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[lealjay]

hi , hello everybody , i'm french and i've been reading these forums for a few months now , and all these wonderful simulators projects made me want to build one myself too .
So i was searchin the web for the best possible design to build and i find out that the CKAS 2DOF motion platform would be the perfect one because i'm planning to use my system with FSX as principal game
with an enclosed cabin , so i collected as much as informations i can have about the CKAS 2DOF and started my project .

It's composed with :
- 2 x 550W AC motors with 14rpm and 0.75ch each (390nm) , 2 x omron j1000 frequency inverters , 2 x ppc27 10k ohms potentiometers and 1 x velleman k8061 (vm140) board .
- computer running x-sim : core i7 2600k@3,4ghz , 12GB ram , 3000gb hdd , GTX 460 768MB , Windows 7 64 bits .

i've build it with the exact same dimensions of the real one , motors have same caracteristics , and frequency inverters set to 100hz .

here are some pictures of it :





and a video of it in action with FSX with only pitch effect on motor 1 et roll effect on motor 2 to reproduce the exact slope of the plane as it is in FSX and with adjusting min and max pos/neg values for each axis in math plugin . no acceleration effects .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHoKt17IdVs

i'd like to do the exact same effect with nolimits rollercoasters but only acceleration value are extracted as far as i know , does anybody knows if pitch and roll can be extracted from that game as well , thanks .

[Roadster2]

Can't help you I'm afraid but just to say love what you've managed to produce. Looks brilliant.

[lealjay]

Thank you very much

[leandro37]

What about the reduction gear are you using?

regards

[lealjay]

Hi , these are 550w 1400 rpm motors with 99,9 gear ratio reductors on them , so 1400/99.9 = 14rpm .

[leandro37]

can i use other brand of inverters? no problem? theres some especification to order it?

regards

[leandro37]

other thing is, can i use a encoder in place of the potenciometers?
Where did you get those belt between the gear and the pot? what the reason/diameter?

regards

[lealjay]

Here's a new video this time with nolimits rollercoasters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPKbjX6PfTI

[bsft]

Here's a new video this time with nolimits rollercoasters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPKbjX6PfTI

Nice job there, perhaps a bit slow on the movement, but still a nice job.

[hjteoh2]

hi, i m jay. i m also interested to build one simulation platform for my studies. i wish to know the material u use for center joint, and can u sent me the mechanical drawing of ur platform?

i m student from university teknologi malaysia, i just wish to simulate the platform using solidwork, i have tried a few design but it does not work, can u help me?

i attached my simulated picture for u.
http://www.mediafire.com/?uo2eu6r72e9u8r4
http://www.mediafire.com/?ug6tquu5z86uhoj

thank u very much!!!