Motion Simulator / Flight

Well I'm going to take the plunge and build a couple of motion simulators for flight. Yep I said a couple!

I work in a machine shop and we make aerospace parts. The owner of the shop approached me and mentioned that he would like to build a flight simulator and wanted me to help. I told him that if he need help from me we have to build two

We have all the material we need on the shelf. We are going to make everything out of aluminum.

I'm a CNC Programmer / Machinist and have been involved in Aerospace and Defense for almost 36 years so I've been around the block a few times. We have 10 CNC Mills and 3 CNC Lathes as well as manual equipment so we are pretty much ready to go and can build all the hardware for next to nothing; I would do all the CNC Programming and machining myself.

We have decided on a couple of racing style seats from eBay and will build everything based on the seat dimensions and style. See here for seats

I have some extra computers lying around at home, I've set up a work bench ready to work on some of the electronics first. This is where I need some help from the experts.

I want to set a budget of about $2,000 U.S for the electronics, motors, controllers etc. What do you think I would need to start? I'm not too keen on the wiper motors as they look and sound a little clunky. Would electric motors be best or linear actuators. I would like to lift a minimum of a 250 lb person as well as the seat and maybe move 3 monitors so I'm guessing 350 lbs would be safe.

I would like to try and get about 30 - 35 degrees of motion in all directions.

Any suggestions to help me get going would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards

Brian

350lbs(160kg) and 12v , got my doubts it will move well it will require a perfectly balanced rig.
But this will depend on your design, look at value1's rig, joyrider best suited to flight applications.
And being a balance rig , it actually has a slightly offset axis so the platform will always try to return to centre.
12v - 160kg and 30-35 deg is a big ask for 12v motors, just beware, and yes wipers will just tear themselves apart very quickly with that weight.

With these engines believe that if there are possibilities http://longway.en.alibaba.com/product/292535483-200070899/WORM_GEAR_MOTOR.html.
But much better 24v.

Theres no real info I can see about these motors.
12v boat winches would shift a joyrider as @value1 has shown.
As Bob suggested , work out a frame design first, then look at motors.