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My 2DOF Kit Build

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by Paul Shortland, May 15, 2015.

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  1. Paul Shortland

    Paul Shortland Active Member

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    My seat is a car seat on sliders :thumbs
    Paul Shortland, Jun 10, 2015
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    Good thinking.

    Makes for swapping to hotas setup easier as well.

    Good work!
    Leo Burton, Jun 10, 2015
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    Very nice !

    Maybe you'll need to add some weight to prevent the rear tipping.
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    Wanegain, Jun 10, 2015
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    Since they broke iRacing this week (Won't work on the rift at the moment) I bought Assetto Corsa.

    Did the plugin on both machines, patched the game, set the axis... nothing. Boo :eek:
    Paul Shortland, Jun 10, 2015
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    Did you set the ip address of your 2nd computer ?
    Wanegain, Jun 10, 2015
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  6. Paul Shortland

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    Hahahaha,

    Wife wandered past, don't you need to plug that in? :blush
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    Paul Shortland, Jun 10, 2015
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    :grin
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    Wanegain, Jun 10, 2015
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    Picture with the seat off :nerd

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    Making a start on smartening up my sim. Plan is to box off the lower area, cutting out air vents which will be covered by grills before painting and varnishing it to a nice black finish. Fans will be clipped on the rear to offer some motor cooling as they get rather hot after an hour or two on iracing :grin

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    Don't make the same mistake I did with Gloss Black. Mine looks terrible. If I could be bothered to do it over again, I would do it satin finish.
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    Had a week off and have spent some time finishing off the sim :)

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    Paul Shortland, Jul 25, 2015
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    Looks great! Well done.
    Much nicer than mine.
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    Thanks :thumbs

    Went for satin black PlasitKote spray on the mdf and faux leather for the skirt. Just need to find the right wire mesh to paint black and cover the motor area.
    Paul Shortland, Jul 25, 2015
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    nice work paul :thumbs
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    A year later and the sim still working well, I have an Oculus CV1 to go with it too!
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    Been a while but I have returned and trying to set up my sim again, it took a year or two off and now I need to set it all up again on a new PC. Now i need all the plugin, software and settings. Going to be painful!
    Paul Shortland, Mar 16, 2019
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    looks like a fun build.. seats look very cushy!
    hannibal, Mar 16, 2019
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    It should not be painful, just take things ones step at at a time.
    noorbeast, Mar 16, 2019
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  20. Paul Shortland

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    Hey Noorbeast!

    Has the licensing changed? I installed simtools but the game engine says demo at the top and it doesn't do anything (Which could well be other issues at this stage)
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