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Showroom DIY Budget Compact Build

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    Hello all, I am currently working on a 2 dof budget full frame build. I am building this chair mainly for use in flight sims such as X-plane and DCS, but will also be using it for racing games. Because I intend to mostly use it for flight sims, I decided to go with a full frame setup rather than the seat mover.

    I also will have to move this simulator across the country in a couple of months therefore I want to be able to easily disassemble it for transportation. Because of this, I intend on constructing much of it out of slotted steel and aluminum plates with no welding.

    My design was inspired by @noorbeast compact simulator. I really like how small the footprint was on his sim as well as the different configurations he is able to use with the flight stick and steering wheel. The following images show what I have currently drawn up. The main construction is 1.5inch slotted steel tubing and slotted angle as I can get it local at Home Depot for pretty cheap. I know steel is very heavy so I plan on trying to use aluminum for the rudder pedal assembly in order to reduce the moment of inertia of the frame.

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    I want to use 2 inch aluminum tubing for the rudder pedal assembly like @noorbest did on his but I cant find any for locally and don’t want to pay huge shipping costs. I can only find 1 inch aluminum tubing so that’s what I have modeled now although I seriously doubt it will hold up. I am welcome to input and ideas.

    I also have access to a water jet cutter at my university and have a large 6mm aluminum plate that I plan on using for the seat base as well as brackets on the pedal assembly and motor mount plates.

    The following image shows the input in SimCalc. Numbers to me seem pretty reasonable, but would like people’s opinions. I have read that flight sims chairs typically should achieve further angles at the cost of the chairs acceleration so I might lengthen the CTC lever a tad more to get in the 15-degree range.

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    Parts (purchased):

    Motors ($255 shipped) - pgsaw 50:1 12v gear motors. 50:1 as this will be a compact build therefore will need the high torque from the 50:1. CTC lever of about 2in.

    Seat ($53 shipped) - Jegs Pro Highback Seat. This seat weighs only 13lbs and should be pretty easy to mount to the frame. It will mount directly on top of the aluminum plate I will be water cutting.

    Power Supply ($55) – HP 12v 1200W. I have seen most people go with a power supply for each motor however I might try just using this one at first to reduce costs. If I run into issues, I will be purchasing another.

    Universal Joint ($64 )- 2x Flange Yoke + U – Joint. This seems like a pretty standard way of going about the u-joint so I don’t foresee having issues here.


    Parts (not purchased):

    Motor Controller: I really want to go with a sabertooth 2x32 I am still going to do some reading about the motomonster clones to see if I think I could get away with one. Either way I will be using it with an Arduino rather than going with the JRK because of its cost.

    Pots: I will likely go with hall effect sensors based on people’s recommendations. I will be buying the 987-1392-ND hall effect sensors.

    More to come. Please let me know if you have any feedback or recommendations!

    Update 3-31-2019:

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    The brace bar I used between the two motors greatly adds to structural integrity and stiffness.

    MM clones are known to be dodgy, the Sabertooth is pretty much bullet proof.

    In a compact design the experience of the speed it amplified by the height of the seat back.

    I suspect 1" will flex too much, even with bracing.
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    Great thanks for the advice. Ill definitely look into the brace bar!

    I actually had a question about your build actually @noorbeast. Why did you decide to raise the rod mount connection with the alternator brackets? In the following picture you mounted to the blue circle whereas I am planning on attaching directly to the seat frame (red circle in below pic). I tried running the numbers through SimCalc and it didn't seem to have any benefit in raising the rod mount connection above the u-joint by a couple inches. Thanks!
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    My Motion Simulator:
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    I was trying to get the maximum design leverage relative to the pivot while keeping it pretty compact.
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    Current progress.

    I received the poly chair from jegs. It turns out it is surprisingly conformable without a cover and will work perfect for this project.

    I bit the bullet and ordered a sabertooth 2x32 ($125). I did not receive any voltage clamp resistors in the package as I have seen others have, so I will be working out which resistors I need to buy next. If anybody has any recommendations that would be great.

