin123

    theronin123 New Member

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    Hi guys

    I'm Harry and 49 years young:grin
    I'm a newby:p in motion-sim's but since i've tried one at home off a sim-race buddy i want one!!!
    I only do i-racing the last months and it's the best out there imho,and i did a lot of other sims like Rf1&2,AC,RR,LFS.Race07 etc etc
    In RL i have a lot off experience with karting:thumbs(fanatic recreant driver) and i'm racing online about 3 years now.
    I have a decent game-pc and fanatec wheel and pedals and a DIY rig with 32inch :popcorntripples.

    But now i want too take it too the next level with motion!!!
    I've downloaded simtools and ordered arduino and motomonster boards and become a member here hug:
    Want too say thnx too all the guy's who shared there pictures and experience's off all there nice work:cheers
    And offcourse i hope that there are still guy's who want too help:nerd me a little bit with the electrical and software problems i'm sure i run into:sos
    With the mechanical things i think i have none too little problems because i do things like that for a long time(handyman)

    Best regards Harry aka The RoNiN:thumbs
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    theronin123, Aug 31, 2016
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  9. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @theronin123.

    You have come to the right place, there is a really active community here who freely give of their time and expertise.

    It pays to check the FAQs when you strike those inevitable problems: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    If something sounds odd then look it up in the glossary: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

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

    Good luck with your project.
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    noorbeast, Aug 31, 2016
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  10. Tmcraig08

    Tmcraig08 New Member

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    Hi all, New guy here. I'm Craig from the UK, I was looking into a general racing rig, and I stumbled across this site. I all ready think some motions is the way to go! so plenty of reading for me. Just thought I'd say hi. Do many pre-built motion rigs come up for sale?
    Tmcraig08, Aug 31, 2016
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  11. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Tmcraig08.

    Have a look at existing member builds, that may help you refine your own project ideas: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    You will find plenty to get you started in the FAQs, from design software, dimension of sims, to PSUs, pots, motors, JRKs, Arduinos and Motor Monsters and more: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    We have a glossary for all those pesky acronyms we tend to use, which will help you decipher some descriptions: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

    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.

    We do have a Market Place thread for the sale of rigs and gear: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/marketspace-marktplatz.2/

    Good luck with your project.
    noorbeast, Aug 31, 2016
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  12. mayhem

    mayhem Cobra Commander

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    Hi everyone,
    My name is Roguen. Just joined the forum out of Chicago. I'm just getting back into gaming and have always been interested in building a rig of my own. Look forward to spending a lot of time here.
    mayhem, Sep 2, 2016
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  13. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @mayhem

    @SilentChill has generated a huge amount of interest with his DC powered 6DOF and his previous 2DOF with traction loss rigs.

    But don't stop there, also have a look at other existing member builds, that may help you refine your own project ideas: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    You will find the FAQ section covers many detailed build related topics: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    We have a glossary for all those pesky acronyms we tend to use, which will help you decipher some descriptions: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

    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.
    noorbeast, Sep 3, 2016
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  14. aceinthesky

    aceinthesky Member Gold Contributor

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    Hello everyone, i'm Rico from Pearland, TX, im a sim racer thats looking to buy a Next level racing motion platform to upgrade my Obutto R3volution rig. I'm also looking at getting into flight simulation.
    aceinthesky, Sep 3, 2016
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  15. Slider

    Slider Active Member

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    Welcome @mayhem , @aceinthesky ,

    You will find all the info you could ever want here lol, just have a search and read away!
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    Slider, Sep 3, 2016
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  16. volodia111

    volodia111 Vova

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    hi
    volodia111, Sep 3, 2016
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  17. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    noorbeast, Sep 3, 2016
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  18. NicolasB

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    Hi all,

    My name is Nicolas and I live in France. I'm very interested in building my own motion sim as I play many race simulation games like IRacing, RFactor, GTR, Project Cars, Assetto corsa...

    On the other hand, I would like to work with young students on a motion simulator dedicated to road safety training and education. The idea is to build a low cost simulator that could be replicated by other schools or university in order to sensitize youth to road safety.

    I think that this site is the perfect place for us to get all the information we need to develop a low cost 2DOF/3DOF motion simulator for that purpose.

    We would like to use an open source driving simulator that has been developed for research, industry and training by DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence). This software is OpenDS https://www.opends.eu/home which proposes a free version.

    However we will need a simtool plugin for that software...I'll post a request in the corresponding thread for that. It could be great to see simtools used for other applications than pure entertainment.
    NicolasB, Sep 6, 2016
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  19. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    noorbeast, Sep 6, 2016
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  20. NicolasB

    NicolasB New Member

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    Thank you @noorbeast.

    In fact, I have two projects :

    One for myself just for pure entertainment at home.

    The second is with students. The goal is to allow them to practice and design their own motion sim for road safety purposes. There's nothing commercial behind this project, just a last year student project.
    NicolasB, Sep 6, 2016
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