Moving Axis Flight Simulator rollout - Part 2 of 2

[jnwmja]

hmm, Bill is thinking "I didnt know this thing actually moved around", as it rolls down the driveway with him flying.

[ihatesunlight54]

the ones in the air and space in D.C. are BEAST you strap in and can go completely inverted and thers one pilot and one gunner but me and my friend just spent most of our time upsidedown with me shooting randomly and trying to convince my friend to stay upside down.... lol

[sagrzmnky]

Here is an idea for you to noodle around in your head. Window regulators on most cars today use a cable to move the window up and down. They operate off of 12 volts. Could you use a potentiameter on, say, the Cougar Stick and move the counterweights with the cable mounted to each end of the PVC? Just a thought. I am trying to think up ways for a system like this to work with the Cougar HOTAS system. The one on the MAACS looks like you have to manipulate the stick to manually move the weights.

[ghostman982]

5 october is my birthday

[nela04]

hella cool :D

[ICU2P]

What happens when you crash?>

[theresidentone]

@ICU2P You die.

[jmorzan]

puta madre!!!! es lo mas cool que e visto, eres un genio con todo eso saludos!!!

[velveetaslingshot]

Its cool and all, but why not just spend all that time and money learning to fly in real life?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

@velveetaslingshot I'm a Flight Instructor. Many of the people you see in our videos are also pilots.

[KriegerKrieg]

yes my neighbors think i am a nerd, but i have all the fun!

[dragonbreathstinks]

You should some how hook that up to a flight video game. That would be awesome.

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Yes, we did that. MAACS is a flight simulator.

[phunkystar3k]

sweet.

[xXShowtubeXx]

The Helmet is so cool man! I wish I can be like you that smart!

[WNxRadeon]

nice work m8, ;) seen all the vids.

i only have one question.

how do you know where the buttons on the keyboard are when you are wearing the helmet?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Yes, you are right. That was a problem. We won't use virtual reality for the next moving flight simulator.

[lilbro209]

@rogerdodgeraviation But for racing simulators this is good stuff. Please tell me how you made the helmet. I know you used trackIR but what did you use for the screen?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

@lilbro209 We used a virtual reality headset. Please see my video "Virtual Reality Helmet for Flight Simulator" I would post a link, but I don't thing YouTube will allow a link in video comments.

[lilbro209]

@rogerdodgeraviation Found it! But I did some research and I have still not seen a VTR headset from these guys or anyone else I would consider to use for Sim Racing because like you said in one of your vids, I need to read the small print. In iRacing there is alt of small writing that gives you critical data! But some day I hope....

[rogerdodgeraviation]

youtube.com/watch?v=mdwciVwKKD­k

[laurentien00]

Does your controller allow for acceleration control? What is the sensor attached to the revolute axis ?

[rogerdodgeraviation]

When the pilot moves the joystick forward and back, it move counterweights that tilt the platform. There is a joystick potentiometer on the joystick that tells the computer what position the joystick it in. There are a couple more MAACS videos in this series that show how the joystick/potentiometer works.

[frozenfire550]

You should hook two of them up and then have a dogfight.

[jimeronimo]

That would be friggin cool..Remember when VR originally came out? They were at shopping malls and you could hunt each other down to shoot each other. This would definately be far better..I'ld bet Matt's already thought and planned that out!!!

[nanoload]

it has only one axis. but it is so awesome!

[Jazza159]

Awesome mate, How much did this cost u to build and hows the helmet work

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Glad you like it. We now have a webpage that shows how the helmet works. Click the "Virtual Reality Helmet" link on the DIY Flight Sims website.

[ihackca]

I bet your neighbors are like what is Bill doing this time???????

[tronicgr]

Nice frame work! Did you move this manually by Stick? Like the original Joyrider?

Thanos

[rogerdodgeraviation]

No, the Joyrider has levers and linkages that attach to the base. MAACS does not work that way.

[tronicgr]

So its motorized then?

[dogfights5467]

can it work on ww2 prop planes

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Yes, it can be anything. It's like any other PC flight simulator...except it moves, and has a virtual reality headset and stops traffic on 51st Street.

[dogfights5467]

thanks. and you have the greatest vids

[rogerdodgeraviation]

Thank you, my friend. We appreciate that.

[dogfights5467]

oh wait! do you know how to download skins for fsx

[okimike7]

damn, that is so freakn cool , i want it, how much? lol

[leonardmack]

What do the neighbors say as you play with that in the driveway?!

[rogerdodgeraviation]

they say "HOLY CRAP!"

[cartuner555]

HOLY CRAP!