    I also purchased the slotted steel tubing. The hardware store ran out of 1.5 inch steel tubing so I will be mostly using 1 inch steel tubing. It feels pretty strong anyway so I don't think it will be an issue. Also drew out of the final iteration of the plate I will be water cutting out of a sheet of aluminum for the seat base. I am hoping to get this cut by the end of the week. I put lots of holes lengthwise so I can move the universal joint and seat around to get the ideal balance.

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    My build is very similar to yours. It's using the same 50:1 motors, same controller, same pots and was also based off @noorbeast 's design so hopefully this advice is useful.
    • Good choice on getting the sabertooth. I originally started with Monster motos and went through a few days of frustration until finally upgrading to the sabertooth. It's been relatively smooth since.
    • I used two 50W 6 Ohm resistors for each connection in parallel. The ones with an integrated heatsink often used for car turn signals. Two in parallel gave me an effective 100W 3 Ohm for each motor. This should be ok but if you can actually calculate the current pull of the motor, the manufacturer has a resistor calculator on their website.
    • Even with the clamping resistors I was still tripping the current protection on my server power supplies (2 x 750 W in parallel). I had to add a massive bridge rectifier (but wired so it was effectively a giant diode) inline with the +12v from my supplies to keep them from tripping. See here for using a rectifier as a diode: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/protecting-psus.255/
    • I second Noorbeast's suggestion of adding a stabilizing bar between the two motors. Dramatically increased the rigidity of my motor mounting.
    • I connected the linkages directly to the bottom of the platform on which my chair was bolted like you have planned. I found that I had more than enough leverage with the 50:1 motors. I weigh about 185 lbs. and my mitsubishi eclipse chair was about another 40. Getting the seat platform properly balanced over the u-joint when loaded with a person helps a lot with this. I kept the sliders for my chairs so I could dial it in after mounting. This will be very important for you with the foot pedal extension coming off the front of the platform.
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    Awesome thank you for the info!

    I just purchased eight of those 50w 6 Ohm resistors and plan on running 2 sets (one for each motor) of 4 in parallel to get a giant 1.5 ohm resistor which is what the sabertooth calculator recommends in order to get the maximum of 8 amps through the voltage clamp resistors.

    Also I purchased a couple bridge rectifier's and plan on running one for each power supply as diodes. I originally planed on running one 1200w server power supply for the whole rig but it seems most people are running a power supply for each motor so I went ahead and bought a second. I now will have two different model HP server power supplies but with the same specs so i'm hoping I don't run into issues when paralleling them into the sabertooth.

    What did you use for the stabilizing bar between the two motors?

    Also I read through your build thread and you said you found a CAD model of the pgsaw motors. Do you have a link for that? It would be of great help.

    Thanks again!
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    My Motion Simulator:
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    3D model of pgsaw motors can be found here: https://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/3d-model-of-pgsw-motion-dynamic-motors.247/

    I used solid aluminum round bar, tapped either end, to act as a brace between the motors, using the top gearbox hole.:

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    I made my bracing bar in the same way as Noorbeast. A piece of solid aluminum round stock cut to length and threaded on both ends.

    As for the pgsaw 3d model, the overall size is good for checking clearances but the mounting holes are NOT spaced correctly in the model. I designed my pot mounts using the dimensions on the pg saw model to be 3d printed and they were off by a fair bit. I had to manually measure the distances and re-print my mounts.
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    Great thanks i'll wait for mine to come in then and get the measurements. Also is there a thread somewhere that explains how to switch the gearbox around so I can mount the motors with the cans facing the same direction? Or maybe it will be common sense when the motors come in.

    Also was wondering if you have to earth isolate your motors? I know some wipers need to be earth isolated but I haven't read anywhere about the pgsaw motors. Thanks again for all the help!
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    There's definitely a thread that explains how to change the gear boxes somewhere but it's been a while since I saw it. I personally did not bother. They're only slightly different on each side. I just designed the through shafts to account for this. One side has the shaft pinned to the outside of the mother while the other has the shaft pinned on the inner side. It seemed like a lot of work for something I could easily compensate for.

