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  1. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Dennis18.

    When you are ready please start your own project thread here, ask any questions you have there and detail your project progress: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Good luck with your project.
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    noorbeast, Sep 3, 2020
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  2. Craig Bartlett

    Craig Bartlett New Member

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    Hi all, I'm Craig and I've been sim racing for many years but have only fairly recently got into motion. I've been playing around with some arduinos and mini servos to get the basic concepts and am considering trying my hand at making a 2 DOF with wiper motors. Some great ideas on this forum!
    Craig Bartlett, Sep 4, 2020
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  3. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Craig Bartlett.

    Experimenting small is a great place to start :thumbs

    You will find plenty of helpful information in the FAQs, in particular check out the SimTools, fundamentals of motion and the design sections, plus the Arduino section for the required code: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    Keep in mind wiper motors need ground isolation: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/wiper-motor-mandatory-ground-isolation.25/

    Wiper motors are not very powerful, so you need a rig design with plenty of inherent design leverage, have a play with SimCalc to see the trade offs between design, physics and performance: https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...e-linear-speed-and-forces-of-your-design.270/

    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, ask any questions you have there and detail your project progress: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Good luck with your project.
    noorbeast, Sep 4, 2020
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  4. Andrew Bird

    Andrew Bird New Member

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    Hi All,

    I'm in New Zealand and found this site when looking for help on my OSW (small mige and Simucube 1) and now SFX-100 build. I have my rig (self welded aluminium frame with direct mount 34" monitor and moving rails for pedals and seat) working as a static system and have most parts to complete the motion, just a 1000 hours of printing and ordering the remaining 3 motors and then I can get those assembled. Doing a slight custom actuator with different motors (80ST instead of 90ST) and designed my own version of the motor mounts. Will also be using the Thanos controller along with Simtools.

    Can do a build thread if people are interested as I have been taking some photo's as I go.

    Good to see some clear rules in this forum so I'm sure I will get good advice and friendly interactions.

    Regards,
    Andrew
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    Andrew Bird, Sep 8, 2020
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  5. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Andrew Bird.

    We do have a knowledgeable community here who freely give their time and expertise to help others where they can.

    I look forward to following your build thread, please post progress and any questions you have there.

    Good luck with your project.
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    noorbeast, Sep 8, 2020
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  6. Pinballcat

    Pinballcat New Member Gold Contributor

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    G'day All
    I found this site after seeing the 6Dof build by Peacemaker105 on Youtube , was really impressed. So jumped straight in and ordered a AMC-AASD15A servo controller from Thanos , as the control/programming side of things had kept me from atempting a build for quite a few years, Work Maintenance for a Factory and have Good Mechanical/Welding Skills as well as access to a machine shop , and also collecting Pinball machines (19 but may have to sell 1 to fund the build) for over 20 years mean I have a reasonable Idea with electronic repairs and wiring , Also have been into 3d printing for the last 12 months.
    Must say the shear amount of information posted here is incredible have been lurking for nearly a month and have changed my mind on designs at least 5 times. Am planning on building a 6DOF 60% flight sim, 40% racing rig.
    Cheers
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    Pinballcat, Sep 9, 2020
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  7. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Pinballcat.

    Any 6DOF is an ambitious first project. So doing some research before getting in any deeper is time well spent.

    You will find plenty of helpful information in the FAQs, in particular check out the design and 6DOF sections: 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, Sep 9, 2020
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  8. Pinballcat

    Pinballcat New Member Gold Contributor

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    Thanks @noorbeast
    I will certainly be doing my home work , I see you are a fellow Taswegian I am in Devonport.
    Pinballcat, Sep 9, 2020
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  9. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    I am over on the East Cast :)
    noorbeast, Sep 9, 2020
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  10. muldersjg

    muldersjg if it ain't broke, tweak it..

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    Hello, my name is Simon, i'm from Holland and i'am new here.. i just started to "try" and build my first sim. just a basic 2dof to start with. Offcourse arduino based.. Why?.. well i love those controllers.. I'am realy a nood or big NoNo in the world of simulators, and hoping to learn all of it here.
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    muldersjg, Sep 9, 2020
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  11. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @muldersig.

    Most of us started where you are now, but thankfully the community members here give freely of their time and expertise.

    Doing some research before getting in too deep is time well spent.

