PilotoX
11-08-2007, 11:14 PM
I just signed up to this group and hoping that someone here can collaborate on this, perhaps this has already been done, and if so, maybe someone can direct me to a web page that indicates so. But I am having a hard time finding something, along some ideas, that have been lingering in my head, for many years, of wanting to build a simple, yet realistic flight sim cockpit using common items found in hardware stores.
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After some research on DIY flight sim platforms, I came across this Festo Flight Sim platform (http://www.festo.com/INetDomino/coorp_sites/en/ded5d1663e4760f1c12572d00035d10d.htm), that offers, more in line to, what I want to build, but perhaps there is even a simpler, maybe not as elaborate, solution.<O:p< font O:p<>
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After pondering on ways to make motion platform, very simple and having built a few mechanical motion contraptions, using springs and bungee cords, I was thinking that perhaps a pneumatic $100 office chair can be modified to give the feel of the up/down motion by modifying the mechanical lever of the chair that controls its up/down motion. <O:p< font O:p<>
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Does this sound doable? Of course it is! but I am asking here so I don't reinvent the wheel. I am sure this idea has cross many other people, and I would like to know if anyone has gotten far with it or not. <O:p< font O:p<>
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For starters, UP/DOWN motion is better than no motion!. <O:p< font O:p<>
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I was thinking of mounting this pneumatic chair on a fixed sturdy platform, so the chair doesn't swivel on the wheels, but I need to think on how I am going to rig the pneumatic cylinder to be activated from the FSX software. <O:p< font O:p<>
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If anyone is interested, Ideas, suggestions are welcome. IF this has already been done, please let me know who and where. Thanks.<O:p< font O:p<>
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After some research on DIY flight sim platforms, I came across this Festo Flight Sim platform (http://www.festo.com/INetDomino/coorp_sites/en/ded5d1663e4760f1c12572d00035d10d.htm), that offers, more in line to, what I want to build, but perhaps there is even a simpler, maybe not as elaborate, solution.<O:p< font O:p<>
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After pondering on ways to make motion platform, very simple and having built a few mechanical motion contraptions, using springs and bungee cords, I was thinking that perhaps a pneumatic $100 office chair can be modified to give the feel of the up/down motion by modifying the mechanical lever of the chair that controls its up/down motion. <O:p< font O:p<>
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Does this sound doable? Of course it is! but I am asking here so I don't reinvent the wheel. I am sure this idea has cross many other people, and I would like to know if anyone has gotten far with it or not. <O:p< font O:p<>
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For starters, UP/DOWN motion is better than no motion!. <O:p< font O:p<>
<O:p< font O:p<>
I was thinking of mounting this pneumatic chair on a fixed sturdy platform, so the chair doesn't swivel on the wheels, but I need to think on how I am going to rig the pneumatic cylinder to be activated from the FSX software. <O:p< font O:p<>
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If anyone is interested, Ideas, suggestions are welcome. IF this has already been done, please let me know who and where. Thanks.<O:p< font O:p<>
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