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Showroom Seatmover project based on Simxperience hardware

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by UweF, Feb 9, 2022.

  1. UweF

    UweF New Member

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    Hello all,

    Here I would like to show you some pictures of my seatmover project.

    The project started many years ago (2009) when my children started playing racing games on a laptop. I found that a bit uncool and thought about building a kind of cockpit. This was the first one:
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    Sometime around 2014 (in the meantime, the first one was no longer there and I had built an improved, more stable version)
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    , I decided to convert the static version into a motion version. To do this, I bought the DIY kit from simxperience, which consisted of 2 pieces of SCN5 and the control box. I made all the other parts myself or gathered them from elsewhere.

    Unfortunately, I don't have many pictures of the construction, so here are just a few of the sheet metal parts I used to build the SCN-5 housings:

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    From 2016 until the end of 2021, the project was put on hold because we had to rebuild and renovate a house. In December, I started again and disassembled the simulator and rebuilt it completely. This is the result:

    Alu-frame and wooden chassis with woofer and wiring

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    Front view and side view

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    The mirrors are the housing for the speakers

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    Seat adjustment with connecting rods to the rear strut (The seat can be adjusted like in a normal car, the rear bearing of the actuators is also moved via the connecting rods and the geometry always remains the same)

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    G29 pedals reverted in a separate frame

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    Upper attachment of the actuators via a metal plate adapted to the seat contour in order to transmit the movement into the seat without bending moments (as with the rod constructions on a base plate)

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    some other pictures

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    The entire construction stands on a hollow floor (the red floor) where all the cables are laid. This means that no cables from the computer or for the power supply are visible, these are routed under the floor plate into the cockpit and distributed further over the nose at the front.
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  2. jhbodle

    jhbodle New Member

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    Hi, I know this is an old thread but did you ever develop a working profile for your SCN5 hardware for use with SimTools? I tried but it didn't work very well.