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Question Sim geometry

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by Nibe, Feb 5, 2018.

  1. Nibe

    Nibe New Member

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    Hello everyone!
    I'm a super super newbie about mechanical/electrical things, but I'm trying to learn and improve, and I really love this community.
    I see many project with, a part different number of dof, more or less the same geometry, a seat lean on a base moved by actuators or motors.
    I was thinking is it possible to change completely the geometry and still using simtool?
    I have in mind a kind of "ring" where a seat is in the middle more or less like the one in pict. That pict is just a draft with no much sense, but just to give you an idea.
    I was thinking to start to make some test with no bare metal just motors, arduino and sabertooth and see if it works.
    Any comment will be much apprecaited

    thanks

    nibe

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    Nibe, Feb 5, 2018
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  2. phreezee

    phreezee Member

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    phreezee, Feb 6, 2018
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  3. RandomCoder

    RandomCoder Active Member Gold Contributor

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    The design isn't all that far from a standard Joyrider sim. There's a few members that have and are currently working on Joyrider designs.
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    RandomCoder, Feb 6, 2018
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  4. Nibe

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    Thanks a lot for the replies, well yes my aim would be a 6DOF, with a free 360 loops in each axis, but for now it's ok just with two axis and not necessary a 360 loop. Basically one motor should follow axis X (+X and -X) and the other axis Y (+Y and -Y).
    For now I really just want to learn and I'm not going to build any metal sim infrastructure, it's ok just playing with the motor, watching them spinning using the simtool.
    I have a sabertooth 2x32 and found two DC motors 24v , I recover also an Arduino Mega from a previous project, but I'm still wondering if simtool will be able to manage it and I think I have also to adapt arduino software, I look in FAQ for code example of people using arduino and sabertooth, but I'm still learning.
    Nibe, Feb 6, 2018
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  5. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...d-powerful-motor-driver-update-02-22-17.8606/

    try this
    bruce stephen, Feb 6, 2018
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