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Suggestions, Motors vs Pneumatic cylinders??

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by wthierry, Dec 27, 2014.

  1. wthierry

    wthierry Member

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    Anyone have suggestions? Which are cheaper, which are quiter, which ones are easiest to configure with home build tools? My build would probably be in wood for a prototype, then upgrade to 8020 aluminum at some point..... I am new to this, and have searched the forums, but cant find much on this info.... Also, where is the best place to buy these motors?

    wes in san francisco
    wthierry, Dec 27, 2014
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  2. SeatTime

    SeatTime Well-Known Member

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    Easiest, quite, cheaper = motors over Pneumatic cylinders. Were to buy - depends on were you live in the world.
    SeatTime, Dec 28, 2014
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  3. bsft

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    air cylinders would need a custom setup and I am not sure if anyone here has dome that because of cost
    bsft, Dec 28, 2014
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  4. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    noorbeast, Dec 28, 2014
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  5. AceOfSpies

    AceOfSpies Living the Dream!

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    AceOfSpies, Dec 28, 2014
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  6. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Sorry @AceOfSpies, I read a thread somewhere of someone using pneumatics and servos...the old brain is not what it was.
    noorbeast, Dec 29, 2014
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  7. eaorobbie

    eaorobbie Well-Known Member SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    Depends on weight you want to throw around and how big your wallet is too.
    With Air you can achieve a lot more movement , like the old Joyride systems , they were a blast, just the tech and software let them down badly.
    Motors are way cheaper and easier to start with.
    I have helped a few guys through the process , recently Dominick Lee from LifeBeam Tech - http://lifebeam.net/flightsim/
    Here we brought his joyrider to life and uses an Ard Uno to communicate with servo code to drive his card to drive the air cylinders a nice simple example. All of the shelf items.

    So depending on what you want , ie flight or race , or hybrid then from there you can roughly work out the weights and decide on how to drive it all.
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    eaorobbie, Dec 29, 2014
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