    You will find plenty of helpful information in the FAQs, in particular check out the SimTools, fundamentals of motion and the design sections, plus the Arduino section for the required code: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    You can go through existing member projects for specific ideas or inspiration: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Or search for specific types of projects using the Google Custom Search function on the Recent page: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/find-new/posts?recent=1

    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, ask any questions you have there and detail your project progress: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Good luck with your project.
    noorbeast, Sep 10, 2020
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  12. questioner

    questioner New Member

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    Hello, friends! My name is Dmitry, I am from Russia. Found your forum on the youtube link. I am very glad that such a developed forum exists. Unfortunately machine translation is the only way for me to communicate, so I apologize if my speech doesn't sound very good.
    My friends have a small airfield where we sometimes fly in small aircraft. There are even aircraft technicians among us who build homemade aircraft.
    I want to build a 6-DOF VR flight simulator platform for our airfield. I am carefully studying the information and am very glad that there is a lot of it here :)
    Thanks to all the participants for their work and generosity!
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  13. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @questioner.

    Any 6DOF is an ambitious first project. So doing some research first is time well spent.

    You will find plenty of helpful information in the FAQs, in particular check out the design and 6DOF sections: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    For the most up to date 6DOF community innovation and current approaches use the Google Custom Search function on the Recent page and filter by date to see all current 6DOF projects: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/find-new/posts?recent=1

    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, Sep 10, 2020
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  14. Lemming

    Lemming New Member

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    Hi there from Western Sydney!

    I stumbled in here after what could turn out to be an expensive Google search.
    For years my gaming chair has been an old car seat mounted on a bunch of pine 4x2 with removable throttle and joystick platforms. I've been learning joinery to replace the base with something more resembling furniture, but I'm glad I've had little time for it because my needs keep changing.
    I picked up a decent FFB steering wheel cheaply from someone who had buyer's remorse. (One of the better side effects of this pandemic.) Since then I've bought a matching shifter and LCM pedals. I've already got VR so motion is the logical next step.
    God help me, where does this hobby end?
    Anyway, nice to meet you all!
    -Lemming.
    Lemming, Sep 12, 2020
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  15. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    It is a potentially deep and expensive rabbit hole @Lemming, but motion and VR compliment each other so well, and when combined with haptics and quality peripherals results in the most immersive gaming experience currently possible at home.

    On the flip side it is amazing how much you can get out of cheap well thought out system and rig, you can even enjoy a rig as you build it up...with my 80yo fathers rig I started with haptics (rumble motors and transducer), am currently adding a motion driven harness and will eventually finish it off as a pneumatic G-Seat, the parts are already there, I have just not had the time yet, but nonetheless dad enjoys his daily VR simulation on his very own rig.

    Doing some research first is time well spent, it will save you time, money and frustration!

    You will find plenty of helpful information in the FAQs, in particular check out the SimTools, fundamentals of motion and the design sections: 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, Sep 13, 2020
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  16. redford 77

    redford 77 Member

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    Hello friends, my name is Valera i am from Ukraine the city of Kharkiv, i am very glad that i found such a community for the second week already reading posts, i have not yet met so much information on the topic of interest to me, sorry for my english i write through a translator, a year ago I built my first ffb steering wheel based on stm32 according to the ebolzmagy scheme and use its software, since then I got sick with the theme of simracing I want to try to build my first 2dof project, thanks to everyone
    redford 77, Sep 15, 2020
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  17. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @redford 77.

    You will find plenty of helpful information in the FAQs, in particular check out the SimTools, fundamentals of motion and the design sections, plus the Arduino section for the required code: 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, ask any questions you have there and detail your project progress: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Good luck with your project.
    noorbeast, Sep 15, 2020
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  18. chris cram

    chris cram CraM

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    Hey everyone! I’m Chris from Toronto, Canada.
    Just finishing my first build (4DOF opensfx setup). Had a tonne of fun doing this build. Bought and learned all about 3DPrinting and tuning/calibration and some cad work. Really fun.
    Grabbed an AASD board from Thanos and been having fun tuning all the settings.
    I’m a big iRacing fan and in my spare time i like to play guitar (working on a solid collection) and KiteSurf as much as possible!

    Hope everyone is well and thanks for building such a great community. Long time lurker but created an account just now to say hi.

    all the best,
    cram
    chris cram, Sep 19, 2020
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  19. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    noorbeast, Sep 19, 2020
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  20. Taz

    Taz New Member Gold Contributor

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    I am a noob just joined my name is Taz I live in Wisconsin USA I am a retired mechanic I will be attempting to build a full motion flight simulator wish me luck
    Taz, Sep 19, 2020
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