progress of a cheap diy 6dof moving platform for a soaring flightsim

[douwe]

Great work. We met a few times at FSWEEKEND and it's nice to see the proceedings. I wondered, have you ever considered this concept:

Yes i have seen this concept.
Nikola is using it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT0xWi5wI_c
But building things your self is part of the fun.
In feature the MK IV will be easier to reproduce.
The sw on the moment is a test program in the 6 micro processors.
It reacts on 2 potmeters , leg length and the hand control.
Later they will be connected together on a bus system.
And controled by a PC.
Similar as used in the PicServo SC.

True, the servo motors are more expensive than your vacuum cleaner motors but would you recommend it to somebody with a slightly higher budget?

Yes, if you want to make a quick start with the hardware.

[Goldmember]

Yes, if you want to make a quick start with the hardware.

Well, quick start... I'll have to extend the roof of my top floor, talking about hardware

[douwe]

Preparing for the FSWEEKEND
Progress of HI6SIM motion platform for Condor soaring sim.
Force Sender/ Profiler from X-Sim driving the HFT (Hardware Force Translator)
via 6 servo Pololu card.
Top plate rotation Roll, Pitch, Yaw.
Bottom plat Reverse motion Heave, Surge, Sway.
The HFT drives the real size platform.
HFT video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj1NWvgo3HQ
Short flight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LD9I9rwIuo
Platform extras:
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=CSIBLTF8
HFT construction:
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=R6RAXIWJ
Mini universal joint construction from bicycle spoke nipples:
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=PBKCORX3

My site will be updated later on.
Douwe

[Roland]

Great progress Douwe!

I love the hardware force translator! Hardware version of complicated software mathematics!

We'll have lots of opportunities for discussions on Saturday and Sunday, since our stands are next to eachother.

See you Saturday morning!

[kermit]

I will be there too,
I `m looking forward to see some people that are like me building a motion platform,
mine is just starting to be finished also with help from X-sim.
Waiting on the last drive and frequenty inverter and drive.
See you all there
greetz

[douwe]

Updates to my HI6SIM site:
HFT Hardware Force Translator (interface between a fs and the 6dof platform)
Cockpit extentions
FSWEEKEND 2010
YouTube and pictures
Douwe

[douwe]

Updates on HI6SIM site:
Construction of Air Coil Motor for real instruments foto serie.
Connecting XCSoar on PDA to Condor flight sims GPS.
Collecting parts for MKIV.
Douwe

[douwe]

Updates on HI6SIM site:
Beta test BFF 6dof program
http://buggies.builtforfun.co.uk/Sim...n-Software.php
Added digital input to MKIII(Current) legdrivers.
Added schema's
etc......
Douwe

[arnolde]

I noticed that when you take off there is no backwards tilt to simulate the acceleration. Has that just not been implemented yet or isnt it possible with the software used?

[douwe]

Hi Arnolde.
In video F6, the HFT(Hardware Force Translator) was in use driven via the X-sim program.
Setup was working but not ideal.
After this i use Ian's(buggies for fun) 6dof program with mutch better results.
Regards,
Douwe