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Showroom 12v Winch Motor Driving Simpit

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by Historiker, Jul 23, 2013.

  1. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Plenty of room to play, nice setup!

    The drop power cord is a good way to reduce the normal snaking lead(s) to power sockets.
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    Historiker Dramamine Adict Gold Contributor

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    Two will suffice Craig :)

    You will notice that I used to have three monitors, and I explained above why I no longer do. I much prefer the single monitor over the triples.

    Thanks @noorbeast, I need to get a blue power cord rather than the green one that I am using.....just needs to be blue! :D
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    Great game room !!!
    You enjoy it a lot, buddy.:thumbs
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    Awesome! AND A Doctor Who fan! Love your half-TARDIS, I only have the DOOR. If you were to move the TARDIS 1 foot to the right and put full-height mirrors either side, you'd have an optical illusion that would get people doing double-takes. I plan to do that with mine-- one day.
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  5. Historiker

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    Thanks iWill, unfortunately it took a tumble when we were dry-walling. I need to repair the top assembly and put the window framing back in. Great idea though on the mirrors. I actually made it for my daughter for Christmas a few years ago. She was a huge Dr. Who fan but my timing was really bad. By the time I presented it to her, her interests had moved on and her reaction was "wow, that looks nice daddy" :(
  6. Historiker

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    As promised; here are the videos :)

    Assetto Corsa
    Lotus 49 @ Spa



    iRacing:
    Spec Racer Ford @ Laguna Seca



    And of course Euro Truck Simulator 2 :)

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  7. Nick Moxley

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    Awesome Update Historiker, You have a Ridiculous amount of space to play with there, Lucky you.


    @Edson Lourenço Bezerra I suggest you start your own thread and post pics/video's there so we can all advise on the rig and motion. (PS your seating position looks wrong big time.)
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    Thanks @Nick Moxley , the space will fill up quickly. I am going to use the empty corner for building giant scale r/c airplanes such as this one I built several years ago:

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  9. Historiker

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    Hey @Nick Moxley , do you get into Assetto Corsa multiplayer at all? Have any favorites? Groups you drive with?
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    Great plane!

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    The bumps in the fileds are not 1/3: not easy... :p
    Nice landing, congrats!! I do the same on Phoenix RC: triple screen and RC emitter but I wish I could do it IRL
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    There are some general open lobby's that are great, the Aloog guys have some decent server's that are usually populated at all times of the day/week......the Minorating thing has helped big time with the crasher's/hackers as the server admins just ban their steam id and its done with.....Careful tho, read the rules PER lobby as some might only allow 1 or 2 tires off the track, some have instant bans for stupid things.(granted you dont want to race in those lobby's anyways)...but overall its a decent experience from my perspective.
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    It is really good to hear that there is some type of control system in place to keep down the troll activity.
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    even too much... I'm the one who Always gets hit at the first corner and who tries to avoid everybody not to ruin anybody's race. Well, I got kicked cause I went off the track... At nordschleife!!!
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  14. Edson Lourenço Bezerra

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    Messrs.'ll Organize a 4FUN to the class of motion Yes, rFactor2, AC, PCARS or Game Stock CAr?
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    "...and yes, I prefer a single monitor " :D :D :D It is a big single monitor though ;)

    Looks great, I will always have a big soft spot for this rig :) a lot of inspiration for me and I'm sure a few others came from this and your detailed build.


    So whats next, when you building your 6DOF ????? Surely new house = new sim ?? :cheers
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  16. Historiker

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    The 6DoF frame is in an enclosed trailer parked next to the shop. One of these days I have to get back to it. The real delay is in the motors. They are loud (as you can hear in my videos). I have been tossing around ideas as to what to use instead. I also have a 1/3rd scale SE5a WW1 fighter to build (a friend bought me the plans for Christmas). I keep thinking that if I wait long enough a new idea for motors will appear, or a new and cheaper motor driver, etc. For example; 130v 90:1 motors are cheap, but as far as I can find there is no way to adapt them to simple PWM PID control.

    Yes, it is a bloody big monitor, and I like having all that pixel real estate :)

    As for being an inspiration...I was inspired by many before me, and you my friend are inspiring many who are new to this obsession...er....hobby. But thanks for the kind words.
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    Too bloody right mate! (Yes, I'm an Aussie) I use a 55" TV myself. My rig doesn't move (on it's own) yet, so jerking the huge screen around is not an issue. I'm just a learner in the haptic/motion control/robotics/cnc field.

    Before I build a rig with motion control I need to get my own man cave like @Historiker. What a pity I don't have any children leaving home whose room could be co-opted for the purpose.

    I get that number, size and positioning of screens is going to largely be a matter of personal preference but I would like to know what people's experiences -as opposed to opinions- have been with choosing and using screen configurations. I'm also critically interested in the question: Should the screen move with the motion-rig? I think this is a topic for another thread. If I can't find one, I'll start one.
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    No, The Screen should not move with a seat mover, Full frame its up to you. I came from running a single 47" TV for the past 2-3 years and just recently picked up 3 43" 1080 TV's on Boxing day (250$ a pop) and Holy CRA* the difference is night and day, Highly doubt ill find myself on a single screen in the future.
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  19. Historiker

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    Which proves that it really is a personal preference because, as I mentioned before; I went from a 3 monitor setup back to a single monitor and I doubt I will ever bother with triples again. I have to qualify this with the information that I do use TrackIR for head tracking and it feels natural to me, and of course my 4k monitor gives me a great deal more horizontal resolution than a standard monitor.
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    Oh I am so in a quandary now.....I was tinkering around with my dead 32" LCD (the reason I went from three to one) and I fixed it (bad capacitors on the power supply board).

    But that wouldn't be an issue at all. I would continue to use one of the LCDs on the wall of the man cave, I would put another in my wife's loft (women cave?) and perhaps the spare save to put in the future basement family room?

    However.....I am also building an F-18C Hornet replica simulator cockpit and need a monitor on it.

    Do I put the triples back on the racing pit (give @Nick Moxley an AHAH! moment, lol {just kidding around Nick}) or put them on the F-18 Hornet pit? My first inclination is to sell the two extra TVs and buy another 4k TV.....

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    My cockpit is based on the excellent design and work by K-lu found on Hornetpits.org. I imported his Sketchup file into solidworks and extracted 2D drawings from his 3D model. Here is the link and a picture of the 3D model:

    http://hornetpits.org/index.php?topic=235.0

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