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Showroom My compact 6DOF Project

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by agroum, Jun 27, 2017.

  1. agroum

    agroum My solo 11 years ago

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    Hi

    I'm new in the community
    I have build this project from scratch.
    I started with Xplane and now I'm exploring new games.
    So I use SimTools just to catch the raw data.
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    Nice - are they commercial actuators ? How fast are they?
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    agroum My solo 11 years ago

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    Yes they're commercial

    2.8'' per sec. it's enought, some think that it's necessary faster before they had trying. The goal is that the intern ear and the vision think that it's the reality

    I try a commercial setup with SCN5 and it was way too fast and agressive and beaucause that it was far to the reality.
    It's like in audio if you 're setup is well tune it can be impressive.
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    That's the most compact 6DOF I've seen!
    Very nice, please share more details about the actuators and build pictures?

    A video of your sim in action would also be fantastic :popcorn
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  5. agroum

    agroum My solo 11 years ago

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    Is it possible to upload directly here ?
  6. agroum

    agroum My solo 11 years ago

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    the actuators are commercial but I install a externals encoders on each.
    I had to change one because of an abbusing test it the one I receive is the same from the outside but the dead zone is tree time more than the others. It cause that this actuator is hard to enslave.
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    I guess that is the no-load spec? No such thing as a actuator that is 'too' fast:), if the SCN-5 sim felt too fast/violent then it is a problem with the setup of the motion profile not the actuators. As long as your 'flying' big jets with the sim, it would be fine (no fine turbulent data though). Thanks for posting - would like to see some more details/videos if you have the time to post - great info for people who may also want to go down a similar path. (For videos: post them to your favorite video server and embed the link in your post using the Media tool).
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  8. agroum

    agroum My solo 11 years ago

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    probably 2.5'' per sec in load, I don't see any difference in load. I can take a min to extract some data. The things with speed and strenght is the price. Of course it's never too fast but as you said only if the setup is well balance between speed and precision. Most simulator I saw are way too agressive.

    I don't use simtools for driving the setup, it's only to extract the raw data, I posttreat all on my side, enven the stewart platform model and it gives me all the flexibility too setup the model.

    yes sure I'll put a video this week
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    nice job...
    sounds like gates actuators...slow but powerful?!
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    So true, which is why I built my own. Have fun with your sim.
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    No, you need to upload it somewhere else, like e. g. youtube. Then you can add a link here.
    Which would be great by the way. :)
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    Not that slow look I post videos but I need tune it better
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    For flight sim I develope other motion filters, modified washout filters with frenquencies based on research, it's smoother
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    I'm interested in your comments about filters for flying. I've been getting frustrated trying to get a smooth realistic motion profile using simtools for flying Aerofly FS2 in VR. Especially with the limited range of my current 3DOF I need to use roll/sec and yaw/sec rather than absolute DOF values, but the resulting movements are far from the smooth floating-on-air feeling i'm after. Simtools seems more oriented to driving than flying. I'd be interested to hear about anything you've learned.
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    You may want to look at BFF. http://bffsimulation.com/index.php Although I don't know if he has a plug-in for Aerofly FS2
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    Thanks. I'll contact the BFF guy. I see its specifically for 6DOF. My current platform is 3DOF. Wrt plugins it does says data via UDP and @agroum has found a way to use simtools to extract the telemetry so maybe it can be output to UDP.
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    I really like the look of this platform. I'm a big fan of compact design. The final size of diy based actuator designs really puts me off. I'd need to allocate a whole room. What model of actuator are you using?
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    There is also a 3DOF version - see BFF website.
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