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

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  1. Kim R

    Kim R New Member

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    @noorbeast Hi! I have checked them both, the desk racer and the one you made.. The problem is that there are a lot of english terms I am not familiar with, aswell as I don't have a lot of tools or room to "glue" together metals etc.. It's pretty advanced for me, because I need to know what I'm doing when I'm building, and to be frank I don't know anything about these stuff.. I really need someone to tell me what to buy, and then tell me what to do to set it up.. I might seem stupid, but that's how it is for me on these kind of stuff where I have no knowledge :)
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  2. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    I appreciate where you are starting from @Kim R and many of us have been down the same road, not really knowing where to start nor being able to do things like welding. @Archie is a recent example and has just got his simulator up and running.

    There are a lot of different native speaking members here so if something does not make sense then dual post in your native tongue.

    The best advice I can give is to hang out here for a bit, have a read through builds that catch your eye, get a rough idea of what may work for you and ask lots of questions.

    If you can't weld (glue) metal that is not the end of the world, some people use profile aluminum and bolt their rigs together, others have the components that comprise the frame professionally made. But first you need a bit of an idea of what type of simulator may suit you, before you worry about how it may be fabricated and other steps along the way. So do start a thread of your own and keep asking questions as you investigate.
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  3. Adam A

    Adam A New Member

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    @bsft thanks for the reply. I will have to look into these JRKS things. I dont know much about this stuff yet, but i will soon...

    Welcome @kim and @ hugo
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  4. bsft

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    @Kim R , here is a compact design that may interest you
    http://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/desk-racer-2dof.5326/
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  5. Adam A

    Adam A New Member

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    @bsft do you, or anyone else have any suggestions for a sim that would be good for flight and driving? I have read a lot of post and it seems that most can do both? are car sims more twitchy needing better motors and controllers where as flight sims are less demanding? Should i just build a 2 DOF for car sim and a 3 DOF for flight? my brain hurts...
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  6. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    @Adam A I don't think a flight sim is less demanding than a race sim, they are just optimized differently. A race sim will be fast in responses and 3DOF is becoming popular by adding drift, a flight sim will be more concerned with degrees of freedom, particularly heave, and maintaining those in a smooth manner. It depends on how really hard core you are but really to some extent good motion profiles will give a pretty good result in both if you have a solid motion rig in the first place.
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  7. bsft

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    @noorbeast answered this, his build would do both nicely, perhaps look up his thread, its around here somewhere........
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    bsft, Mar 7, 2015
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  8. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    noorbeast, Mar 7, 2015
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  9. Swinny290925

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    Good morning,new member introducing himself,finished in the early hours converting my Frex system to sim tools and the help and wealth of information that helped me do it on this forum was invaluable,so thanks to you all.

    Regards,
    Jason.
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    Swinny290925, Mar 8, 2015
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  10. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Swinny290925

    Great to hear you got your Frex rig up and running with SimTools.

    When you get the chance please do create a new build thread and post some information, pictures and if possible a video of your rig in actions. I and many other members would be very interested.
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    noorbeast, Mar 8, 2015
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  11. Archie

    Archie Eternal tinkerer

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    @Kim R - I agree, if you speak English we are at a "slight" advantage, but trust me when I say I thought everyone on here was from a different planet when I first started out.
    2DOF this, and PID that, and an AXIS of degree with just a dash of COG. Crazy speak it was!! (Still is sometimes!!)

    As @noorbeast said, please post all your question (in native and English if needed) and someone (even us English speakers) will get the general idea between us all and answer your question.

    Enjoy!
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  12. Archie

    Archie Eternal tinkerer

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    Let's see what Google Translate makes of my post: Quite possibly complete gibberish!

    @Kim R - Jeg er enig , hvis du snakker engelsk er vi på en " liten " fordel , men tro meg når jeg sier at jeg trodde alle på her var fra en annen planet når jeg først startet.
    2DOF dette , og PID det, og en AXIS av grad med bare en dash av COG . Crazy snakker det var !! ( Likevel er noen ganger !! )

    Som @noorbeast sagt, er vi takknemlige for alle spørsmål ( i native og engelsk om nødvendig ) og noen ( selv oss engelsktalende ) vil få den generelle ideen mellom oss alle og svare på spørsmålet ditt .

    Enjoy!
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  13. Kim R

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    haha that is so funny! It's like reading a nigeria-scam mail :D
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    Kim R, Mar 9, 2015
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  14. Archie

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    You're welcome,

    Sincerely yours,

    King Fred Mogabooga VI
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    whatever you are smoking, can I have some?
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    Hi, I think I've been very lucky to find this forum, because my thought is to make a 2dof for driving, and this is the right place, with the electronics and soldering iron should have no problem, but with informatics I have a level well basic, well, I started with motors (wiper) arduino, monster, potentiometers and source
    disposed feeding on a table, and there I stand, there if you can help me as follow, software or the next step, thank you very much, greetings
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  17. Pit

    Pit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gold Contributor

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    @OKI (DOKI, oki doki is in German todo bien), welcome here and our help is guaranteed. Or better said: always there will be someone willing to help you :)
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  18. prodigy

    prodigy Burning revs

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    We say that in Croatia too :grin
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    Thanks, did not know, (like many things) I hope is good start
    regards :cheers
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    Hi I just started on this and I was wondering if there was a plug in for rigs of rods.
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