Flash's 6DOF project and greetings!

flash
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Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 21, 2015 7:24:51 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by flash on Feb 21, 2015 7:24:51 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to say that I've been following this forum for about a month now and have become completely inspired by "all" of the friendly, and incredibly talented people from around the globe that are members of this community. So inspired in fact that I have ordered a set of boards from Thanos and also started sourcing components with the incredibly kind help from Stevant. I have been wanting to build one probably for the last 15 years and I am so glad that you all were so generous and helpful to one another, that I feel completely confident now in building my own. So as such, I will be posting my progress here for anyone that may be interested in how things are progressing. Hopefully in my posts during the construction and from documenting all of my trial and error, my efforts may inspire someone else to be creative.

I will be using my platform for iRacing, Prepar3D, and X-Plane as well as a development tool for the Oculus Rift.
I'm an EE, developer, and mad scientist with a water cooled welding rig, scope, and space to add more circuit breakers to my panel!

Thank you all, and especially Stevant and Thanos for their valuable time and kind support!

Paul (flash)

Las Vegas NV.

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Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 21, 2015 10:54:00 GMT via mobile

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Post by hexpod on Feb 21, 2015 10:54:00 GMT

Hi flash,
I am afraid we have to wait a while for this technology to be ready. My experience with DK2 was a little frustrating because of the poor resolution. (Having my eyes one inch from the panel, with magnification, I could notice not only the pixels, but three different colors inside the pixels.) I am sure in the future this will be the best car simulation experience, but until it becomes 4 or 6K I would forget about it.

Last Edit: Feb 21, 2015 11:00:30 GMT by hexpod

flash
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Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 21, 2015 14:38:21 GMT

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Post by flash on Feb 21, 2015 14:38:21 GMT

Hi Hexpod, Well that's not to say I won't have 3 monitors on the platform as well.

For the Oculus, I already own a couple pair and honestly I think it depends on the person using them. For me, while I would love to see 4K images and pixelated as it may be, the immersion is certainly there and iRacing has been a blast so far. I'm running GTX980's with a i7 5820 6 core CPU overclocked at 4.7Ghz, so having a total jutter free and fluid experience in iRacing and prepar3d somewhat makes up for the pixilated display. It's awesome to be able to look over your shoulder while you're racing and looking into the apex of every turn!

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stevant Senior Member Just when you think you are done, there's always something else to make it better!! Posts: 286	Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 21, 2015 21:07:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stevant on Feb 21, 2015 21:07:17 GMT Welcome Flash.......I'll try to get those dimensions posted for you by tomorrow! Stevant

flash New Member Posts: 11	Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 22, 2015 0:43:27 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flash on Feb 22, 2015 0:43:27 GMT Thanks Stevant! No worries my friend. Enjoy your weekend!

flash New Member Posts: 11	Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 26, 2015 23:03:31 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flash on Feb 26, 2015 23:03:31 GMT Feb 21, 2015 21:07:17 GMT stevant said: Welcome Flash.......I'll try to get those dimensions posted for you by tomorrow! Stevant Woo Hoo! Got my metal order delivered today! Another step forward!!

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Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 27, 2015 0:37:31 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by flash on Feb 27, 2015 0:37:31 GMT

By a "break" do you mean a momentary judder? Is it while tracking or just happens randomly? In which sim, direct to HMD or extended? Is the glitch specific to a certain sim or all?

Maybe Thanos can make an area we can dedicate to this and other discussions of additions using other technologies to improve our sim experience.

flash New Member Posts: 11	Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 27, 2015 0:54:16 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flash on Feb 27, 2015 0:54:16 GMT When that happens it's caused by something in a wait state. Possibly loading data of the environment. What are your computer specs and does it happen in any other application?

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Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Feb 27, 2015 1:03:17 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by flash on Feb 27, 2015 1:03:17 GMT

Do you have iRacing installed on an SSD? I would highly recommended that to eliminate latency of loading environmental data while tracking.

If it's an Nvidia GPU try setting the control panel slider to performance rather than quality and set your frame rates to unlimited under iRacing options. You can also try VSync and see if this goes away.

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Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Mar 2, 2015 13:03:36 GMT via Tapatalk

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Post by flash on Mar 2, 2015 13:03:36 GMT

Mar 2, 2015 13:00:59 GMT hexapoder said:

I add more 8gb on the ram and have better performance. Now will replace the gpu.

That's great! The Nvidia seems to be a better choice for the Oculus. I'm using the GTX980 and the performance is perfect with everything on high in iRacing.

flash New Member Posts: 11	Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Mar 14, 2015 23:26:14 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flash on Mar 14, 2015 23:26:14 GMT My AMC1280USB is on its way! Thanks Thanos!

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Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Mar 15, 2015 4:51:25 GMT

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Post by tronicgr on Mar 15, 2015 4:51:25 GMT

Mar 14, 2015 23:26:14 GMT flash said:

My AMC1280USB is on its way! Thanks Thanos!

You are welcome. It would been faster if it was not for the Chinese New year slowing down delivery of some of the parts...

Thanks
Thanos

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flash New Member Posts: 11	Flash's 6DOF project and greetings! Mar 15, 2015 5:18:03 GMT via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flash on Mar 15, 2015 5:18:03 GMT I work with a few pcb factories in Shenzhen for my main business, so I can totally relate.. February is always my worst month for production.

tronicgr: dureiken Hi, Open a thread and I'll try my best to help. A little busy with Kickstarter details at the moment but I'll see what I can do. Aug 12, 2017 11:57:42 GMT *

tronicgr: @fimmy I had to put it on hold to finalize the manufacturing of the new kickstarter controllers. I tested parts of it to ensure compliance with the new features and looks good so far. I'll get back to it soon for integration. Sept 9, 2017 12:52:35 GMT

Theuns: Very nice design.I'm also busy with mine and changing it also to Linear Actuators with 220v Servo motors.I'm waiting for my new controllers from Thanos. If I may ask Do you have any Sketchup files of your design and willing to share it I Thanks Theuns Sept 14, 2017 22:45:09 GMT