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  1. katikomer

    katikomer New Member

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    Hi all

    My name is Rob and I live in NZ. Been interested in Sim Racing for 5 years now but only seriously took it to another level last year where I custom built 2 Rigs. Both my rigs are themed on the JPS lotus and Mercedes F1 teams. They are Visionracer VR3 frames. The lotus rig was initially a triple screen setup with a 4th Monitor for Z1 dash telemetry. I have invested a lot of time in Ton assetto Corsa and have the rig tuned only for that program. My other rig is a single screen setup with a bunch of arcade and sim games so I can jump in and play without the tedium of setting up a car etc.

    When I discovered Vr I replaced my triples with a Cv1. I have buttkickers in chassis mode for tactile feedback. Motion was always something I wanted but it was extremely daunting. I very nearly bought a off the shelf motion platform but couldn’t justify the price. With the help of a few people I sourced all materials and go stuck in. Finally I can say my rig is very close to being complete.

    I look forward to talking amongst the community and sharing stories. Once I have configured my rig with The Simtools program than I can’t wait to get it on track.

    Cheers

    Rob

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  2. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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  3. Alexis

    Alexis SUAVE Gold Contributor

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    Hello
    First of all, to thank the administrator, members, and everyone in general, because without you, this would not be possible, they make people happy and that is priceless.
    I am Cuban, I live in Barcelona, Spain and although I do not have much time to devote to the construction of the simulator, I will do my best to also enjoy as much as many of my simulator, I am very happy to be here. Many thanks
    I feel my bad English
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  4. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Alexis.

    Your English is fine and your appreciative approach matches the generosity of members here, who give freely of their time and expertise.

    Have a look at existing member builds for inspiration: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    You will find plenty to get you started in the FAQs: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    We have a glossary for all those acronyms we tend to use: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

    When you are ready please start your own project thread here: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Good luck with your project.
  5. dion

    dion New Member

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    Hey guys names Dion

    Big fan of sim racing/ racing in general.

    I’m from Australia, south Australia

    In the final stages of my build so will update my build thread soon!!

    Lookin forward to chatting to who ever wants to chat :)
  6. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @dion.

    There are plenty of fellow Aussies here, as well as a great bunch of enthusiasts from around the world.

    Have a poke around existing member builds for inspiration then check out the FAQs to get into some of the nitty gritty of design, hardware, building tips and of course setting up SimTools.

    When you are ready please start your own project thread here: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Good luck with your project.
  7. JDavies1994

    JDavies1994 New Member

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    Just here to say hello after reading all of silent chills 6dof project in one evening, it was a late night! Unfortunately for my Mrs i've now got my eyes set on building my own so wish me luck!. I have currently sourced motors that seem up for the job (epas motor from a corsa c) and i am going down the monster moto/arduino route (hopefully ill have better luck than silent chill had with his).

    Regards Jeran
  8. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @JDavies1994.

    Have a look at existing 6dof member builds, that may help you refine your own project ideas: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    You will find far more using the Google Search box near the top right of site pages.

    You will also find plenty to get you started in the FAQs: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    Including how to build your own actuators: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/diy-linear-actuators.248/

    We have a glossary for all those acronyms we tend to use: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

    When you are ready please start your own project thread here: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Good luck with your 6DOF project.
  9. phreezee

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    Hi from Canada. I've been researching for about a month and finally started my project thread over the weekend. I'm a big F1 fan and I've enjoyed video game/sim racing since growing up with the Gran Turismo series on Playstation. Started with a various Logitech wheels, and just recently sold my G27 to get a T300RS Alcantara edition. After my project is done, I'm hoping to get into VR and build a OSW in 2019. Really enjoying the community here and grateful for such a wonderful resource.

    My Build Thread: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/2dof-traction-loss-project.11587/
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  10. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome phreezee, I look forward to following your build thread.
  11. arcus

    arcus New Member

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    Hello everyone.

    My name is Andrew and I have been a somewhat longtime lurker here on the forums. I am 22 and in my last semester of university with a major in computer and electrical engineering. For quite some time, I've considered buying a pre-built motion sim but having seen all the posts here on this forum, I've been motivated to give it my best shot and go the DIY route. This will be a completely new and fun learning experience that I hope to complete to share to you all as well as my friends!
  12. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Great to see you have shed your lurker status @arcus, I see you have already stated a build thread and I look forward to following your progress :thumbs

    You will find a wealth of information here and our members freely share both their time and expertise.
  13. Ijanen

    Ijanen Living Room Mechanic

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    Hello everybody!
    For a long time i´m thinking about a motion simulator because i love driving racingsims.
    Since a few days i read about how to build one yourself and i decided to do so.
    The mechanical part should be no problem because i´ve learned to build precision mechanics
    and when i have a plan i can build the electronik things too. So i have already done this :)
    But i can´t really write computer programms. I can programm CNC machines and in the 80´s
    i could programm a little bit of basic but thats it. So i hope i can get a little help here with that stuff.
    It is really great what you are doing here and i hope i could help too but my best skills are the
    mechanical things :D
    I have an idea how to build my sim but im not completly fine with it.
    At first i want to get the software handled and then i will build my seatmover/plattform.
    Dont want to buy materials when i cant get the software handled.
    Okay i already bought an arduino and motor shield to try it with small dc motors ;)
    When i start to build i will make a project thread.

