My home built 6DOF platform

[lealjay]

Here it is , after having realized my reproduction of 2DOF CKAS, I therefore decided to go on what is the best in the world of simulator , a 6DOF, drawings and measurements directly obtained from an owner of a CKAS 6DOF V4 , I even have the photo of the plate of the original motors used , original motors are SEW brand : 0,55kw / 12rpm / 300nm with brake, mine are 0, 55kw / 14rpm / 350nm but without brake, so mine are faster and have more torque the brake is not really necessary cause it's just to block the simulator on its current position in case of current failure and also to maintain the position when simulator is turned off.
The inverters of the original 6DOF are SEW brand also : Movitrac "B" / 0, 55kw . My inverters are Omron j1000 / 0,55kw .
For electronics i'm using thanos excellent AMC644USB with 6DOF extension of course , and digi-key 6127 360° potentiometers .
I got excellent speed , i'm really proud .
Here are some pictures and 1 video of testing with x-plane 9.70 :

[prodigy]

Great work

Very nice and smooth movement, they move faster than I thought when I've red that it is 14rpm. It seems like 14rpm will be something slow, but it moves really nice.

I don't know if the starting sound is coming from the game or from the motors, but it sounds like a plane is about to take off

How much did you invest in all equipment, motors + power supplies + control boards?

[lealjay]

thanks , yes it's smooth and fast , i'm really proud of what i've done .
For the motors 14rpm is faster than the original 12rpm motors they use at CKAS for their 6DOF , so it's more than enough speed .
For the starting sound it's of course a plane ready to take off as i'm testing it with x-plane 9.70
For the total cost it's (in euros):

6 x motors = 1710
6 x inverters = 1020
6 x crank arms = 474
1 x AMC644USB bord + 6dof extension (by thanos aka tronicgr) = 340
6 x digi-key 6127 360° potentiometers = 100
6 x pulleys (44 teeth with modification made) + 6 x pulleys (25 teeth) + 6 x belts = 400
some bolts , articulations , steel pipes , cables and others = 300
some MDF = 60
24v power supply (for amc board) = 20

TOTAL = 4420 euros

[vicpopo]

Salut Jeremy ,

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Hi Lealjay32,

Nice to see you here . It's good to present simultator with ac motors and inverters.

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[Racerr87]

Very nice! .

Just curious how it would hold during race sim fast reaction, suppose it will be good seeing the motors!

Do you have a movie of the plane in view and platform?

[lealjay]

No sorry i don't have a video with game running side by side yet but soon maybe , for the motors i tried sitting on 1 pair (like at the start of my video) but this
time with movements , and motors are moving as fast and accurate as if i was not there , believe me they are really powerful !

Salut vic ça fait plaisir aussi

[ericRacer]

Wow , vraiment bien ta platform !
puis-je savoir quel algorythm vous utilisez ?

Merci , nice job !

[lealjay]

Thanks i'm using BFF motion driver 6DOF software , it's working really great , it's fast and accurate and it's optimized to work with thanos AMC644USB/AMC1280USB with 1ms (1000HZ) refresh rate , a lot of options are available too to tune up the settings if needed .

[motiondave]

Thanks i'm using BFF motion driver 6DOF software , it's working really great , it's fast and accurate and it's optimized to work with thanos AMC644USB/AMC1280USB with 1ms (1000HZ) refresh rate , a lot of options are available too to tune up the settings if needed .

BFF is good, but are you going to use x-sim software?

[tronicgr]

Thanks i'm using BFF motion driver 6DOF software , it's working really great , it's fast and accurate and it's optimized to work with thanos AMC644USB/AMC1280USB with 1ms (1000HZ) refresh rate , a lot of options are available too to tune up the settings if needed .

BFF is good, but are you going to use x-sim software?

The x-sim plugin for 6DOF is currently under pre-pre-beta version... Works with LFS, but I need to short out the motor numbering so it is in the standards that Ian with his BFF 6DOF software has set...! Its kind of slow progress since I do not have directly access to a 6DOF platform but I have plenty testers around the world already


Other than that, yes, it will be working with x-sim3 too!

Thanos