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Showroom Smitty's Rotary Servo 6DOF build (Complete!)

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by smitty, Dec 15, 2021.

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  1. GettinBetter

    GettinBetter Magna Merchant Gold Contributor

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    My Motion Simulator:
    6DOF
    11th motor, wow, cool.
    6 DOF.
    2 Cyclic.
    1 Collective.
    1 Anti Yaw pedals.
    1 Trim Control.
    Seat belts?
    GettinBetter, Mar 17, 2025
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  2. smitty

    smitty Active Member

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    nah, no desire to complicate the belts, i have a nice retracting 4-point i show in this post
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    smitty, Mar 17, 2025
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  3. NicoFromHere

    NicoFromHere New Member

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    Hi Smitty

    Firstly thank you for sharing your project with us.

    Are there any measurements on the base of the simulator which in hindsight you would do differently?

    You made a post about your simulator moving, on one of your crash videos you can see the thing significantly lifting from the floor.

    Would you suggest making the base bigger or did you just tune down the motors to avoid this phenomenon?

    Thanks!
    NicoFromHere, Aug 28, 2025 at 19:15
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  4. smitty

    smitty Active Member

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    The base is plenty wide and heavy enough, but i have switched from flypt to DRSM https://docs.departedreality.com/dr-sim-manager

    which has a really great crash detection, it pauses telemetry for a few seconds and then smoothly resumes after things have settled down. I don't have to wince as i'm about to hit something anymore, and the base doesn't hop around.
    smitty, Aug 28, 2025 at 19:46
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  5. NicoFromHere

    NicoFromHere New Member

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    Thanks for your quick feedback!

    I'm using SimTools but I might have a look at DRSM. Looks interesting.
    NicoFromHere, Aug 28, 2025 at 21:16
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