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building 2dof seat mover for my rig

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  1. noorbeast

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    Sure that would be fine, along with your plans to move the motors and connection point as far forward as possible.

    This is how you find the COG: http://www.xsimulator.net/community/faq/find-the-center-of-gravity-to-balance-a-motion-simulator.55/
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    Some suggestions for your consideration @jimmytm3

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    Welding the base to the frame makes much more sense now with the complete picture :thumbs
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    yea the chair is a bit out of scale have the motors as far forward as they can go and the linkage is 40mm centure to centure
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    Move motors a bit further forward if you can to give them 5-10 angle if possible
    and out to the side a bit if you can as well
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    o.k thanks
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    1429919958328.jpg 1429919981686.jpg On the job :)
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    Very neat and tidy. Have you considered having some sort of exhaust hole so there is air circulation?
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    i think thats the go just a small 10mm hole or something
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    can you use those usb double adaptersso there isnt as many cords for the jrks
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    1430096867853.jpg 1430108029331.jpg 1430108033592.jpg 1430514602899.jpg 1430514719702.jpg 1430096867853.jpg 1430514850601.jpg 1430514678131.jpg All running . Pretty cool thing few teething problems , cable management and babys but other than that works great running iracing having problems finding were to patch real rally 2015 if any one has info that would be great thanks bsft and noorbeast for all your help
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    Brilliant job @jimmytm3, I really like the checker plate PSU covers :thumbs

    We will all be looking forward to a video of your rig in action when you get time to do one.

    I think this is a really good extension/adaptation of @bsft's Desk Racer layout idea for use with an existing static rig.
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    Looks great man!
    Well designed rig
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    nice but a bit dark to see anything
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    the other one is better
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    Beawdy Mate! Looks real good
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    Looking good @jimmytm3 :thumbs

    You may want to try tweaking heave, in the Tuning Centre you often need to manually enter a heave value of less than 1, like 0.5.
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