    You do not need to earth isolate the pgsaw motors. Only connections are to the + and - motor outputs on the sabertooth.
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    I got more work done today on the sim.

    I began with the universal joint. In its stock configuration it only allowed for 12 degrees in each axis. I want to be in the 20 degree range so I took it too the mill and now have 23 degrees in each axis. (23 roll right, 23 roll left).
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    I than moved onto working on the 6x6 inch steel tube that I am using as the riser for the joint. I cut it down to 21 inches and drilled holes for the slotted tubing in the mill.
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    I then needed 90 degree angle brackets for the slotted tubing in the base. I found some scrap aluminum angle and cut it down to the size of the slotted tubing. Cut holes that lined up with the slotted tubing and I had a pretty sturdy base. The base is 35x24 inches right now but might be changed down the road.

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    Finally, I needed a way to mount the u-joint flange onto the top of the 6x6 tube. I found some pretty thick steel stock, cut it to size and drilled holes for the u-joint flange. I plan on welding this steel plate to the top of the 6x6 steel riser.
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    All of this leaves me with what I have pictured below. The motors are arriving this weekend and the aluminum seat plate is getting water jet cut by the end of this week. I am looking forward to making motor mounts and getting the seat mounted.

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    Here is my most recent progress on the sim chair.

    I first put the motors in the mill and drilled out the mounting holes for use with SAE hardware. Very easy to as the gear box is aluminum.

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    Next I put a pretty thick piece of steel in the mill and tried my best to get it to fit around the gearbox to act as a motor mount. It actually came out pretty good and appears to be very strong.

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    Next I worked on the bar connecting the two top holes in the gearboxes of the motors as multiple members have recommended for extra motor rigidity. I began with a .75in solid stainless steel bar. I used a lathe to chamfer the edges and then drill and tap the ends. I then followed up back in the mill to create two flats for a wrench to grab the bar to tighten it.

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    I also welded the plate for the u joint on the 6x6 steel tube riser. For my first time welding it didn't come out too bad.

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    I custom made levers out of steel. I used a bolt that fits into the shaft of the pgsaw motor welded to the lever. I have seen other people on this forum use this method so I don't foresee it causing me issues. I might make a backup set of levers at different lengths and with thicker steel just in case these aren't strong enough.

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    The seat plate was watercut out of aluminum and came out pretty good. It feel very strong and all the holes line up great with the u-joint and seat. I am using aluminum spacers that were cut from an aluminum tube to allow for room for the u joint bolts.

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    Since this will be a full frame sim the rudder pedal assembly will be attached to the seat plate and therefore move with the seat. I am using 1.75 inch aluminum square tubing for the assembly. This was my first attempt at brackets. I used very thin sheet of aluminum for the first brackets and they actually came out surprisingly strong.

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    I decided to remake them out of stainless steel as I had a large sheet that could accommodate both joints in one plate.

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    I am using two (1) (2) 1200w 12v HP server power supplies in parallel to create a giant 2400w 12v supply. It will really be max 1800w since i'm only using 120v input and the power supplies can only put out the full 1200w on 240v.

    In order to turn these supplies on, I wired up a resistor between pin 33 and 36. I used a 330 ohm resistor. I initially thought I could just plug them both in and wire them in parallel but after a bit of research I found this was not the case. I found that simply wiring the supplies in parallel will put all the load on the supply putting out the higher voltage rather than spread it evenly. Luckily these server power supplies have a load sharing option that enables you to connect up to 4 power supplies to evenly spread the load among them. I found this information between this rc groups thread and this post. They say that connecting pin 34 of the supplies will enable the integrated load share circuitry.


    Additionally, in this post, AD0AR claimed to run two HP supplies in parallel with the load share pins connected and got a constant 140a at 13.4v. Pretty impressive. Even more impressive would be connecting 4 in parallel, and with a grand cost of $120 you could have a 280a 12v power supply. Good luck beating that for the price.

    The below pics show it all wired up. I haven’t done any testing with loads yet, but they both seemed to start up and run good.

