DIY G-Seat (from concept to final)

Nice work , but watch out, chasing realism is a slippery never ending slope .

Thanks. I'm hoping this will provide what I've looking for, although I've found myself looking at the D-Box style linear actuators more and more....

Slow process but the frame is done

The peddles retract in and out so only takes up 1 metre of room making it fit in a specific spot in my office



Next step will be to incorporate the wheel braking g force system

Very innovative side panel design, good stuff.
I wonder if you beat the gs5 to it!

Thanks, to be honest I'm surprised that there isn't something similar already, very simple.

Thanks very much, I'm hoping to take it for its first test ride tomorrow as its now complete with the final piece of the puzzle in place - the wheel braking g force setup



I've previously taken a look at the game vibe option and it would be a great addition down the line

I have to remember that sliding pedal rack. Great way to conserve space!

Small amount of time today to start tidying up the electronics.

Starting with a simple cover plate for the power and data sockets



I originally sliced the ends off some servo cable extension leads to connect everything up, but always thought it was a bit messy. So I put together a little breadboard circuit that allows me to plug my servo connectors straight in, kind of like a servo shield. Made a little housing unit to keep it all tidy and protected

Lower case



Uno and breadboard installed



Full assembly

Onto the final straight now. Have painted the frame a gloss black and now looks a bit less 'red neck"

Installed the electrics to the inside of the frame under the seat:

220v AC to 12v 10A DC PSU
6V DC/DC Buck converter
Arduino and breadboard unit
Power and data in sockets and mount

Made a little mechanism to handle the cable slack under the pull out pedal section

Closed



Open

This is a great project. Do you know what the life cycle of the actuators are? Are there more powerful commercial actuators which would do a better job and have a longer life cycle?

Thanks, it's been fun making it and building on design concepts.

The servos were cheap - picked them up for about £12 so I'm not expecting much from them. They are currently doing an exception job though. Only time will tell on their life span. Worryingly current stock levels are low so the price has gone up. These are 33kg.cm. There are higher priced, higher torqued servos available like this one https://hobbyking.com/en_us/jx-pdi-...ge-digital-power-servo-62kg-0-13sec-200g.html

And slower insanely powerful ones (maybe suitable for flight sim) like this one https://www.aliexpress.com/item/SUP...rvo-12V-24V-DC-Input-Support/32835144507.html

In case it is of interest: I have posted my first experiences with these servos here.

are you able to make a video of them in operation?

I already did: See the first video within the first post of my new thread. In this video I perfom the SimTools output test for showing the movement of all motors. You can see the heave flaps and the backrest move between sec. 00:25 and 00:40. Each heave flap is moved by one Super500 servo, and the backrest is moved by two of them.
Since I move the SimTools sliders quite fast, the video shows the maximum speed of the servos. I have also added some pictures in this post where you can see the mounted servos.

Thank you, good information. Do you know if these could be swapped out with the GS4 servos? My GS4 has two dead servos from 3 years of use. I want to replace them with super strong long life servos that will give me more feeling and longer life.

Thanks

was this build on top of having 2 dof?