    Have fun
  14. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @ljanen,

    Have a look at existing member builds for inspiration: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    You will find plenty to get you started in the FAQs, including Arduino code to drive a variety of controller and motor choices, AC motors are also covered there: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    In particular check out the Design section of the FAQs and have a play with SimCalc to get you hear around the basic physics involved in motion simulation: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/design-considerations-resources.24/category

    We have a glossary for all those acronyms we tend to use: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

    When you are ready please start your own project thread here: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Good luck with your project.
  15. Bogdan Stoian

    Bogdan Stoian New Member

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    Hi,

    I'm Bogdan from Madrid and I want to get into the sim racing world. I think this is one of a kind board and I'm happy to join the board. I hope to bring something usefull from my engineering skills.

    Thanks.
  16. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @Bogan Stoian.

    Have a look at existing member builds, that may help you refine your own project ideas: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    You will find plenty to get you started in the FAQs, from design software, dimension of sims, to PSUs, pots, motors, JRKs, Arduino code and Motor Monsters, plus heaps more: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    We have a glossary for all those acronyms we tend to use: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/glossary-of-acronyms-and-names.66/

    When you are ready please start your own project thread here: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/diy-motion-simulator-projects.22/

    Feel free to ask questions on your build thread, the members here give freely of both their time and expertise.

    Good luck with your project.
  17. FireEck

    FireEck New Member

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    Hi everybody,

    I'm Jens (36) from Switzerland and I'm happy to join this great community with all your experience around motion sim. I had my HTC Vive for some time till I realized how much more fun it makes to do racing sims in VR. Then I read about the possibilty to use motion rig systems to increase the immersion and reduce motions sickness (it really helped in my case). So I spent some nights reading through this forum and all the different topics that can and need to be considered. I studied systems engineering some years ago so I have some background for electronics, mechanics and software.

    Finally due to time and space limitations I decided to get a dofreality kit as it was easier than to gather all the parts and I really love it. As expected you can spend hours in optimizing and tweaking but man what have I missed back in the times where there was no VR or motion in racing sims.... I plan to add vibe functionality later on and we will see what the future brings. Maybe some day I will start my own DIY project going for 6DOF - those builds you have there are just unbelievable.

    Have a nice day and a lot of fun with what you're doing!
  18. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Welcome @FireEck.

    We have a thread dedicated to the DOFreality rig: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/low-cost-2dof-3dof-motion-simulator-dof-reality.8570/

    We also have support threads for commercial licensed rigs: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/simtools-pro-entertainment-version.176/

    You may also find the VR thread of interest: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/vr-headsets-and-sim-gaming-virtual-reality.160/

    If you are looking for SimTools, Game Vibe and other related tweaking information or tips then check out the FAQs: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/

    If you want to start your own thread to show off your rig then you can do that here: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/forums/commercial-simulators-and-peripherie.52/
  19. Caesar

    Caesar New Member

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    Hi all, I thought it would be nice to introduce myself, as I stumbled upon this forum as I was looking for a specific second hand part on google which brought me to this forum. I am from the Netherlands and I enjoy the DCS simulator modules (especially the KA-50 and planning to focus on the F18 coming out soon) and I have been tinkering around with my CNC mill to produce my own full force feedback joystick with beep-trim, force-release trim and follow-up trim.

    I am currently improving my CNC mill to increase production speeds of parts and therefore still play with the Thrustmaster Warthog and Oculus Rift for now.

    I have never seen this forum before, but surely once things have come together more(I am currently building and designing the clutch for force trim release) I will upload a few bits and bobs. I have finished the programming of several arduinos to communicate and extract information from DCS to translate speed and air density into control forces (particularly for fixed wing aircraft) and every device (cyclic/stick, throttle/collective and pedals) with it's own arduino to communicate with a master Arduino.

    My goal is to get the most realistic set and feel as possible to improve the flight experience but also to keep costs affordable (hence designing clutch myself instead of buying expensive elektro-magnetic clutches).

    I am lucky to work in the aviation industry so I feel priviliged to be able to do a lot of research how things work in the ' real world' .

    Looking forward to hear your feedback in the future!
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  20. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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