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    Well the stainless steel plates just didn't do it for me. I tried cutting the holes in the mill and just couldn't get them straight enough, so I decided to water jet cut some plates out of 1/4 in aluminum. Will at it, I also cut the foot plate in addition to the two plates that will hold the stick and throttle.

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    These ones fit perfect, and will be much easier to work with down the road when I need to cut new holes for mounting peripherals as they are aluminum and not steel.

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    I mounted two lengths of 1 in tubing on the end of the footplate in place of the rudder pedals I still need to make/order. The plate is adjustable and can move forward and back depending on how the user feels comfortable. In these pictures I have it mounted in the closest position.

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    Next, I cut some 90 degree adapters out of a piece of aluminum angle. These mount to the side of the chair platform and allow for the stick and throttle plates to be raised up a bit.

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    Finally, I put all the aluminum plates in the metal planer to get a good finish. They came out looking great.

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    Also, I made new lever arms for the motor as the other ones I made were probably two thin and would flex while in use.

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    Next step is final assembly and pot mounting.

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    I made lots of progress today in the final assembly and electronics.

    First I had to reverse the gearbox on one of the motors to make them symmetric. This was pretty simple, just removed all the bolts and turned the internal gear with the shaft around. If you attempt this, be careful on the re-assembly as I stripped one of the bolts from over tightening it in the aluminum case.

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    Then I moved into mounting the pots onto the motors. As stated earlier I am using the hall effect senors. I definitely would recommend going this way as it makes everything so so much easier because there are no end stops on the sensors.

    I designed and printed a bracket out of pla that allows for the pot to be mounted directly to the motors without interfering with the bolts holding the motor on the frame. I also 3d printed the coupler that goes over the shaft of the lever.

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    I am trying to upload the files for anyone interested but I am getting an error saying the extension is not allowed. I tried .stl , .step, and .f3d all were denied.
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    I got the sim completely wired up and working with the free LFS plugin. I had a couple initial problems with the hall effect sensors not being recognized but after restarting everything it worked again.
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    The wiring is a complete mess right now. I put it together as quick as possible just to try and see what issues I would run into. To my surprise it all worked out.

    I direct soldered to the power supplies and put them in parallel allowing me to connect one AC plug into the sim and run two power supplies from the one plug. I also paralleled the 12v output of these supplies with the power sharing pin connected. One power supply does get warmer than the other, but not hot, so i'm not sure if the power sharing is even working or not.

    In this picture you can see the bridge rectifier I have wired up to the power supplies. This was recommended to act as a diode to prevent back current from getting into the power supplies and shutting them off. I can confirm it works, but get extremely hot. After 5 min of use it is way to hot to touch. I initially tried it without the clamp resistors on the sabertooth which is where I noticed how hot it was getting. I added a 1.5 ohm resistor (4 60hm in parallel) to the sabertooth for each motor and unfortunately the bridge rectifier is still getting super hot. Is anybody else using a bridge rectifier and can give me any insight?

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    Here is a picture of the electrical setup. I know huge mess. Will be soon cleaned up and placed in a mini pc case with fans.

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    I am using a arduino nano in place of the recommended uno/mega. (SMC3 sabertooth) I didnt make any changes to the code. Only difference is I plugged the voltage pin for the hall effect sensors into A1 and A2. ( rather than the A0/A1 on an uno).

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    Here is a video of the sim in action. Minimal tuning was done prior to this video.

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  19. bixler13

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    I just calculated the numbers, and I spent $1006 dollars in total. Not too bad.

    Also I just ordered some temperature sensors and a LCD module. I am going to try to display the sabertooth and bridge rectifier temps on the display and maybe throw some 5v addressable LED's that change color based on temps. If that works i'll try to get the fans to change speed based on temps. I will be doing all this on another arduino nano to keep it separate from the sims arduino with the SMC3 code.
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  20. Otso

    Otso New Member Gold Contributor

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    Congratulation on your build - nice work!

    I'm about to start building a compact seat mover. Is there any benefit in having the motors in the front part of the frame compared to having them in the back? I was planning on putting them in the back and wondering if there is something that haven't considered regarding the placement.