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Showroom 3 DOF w/wheelchair motors per request

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by Rodeo5150, Mar 24, 2022.

  1. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    For the few of you that wanted to see my temporary 3dof build while I'm waiting on my other three motors for my 6dof build. here are the pictures I will post pictures of the performance once I figure out SIMTOOLS. I'm still working on that but I have tested it in smc3 and all motor to working.

    1Arduino uno R3/ 3 Ibt-2's/ 1 400W 12v psu/ 3 12V wheelchair motors/ 4 skateboard wheels 20220323_042644.jpg 20220323_042535.jpg 20220319_162010.jpg 20220319_161907.jpg 20220319_161927.jpg 20220319_161918.jpg 20220319_161939.jpg 20220319_161953.jpg 20220227_154446.jpg 20220226_133344.jpg 20220226_133419.jpg 20220226_133430.jpg
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  2. MarkusB

    MarkusB Well-Known Member Gold Contributor

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    Thanks for sharing your project. It looks like you are making good progress.
    I have just two comments:
    1. Are you sure that your wheelchair motors are meant for 12V? All wheelchair motors I saw up to now (and all 6 that I am using by myself) are for 24V. This makes a huge difference regarding their performance. So I suggest that you check this and - if it turns out that you have 24V motors - change to a 24V power supply.
    2. The way you have connected the potentiometers to the motors - i. e. the thin, perforated metal sheet and the rubber hose - looks very wobbly, which may result in imprecise movements.
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  3. Kenshiro27

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    beautiful chassis design to achieve traction loss:thumbs
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  4. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    Thank you
  5. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    Actually the metal strips holding the potentiometers is very rigid it's really thick stuff it's for statistic strapping material but it's thicker than normal stuff and no I think you're probably right the motors probably are made for 24 volt.
    I've since switched to Bodin Motors