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6dof with pneumatic actuators?

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by runar totland, Dec 28, 2017.

  1. runar totland

    runar totland New Member

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    hi

    I have spent the last week reading up on 6dof builds. :) it has been a excellent christmas.;-)

    I also found this build with pneumatic actuators on instructables Arduino-Pneumatic-Flight-Simulator

    seem like this might be an option, to avoid 6x psu and 12v battery?

    also seem the pneumatic actuator will be way quicker and with less noise than screw driven actuators?
    runar totland, Dec 28, 2017
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    do you have a video ?
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    thats a very neat sim :)
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    Also nice video with 3DOF pneumatic simulator
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    Pneumatics are old its allmost inpossible to get position!!!
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  7. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    loud also
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    @adgun If use linear position sensor and proportional servo valve it's possible to set position and vary speed.
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    It would be expencife and stil difficult
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    Yes, but in some cases it will be preferable. But not at home I think.
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    Waw!! The first one I see with pneumatic energy! o_O

    One of you knows how it works? Because using electric voltage with the potentiometers to command an eletronic device, it is quite simple to imagine. But using these signals to pilot pneumatic system, I really do not have any idea of how you do that!

    Very interetesting anyway, even if pneumatic seems to have some drawbacks, the technical part is still very nice :)
    17Nico17, Dec 31, 2017
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