Peacemakers 6dof Unicorn Build

Yes those Motors will work, they are the same as mine except they have a different motor shaft, so you will need different size motor coupler to suit, then the ones i used. And of course 2 more motors haha.

Another motor shaft but also another flange dimension and the the holes of the bracket have different dimensions.

yeah wow.. what was i smoking that day haha. This is correct sorry @Randy but wont be hard to adapt for the 90st. The step files should be included i think

Very impressive!
Mrs is nice to tolerate such a setup! The heave effect must be very striking, with Dirt 2 it must be a treat !

Little test of the new actuator with 3d printed ball nut Hopefully hook it up to the rig in the next week and give it a thrashing. Same overall height but with 490mm of travel instead of 350mm.. not bad.. plus twice the speed 500mm/s instead of 250mm/s

Be careful not to hit your head on the roof !

Lucky it's at the other end of the house i guess haha. She can sleep and i can race Also helps that i had it half built when i met her, i think shes more glad to see it working than watching me spend hours and hours working on it instead.. and the dining table sprawled with electronics for 6 months haha. Now that i think of it.. she has been very tolerant haha.

Also yes the heave is great!! can't wait to have 50% more of it with the new design haha

haha, plenty of room if the actuator length was more I would need to redesign the base and stuff to accommodate but it's looking promising.. Now to finish off my rotatble universal joint design for the ends to accomodate the extra movement.. i think these rose joints will be close to their limits..

We are all lucky I think to have tolerant women . Unfortunately mine is stored in the garage, waiting for a bigger house to have a dedicated room, maybe one day...

I will follow this thread with interest to see your future upgrade, good luck to you!

Hi Peacemaker, i take it you're using a 1610 ballscrew now, length maybe 600mm?

That's really interesting how quiet the new Actuator is. More mm i don't know now, if i would need them. Just thinking that i would have to rebuild my whole Rack again. I'll wait and see your result. I would also be very interested if you will feel a difference in the resolution. So the small Bumps.

Hi Peacemaker, the post I placed about motors was removed as I have been a lurker and had not posted enough to add links the servo drivers are AASD-15A And I got 6 delivered DHL for $1920 I ordered a Thanos controller also. I have a couple of questions,

I bought a 3d printer, so I can print out my own parts. It is a Creality 10s pro, I have printed a couple of test projects with different degrees of success this week Being new to printing and after reading your entire build page I noticed you upgraded your printer for PETG filament. Is this what I should also use ?

I see everyone is going for 640mm ball screw and read you need to make the base bigger if you do that, is this correct ? or can I order 640mm and still use your base dimensions ?

Last but not least did you have to fit a 15 amp outlet in your games room for the rig ?

Cheers, love the build, cant wait to get moving

Hi chris first of great thread. Can i ask where did you purchase your universal joint from?
With the motor coupler what was the internal dimension of it thanks in advance

Man.. sorry for the late reply. Thats an amzing price!! i fluked out when i ordered mine and the aliexpress app didn't automatically add GST so i ordered that shit and saved myself 10% haha. never happened again since unfortunately
I have Polycarbonate for the final build but i hear thats a pain to work with.. but i like its strength. In the meantime i tried PETG and it still has an ever so slight warp which is so annoying because when i tighten everything down it cracked!! damn.. so back to PLA+ for prototyping. Thats what my original actuators were.. PLA+. I have bad arvo sun in summer so room reached 45C + and thats just not good for PLA. you'll get 12 months though at least, like i did Still strong but prints true everytime!

Just ebay man! i'm ot even sure what size it was becasue it doesnt matter.. you just have to make sure the bolt you use is the right size for it.. i think 12mm.. but dont quote me

Thanks for that chris also i can see on one of you photos you have the dimensions of the base plate. Are you able to do the same for the dimensions of the cockpit frame? Also is there anywhere on this website that shows you how to tune actuators using flypt or are you able share some settings as im gonna use the same 500mm ball screw length as yours

The end of the of the ballscrew that is in the leg (tube ) has nothing on it to help center it ? I was think of some kind of ballend that could slip over it with a keeper that would be just smaller than the ID of the tube ?

Hi peacemaker can i ask a quickie.
Attached photos what is the distance from left bracket to right side is it the same distance as side bracket to the back bracket shown in 2nd photo. TIA

Hi I'm not sure if you have seen his YouTube channel but look at the thanos controller review at 29.30mins and it has his flyPT mover dimensions which will help you with your dimensions. I think it does anyway

Cheers darren