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Showroom My 2DOF simulator

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by moecia, Mar 13, 2017.

  1. moecia

    moecia New Member

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    My Motion Simulator:
    Arduino, JRK, Motion platform, 4DOF
    I follow the tutorial of @RacingMat. It is really helpful.
    https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/from-atoz-2dof-arduino-wiper-playseat.4616/

    It was the first time I made simulator and at the beginning I was not understand the wiper motor solution so I use the liner motor..

    Though it has some delay when I played DCS world, it react very accurate.:thumbs

    Heres my simulator.

    1.jpg
    2.jpg

    ----------------------------------------Updated March,14th-------------------------------------------

    My first version simulator. I given up this simulator because the liner motors don't have enough force.
    It is a couple of 12V liner motors with 48mm/s speed, 250N force and the max distance is 100mm(The distance is too long for a simulator, player might need a safety belt to hold them when they are playing.)

    Video:


    My second version, I changed a couple of liner motors. This time I use the 500N force and 50mm max distance motor. They work much better.

    Video:
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    moecia, Mar 13, 2017
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  2. Bernd Manger

    Bernd Manger Active Member

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    Welcome to this forum !
    Nice bear !:thumbs

    It would be interesting to see pictures of the inner life of your sim. ;)
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    Bernd Manger, Mar 13, 2017
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  3. MarkusB

    MarkusB Well-Known Member Gold Contributor

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    MarkusB, Mar 13, 2017
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  4. SilentChill

    SilentChill Problem Maker

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    My Motion Simulator:
    DC motor, Arduino, Motion platform, 6DOF
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  5. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    noorbeast, Mar 14, 2017
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  6. moecia

    moecia New Member

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    moecia, Mar 14, 2017
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  7. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    Adequate speed is why things like the SCNs and DC motors are most commonly used for motion sims. DC motors are the cheapest option and also very quite compared to SCNs.
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    noorbeast, Mar 14, 2017
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  8. SeatTime

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    For the information of the members of this site, I was given a set of these type of actuators a long ago to test in regard to sim use. They were too slow,( although faster then the ones in the video in this thread), so I decided to bolt on a 20ow motor (via a belt drive setup) and see how that went - seemed to worked fine, but once I loaded them up, the plastic nut that rode on the acme thread just destroyed itself with the high forces that can be generated in a fast moving sim. Although the OP is satisfied with the way they perform and that's OK - I would not recommend them for sim building.
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    SeatTime, Mar 17, 2017
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