INDOCART Racing Platform DIY

Start Discussion in 30 October 2021 to build something cool.

Initially, we plan the Project to finish in 4 months. Unexpectedly we had a rough road ahead. So here is our documentation, we hope it would be usefull for the comunity!

Here is Items that we used in this simulator:
-Logitech G95 Game Wheel
-DC motor 250watt x2
-40x40 Aluminium V Profile
-Arduino Uno
-Hall Sensor Encoder (Imported from China)
-HBridge Generic
-DC-DC Converter Generic
-Emergency Button
-Power Supply 24V x2 (350watt each) One for each motor

We start by designing the platform and buying Logitech G95 controller.




Then We buy DC Motor from ecomerce, Indonesia.


We tested it with electrical schematic provided by xsimulator.net in one of beginner thread.

We proceed to connect the SMC Tools to our arduino then our DC Motor moves for the first time!
*link youtube video 20220118_162207

We connect arduino to LFS game for the first time.
*link youtube video 20220122_151459

Our DC Motor is not strong enough, we have to modified our design, so we change our motor position.
*link youube video 20220611_170257

We modified our horn shape.
We used gearbox NMRV 1:20 tho strengthen our DC Motor.
We 3D Print for our mounting from gearbox to DC Motor.
We 3D Print floor for gearbox to Aluminium V Profile.
We 3D Print parts for our hall sensor.

Aw snap! we broke our shaft, fortunately our fish eyes are safe.

We modified again our horn.








It turns out our seat design is not realy ergonomic, a bit too tall I think.

great job!
a question, I have the same motor for traction loss, is it not strong enough for your rig?
what is the final rpm after you added a worm gearbox?
sorry but the link to video that you provide is missing, I can't see the progress so far.

Hi, @itsumairu Nice to talk with Indonesian too.
For RPM, I think it's only 6 rpm, I will modify the post when I have time to do so. Kind of slow, but our horn are kind of short but still make the movement of the platform so fast.

I am still building the thread. There is still a lot of story behind this Racing Platform to be told.

first test
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CPa1mR2mNt0

Test the Game


First try


Second attempt to change the position of the motor
https://youtube.com/shorts/fY77yN9PjTw

Trial Add Gearbox


Final Test
https://youtube.com/shorts/gH8n-eehe2M

We used a lot of 3D Printing as custom parts since it was easier then using metal.

It Happend to us that we bend our fish eye rod. then we modified our design so our horn can turn 360* with fish eye rod attached