FSweekend 2010 motion cockpit preparations

Video shows preparations for FSweekend 2010 demo of 3DoF motion cockpit
This is generation 4 motion platform for low profile and easy assembly
Cockpit has 3 17" LCD + 3 Fresnel lenses for scenery display and 2x 15" for instrument panel.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• FSweekend 2010
• motion platform
• flightsimulation

[Rolandvanroy]

the interface to flightsim is via BFF driver, which supports FS9, FSX, X-plane, Condor, and some others. But ACES High is not in the list.

It might be possible by using X-sim interface.

[gertjeeeh]

Very creative concept and above all; it totally works.

I've expierienced being in the motion cockpit and it makes it very realistic.

I have one question I forgot to ask this afternoon: What are the specification of you two computers?

Groetjes

[Rolandvanroy]

@gertjeeeh : Glad you enjoyed it. This weekend was prove of concept: The rig run continueously for 2 days without problems.

WINXP, FS9 + Motion driver + all 5 screens run on ATLON 3GHz / 2GB memory with 1x GFORCE7800GTX PCI-E dual head (TH2GO 3x1200x1024 on 3 17" LCD's + 1x1024x768 15" LCD for panel) and one extra PCI GFORCE8400GS for the other 15" panel LCD.

The other PC is a simple P1-200MHz running WIN98 and DOS box for the GWbasic montion modifier program. 

[gertjeeeh]

@Rolandvanroy Is it the Matrox triple head 2 go that you use?

[Rolandvanroy]

@gertjeeeh Yes the analog version

[wannamakeone]

Hi Roland Thanks for posting the sketches great visualisation aid .. said it before and will say it again " man i love your work " and big big thanks for sharing so much great info .. Excellent and detailed as always , Good luck at the FSweekend show , one of these years i'd like to attend myself . by the way forgot  to ask -- do you have any other motor options other than the ametek units ?

[Rolandvanroy]

@wannamakeone : Thanks!

On the motors: That's always one of the difficulties. But there should be other possibilities, even geared motors should be possible.

Key specs: not too low Rdc, low RPM, high stall torque.

12 ~ 24V types often have low Rdc, and draw much more current: tricky for the MOSFET driver.

[DragonsTamer]

Can this motion platform be used with any flight-sim game or does it have to be a special game? I wanted to make a version similar to yours to work with an online version called Aces High (the website is hitechcreations. com)

[MrCameranesi]

im interes to contact the productor this equipamente

thanks

fernandocameranesi@yahoo.com.b­r

brasil

[SSEPetra]

try doing some F-22 airshows with this thing, that gotta let you feel the rush!