Sid Sideslip - Getting Started

Hi all,
I'm a retired teacher and muso In Tasmania, Australia who's into flight sims and rc model airplanes these days. I had a PPL, mainly flying gliders, but had to hand it in due medical issues some years ago. Just getting into designing and building my own motion rig for Flight Sim 2020. I have experience with building astronomical telescope mounts many years ago so the fabrication part is OK for me, I just need to learn what components work best etc. I'll start off with 2 degrees of freedom with the 3rd degree as an option in the design for later. Anyway, glad to be here and learn from the community.

I'm in Hobart @noorbeast! I noticed your Tassie Devil avatar and wondered if you were actually from Tassie.

I was inspired to build a motion simulator by a thread by @Ronan Design on the Microsoft Flight Sim official VR forums. I believe he's posted his project on here as well.

Right now I'm searching for decent motors at a reasonable price, as the one @Ronan Design used are out of stock and come from Canada. I found some that looked to have the correct specs but the postage charge was insane.

Thanks for all the links and stuff, I'm still doing a lot of reading. Great site.

Hey, I have my own thread already, neat. Re motors, I was looking at the build threads you linked to and noticed yours, which I have been reading avidly. Seriously nice work, man. The sub woofer in the support column was very clever. Anyway yeah, I looked up the motor supplier and you are right, we are spoiled for choice. Also of interest with your build was the use of high toque servos from HobbyKing, I have spent thousands there over the last ten years building all sorts of rc planes, gliders and racing mini quads. I fly through FPV goggles so VR with the G2 headset is a natural for me on flight sims.

Anyhow, I like your design a lot and may use that as a starting point for my rig, although I'll use steel, as aluminium is way pricey here.

Yeah, this is the one I want to get printed (I don't have a 3D printer). For the Spittie's throttle I just use my Logitech quadrant on the left hand side, as I do for the excellent AS 33 ME electric powered competition racing glider that's available for free from flightsim.to

https://flightsim.to/file/15090/as-33-me

Good day today, went out to Uptons salvage in Cambridge and sourced my steel for the base section (they cut to size, including for mitre joints, so that's a plus) sourced a uni joint with a local car wreckers and then started sketching out the basic design. One plus is that the Ferrari PC seat I'm using has strong alloy fold down arms that I can mod to hold a sidestick and a ball mouse on one side and the other for my cheapo Logitech throttle quadrant, leaving a removable central pedestal for my Alpha yoke and Bravo throttle quadrant when needed (or a race wheel if I so choose). I mainly like to fly with stick and simple throttle, so that may be all I need most of the time. Even for gliders I'm happy to have a sidestick instead of a central one without ruining the immersion. For the Spitfire, I will go for a realistic central one eventually.