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As new as they come

Discussion in 'New users start here - FAQ' started by shaner, Mar 17, 2009.

  1. shaner

    shaner New Member

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    Hello everyone. As you can all probably notice this is my first post on this forum :)

    Well myself and my neighbour are interested on making a Simulator for PC for racing games and possibly flying games too. But as you could imagine we have no idea where to start. If anyone could just lead us in the right direction to what we need to get started it would be appreciated. Programs / Hardware and so on :)

    Also, what would be a reasonable amount needed to be spent to have a nice stimulator?

    I would like to thank Leberkaspfandl ( Chris ) for reffering me to this forum.
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    Im in the same boat as this guy. Is there any basic guides on this site to help the newbies who are looking to build there first sim?

    Like a idiots guide? lol

    A how to & where to buy section......? :sos:


    Anyone care to help us out? this is a forum right? ANYONE!!!???
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    Im new also, but have been reading here every post for the last month or so. There are no guides and lots of research is needed. First thing is to decide is how much you want to spend. For race sims most go for a frex style, either with wipermotors, or scn5 actuators. The scn5 setup will run you a minimum of $1000, but will be fairly easy to build, as all the electronics are built into the actuators. Wiper motor sim will be much cheaper probably $300-400 minimum, but you need a lot of research, and need to build everything yourself, including printed circuit boards and assembly.

    Wiper motor will need Tronics amc1.5, and Dsmhb which are found here.
    Scn5 will only need a power supply and adaptor for computer.

    If going with wipermotors, this is a great link to explain what everything is and what it does.
    http://homepages.which.net/~paul.hills/SpeedControl/SpeedControllers.html
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    Hi shaner,

    sorry - I haven't seen your first post here... you're welcome :D !!!

    Best regards,
    Chris
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    RaceRay Administrator Staff Member SimAxe Beta Tester

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    Bacasable New Member Gold Contributor

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    Hello,
    I am French and I speak English very badly :blush: . I will wish to make a simulator 2DOF with SNC5 but I don't understand which interface it is necessary to use between the computer and the SNC5.
    Thank you to help me in my research.
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    Bacasable New Member Gold Contributor

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    You need one for each. Im new to this too, and have no idea how the software works yet.
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    Jem do we definately need two of them USB to 485 converters?
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